He was appalled by the examination system, when it was explained to him; he could not imagine a greater deterrent to the natural wish to learn than this pattern of cramming in information and disgorging it at demand.


Chapter 5 (p. 127) - Hainish Cycle - The Dispossessed (1974)


He was appalled by the examination system, when it was explained to him; he could not imagine a greater deterrent to the natural wish to learn than...

He was appalled by the examination system, when it was explained to him; he could not imagine a greater deterrent to the natural wish to learn than...

He was appalled by the examination system, when it was explained to him; he could not imagine a greater deterrent to the natural wish to learn than...

He was appalled by the examination system, when it was explained to him; he could not imagine a greater deterrent to the natural wish to learn than...