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“I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.”
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“What we read with pleasure we read again with pleasure.”
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“It is a noteworthy feature of 20C culture that for the first time in over a thousand years its educated class is not expected to be at least bilingual.”
― From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, 1500 to the Present
― From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, 1500 to the Present
“Convince yourself that you are working in clay, not marble, on paper not eternal bronze: Let that first sentence be as stupid as it wishes.”
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“When you want to teach children to think, you begin by treating them seriously when they are little, giving them responsibilities, talking to them candidly, providing privacy and solitude for them, and making them readers and thinkers of significant thoughts from the beginning. That’s if you want to teach them to think.”
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Simon’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Simon’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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57 friends
162 books
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91 friends
1,300 books
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341 books
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86 books
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177 books
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51 friends
38 books
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2 books
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90 friends
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