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Benjamin Franklin’s Teaching Wisdom: Tell Me and I Forget, Involve Me and I Learn

learning through active participation

Great teaching begins with engagement, but discovering how to truly involve yourself in learning will transform your understanding forever.

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October 26, 2025

limited reading diminishes advantage

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Thomas Jefferson: The Man Who Reads Too Little Has No Advantage

Thomas Jefferson believed that reading too little diminishes understanding; discover…

Joy
November 15, 2025

reading provides knowledge materials

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John Locke: Reading Furnishes the Mind Only With Materials of Knowledge

Great insights from John Locke reveal how reading supplies the mind with knowledge…

Joy
November 15, 2025

forced learning is ineffective

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Plato: Knowledge Which Is Acquired Under Compulsion Obtains No Hold

Knowledge gained through coercion holds no true power, and understanding why requires…

Joy
November 15, 2025

education opens future opportunities

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Malcolm X: Education Is the Passport to the Future

Opportunity begins with education, and Malcolm X believed it holds the key to a…

Joy
November 15, 2025