The child learns so easily because he has a natural gift, but adults, …

Rabindranath Tagore
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The child learns so easily because he has a natural gift, but adults, because they are tyrants, ignore natural gifts and say that children must learn through the same process that they learned by. We insist upon forced mental feeding and our lessons ✨ Rabindranath Tagore (2009). The Oxford India Tagore: Selected Writings on Education and Nationalism, Oxford University Press, USA
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