To be well-educated is to have the desire as well as the means to make…

Alfie Kohn
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To be well-educated is to have the desire as well as the means to make sure that learning never ends. ✨ Alfie Kohn (2004). What Does It Mean to Be Well Educated?: And More Essays on Standards, Grading, and Other Follies, p.10, Beacon Press
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To be well-educated is to have the desire as well as the means to make sure that learning never ends. ✨ Alfie Kohn (2004). What Does It Mean to Be Well Educated?: And More Essays on Standards, Grading, and Other Follies, p.10, Beacon Press

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