"Passive acceptance of the teacher's wisdom is easy
to most boys and girls.
It involves no effort of independent thought, and seems rational
because the teacher knows more than his pupils;
it is moreover the way to win the favour of the teacher
unless he is a very exceptional man.
Yet the habit of passive acceptance is a disastrous one in later life.
It causes man to seek and to accept a leader,
and to accept as a leader whoever is established in that position."
to most boys and girls.
It involves no effort of independent thought, and seems rational
because the teacher knows more than his pupils;
it is moreover the way to win the favour of the teacher
unless he is a very exceptional man.
Yet the habit of passive acceptance is a disastrous one in later life.
It causes man to seek and to accept a leader,
and to accept as a leader whoever is established in that position."
Bertramd Russell
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