We think too much about effective methods of teaching and not enough about effective methods of learning. (John Carolus S.J.)
"Fossils have been long studied as great curiosities, collected with great pains, treasured with great care and at a great expense, and shown and admired with as much pleasure as a child's hobby horse is shown and admired by himself and his playfellows, because it is pretty; and this has been done by thousands who have never paid the least regard to that wonderful order and regularity with which nature has disposed of these singular productions, and assigned to each class its peculiar stratum." (William Smith, notes written January 5, 1796)
"... the small probability of collision of the Earth and a comet can become very great in adding over a long sequence of centuries. It is easy to picture the effects of this impact on the Earth. The axis and the motion of rotation have changed, the seas abandoning their old position..., a large part of men and animals drowned in this universal deluge, or destroyed by the violent tremor imparted to the terrestrial globe." (Pierre-Simon Laplace, 1796)
Life is a chemical system involving two types of molecules, proteins and nucleic acids , working together in a very special way. (History of the Universe, Hotu.org © 2005 Penny Press Ltd)
No matter how good teaching may be, each student must take the responsibility for his own education. (John Carolus S.J.)
