Observe, record, tabulate, communicate. Use your five senses. Learn to see, learn to hear, learn to feel, learn to smell, and know that by practice alone you can become expert.
William OslerRead
The hardest conviction to get into the mind of a beginner is that the education upon which he is engaged is not a college course, not a medical course, but a life course, for which the work of a few years under teachers is but a preparation.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Education is a lifelong journey rather than a finite process tied to formal schooling.
William Osler emphasizes that true education goes beyond traditional schooling and encompasses the experiences and lessons learned throughout life. For beginners, it is crucial to understand that their formal education serves merely as preparation for the greater, ongoing learning that life presents.
Themes
EducationLifeLearningGrowthExperience
In practice
Example use cases
A teacher might use this quote to inspire students to view their studies as the beginning of a lifelong learning journey.
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