By the time I got to school, I had already read a couple hundred books. I knew in the first grade that they were lying to me because I had already been exposed to other points of view. School is basically about one point of view -- the one the teacher has or the textbooks have. They don't like the idea of having different points of view, so it was a battle. Of course I would pipe up with my five-year-old voice.
Interpretation
The quote highlights the limitations of traditional education in presenting only one perspective.
Alan Kay reflects on his experiences in the education system, emphasizing that he encountered diverse viewpoints through reading before even entering school. This exposure led him to recognize that formal education often restricts learning to a singular perspective, which conflicts with the richness of knowledge gained through varied sources. His assertion illustrates the importance of embracing multiple viewpoints in the pursuit of true understanding and knowledge.
In practice
In a discussion about the importance of diverse opinions in learning.
The Internet was done so well that most people think of it as a natural resource like the Pacific Ocean, rather than something that was man-made. When was the last time a technology with a scale like that was so error-free? The Web, in comparison, is a joke. The Web was done by amateurs.
Perspective is worth 80 IQ points.
The greatest single programming language ever designed
Simple things should be simple and complex things should be possible.
If you're not failing 90% of the time, then you're probably not working on sufficiently challenging problems.
Scratch the surface in a typical boardroom and we're all just cavemen with briefcases, hungry for a wise person to tell us stories.
You will also find that help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.
Literature offers not just a window into the culture of diverse regions, but also the society, the politics; it's the only place where we can keep track of ideas.
Now of the difficulties bound up with the public in which we doctors work, I hesitate to speak in a mixed audience. Common sense in matters medical is rare, and is usually in inverse ratio to the degree of education.
With the changing economy, no one has lifetime employment. But community colleges provide lifetime employability.
[I]t's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers.
... bums on the outside, libraries inside.
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