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fahrrad

Published: Nov 14, 2013

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education is not remembering

all the bones in the body

it is knowing why we have those bones

education is not memorizing

the year that the second world war started

it is knowing why the second world war started

education is not just knowing

that you can't divide by 0

it is knowing why you can't divide by 0

education is not a quiz bowl

although there is a club for that

education is not just blindly believing

that communism is evil

it is knowing why communism doesn't work

education is not regurgitating

the periodic table of elements

it is knowing why certain elements have certain properties

education is not simply reciting

that one poem by langston hughes

it is knowing why he wrote it

education is not a standardized test

although it really seems to be

what year did world war 2 start again?

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Feb 19, 2018

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