Quote: Dewey on childhood

Jun 22
2009

The child forced into premature concern with economic remote results may develop a surprising sharpening of wits in a particular direction, but this precocious specialization is always paid for by later apathy and dullness.

–John Dewey, How to Think, 1910, p. 219

One Response to “Quote: Dewey on childhood”

    Eduardo Guerra says:

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