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Reflexions on education & collaboration in a global world

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Everyone is ignorant…

Everyone is ignorant…

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Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire
William Butler Yeats

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire

William Butler Yeats

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If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.

Carl JungĀ 

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A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education he may steal the whole railroad.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American president

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Education Is The Key To Innovation: A Q&A With Qualcomm’s Irwin Jacobs

Einstein as a child

Joan and I were traveling in India, where we witnessed the large masses of very poor people. We realized, that here, there probably was an Einstein who would never have the opportunity to contribute to the world due to lack of education and opportunity. Innovation demands a curious mind, but it is an education which fuels that burning desire to understand more. If we fail to educate and excite our young people over the possibilities which innovation provides, we are cutting ourselves off from our own future.

Interview with Irwin Jacobs

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Everyone is genius…

Everyone is genius…

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