The slaves in Rome were incapable of leisure and so their masters gave them entertainment to keep them pacified.
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Oliver DeMille
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A Thomas Jefferson Education: Teaching a Generation of Leaders for the Twenty-first Century
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Still reading but learning a lot about true education and the process of guiding our children in their educational pursuits.
Education occurs when students set out to educate themselves_ the student will only learn, can only learn, what he chooses to learn_(An) advantage of not pushing is an innate sense (his) education is (his) responsibility and reward.
Thinking is like exercise, it requires consistency and rigor. Like barbells in a weightlifting room, the classics force us to either put them down or exert our minds. They require us to think.