My schooling not only failed to teach me what it professed to be teaching, but prevented me from being educated to an extent which infuriates me when I think of all I might have learned at home by myself.

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George Bernard Shaw was a 19th-century Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist. George Bernard Shaw, known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Education — The importance of teaching, learning, and intellectual curiosity
  • Family — The ties of kinship, parenting, and unconditional love
  • Freedom — The value of liberty, independence, and self-determination

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