Edu-Suction

passive acceptance of the teacher's wisdom
is easy to most boys and girls.
it involves no effort of independent thought,
and seems rational because
the teacher knows more than his pupils;
it is moreover the way
to win the favour of the teacher
unless he is a very exceptional man.
yet the habit of passive acceptance
is a disastrous one in later life.
it causes man to seek and to accept a leader,
and to accept as a leader
whoever is established in that position.

- bertrand russell