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• The purpose of education should be to create an academic environment that is separate from the outside world.
  This kind of environment is ideal because it allows students to focus on important ideas without being held back by practical concerns....
• The following appeared in a letter to the editor of a local newspaper.
  "Too much emphasis is placed on the development of reading skills in elementary school....
• College students should be encouraged to pursue subjects that interest them rather than seek programs that promise entry into the job market.
• It is often asserted that the purpose of education is to free the mind and the spirit.
  In reality, however, formal education tends to restrain our minds and spirits rather than set them free....
• College and university education should be free for all students, fully financed by the government.
• Instead of requiring students to take courses in a variety of disciplines.
  hat is, courses ranging from the arts and the humanities to the physical and biological sciences....
• Education should be equally devoted to enriching the personal lives of students and to training students to be productive workers.
• The following appeared in the editorial section of an educational publication.
  "One study at Lee University found that first-semester grades of teenage students who had always attended public, tax-supported schools were slightly lower than the grades of students who had received some home schooling instruction by parents at home, although the grade differences disappeared in the second semester....
• The following appeared in a memo from a member of the Clark City School Board.
  "Mason Elementary School is faced with a shortage of classroom space....