YAKIMA — It’s often said that education is what remains after we’ve forgotten what we learned in school. That saying — which has been attributed to Albert Einstein and Ralph Waldo Emerson, among others — can be taken to mean two things: Schools don’t teach us the things that really matter in life; or that, conversely, schools do educate us, and we just forget most of what we learn. Students do forget general information they learn in school.
Students’ Interest In Government Rises With Study
Alec Regimbal, Yakima Herald-Republic, The Columbian
Sat, 12/15/2018 - 10:54pm
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