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ERRR #063. E.D. Hirsch on Why Knowledge Matters

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The Importance of Knowledge

I would encourage people to read your book, and the one that i've read, at least, y knowledge matters. I felt like i really understood the importance of knowledge already, but your book has just absolutely rammed it home for me. And another interesting thing, this is a side, sort of intellectual history, was our most important educator at the school level in american history was horace mann. It said that human nature can go for good or for ill. It has to be taught. That's the basic issue. Stands from beginning to say iv,. we might say we've covered a lot to day, don't you know? We started with the purpose of education

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