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"Imaginative works such as novels, plays, films, fairy tales, and legends present a more accurate and meaningful picture of human experience than do factual accounts. Because the creators of fiction shape and focus reality rather than report on it literally, their creations have a more lasting significance."
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"In order to improve the quality of instruction at the college and university level, all faculty should be required to spend time working outside the academic world in professions relevant to the courses they teach."
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"Education will be truly effective only when it is specifically designed to meet the individual needs and interests of each student."
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"Education encourages students to question and criticize, and therefore does little to promote social harmony."
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"College and university education should be free for all students, fully financed by the government."
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"History teaches us only one thing: knowing about the past cannot help people to make important decisions today."
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"Competition for high grades seriously limits the quality of learning at all levels of education."
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"Governments should focus more on solving the immediate problems of today rather than trying to solve the anticipated problems of the future."
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"The depth of knowledge to be gained from books is much richer and broader than what can be learned from direct experience."
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"The increasingly rapid pace of life today causes more problems than it solves."
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"Too much emphasis is placed on role models. Instead of copying others, people should learn to think and act independently and thus make the choices that are best for them."
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"The media—and society in general—mistakenly expect an individual to speak for a particular group, whether or not that individual truly represents the views of the entire group."
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"High-profile awards such as the Nobel Prize are actually damaging to society because they suggest that only a few people deserve such recognition."
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