Thursday, October 13, 2022

False and arbitrary

It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary
    to put all the play and learning into childhood,
        all the work into middle age,
            and all the regrets into old age.

                        Margaret Mead, Teacher's Treasury of Stories for Every Occasion







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