The principle of freedom states that things freely learned are best learned. Conversely, the further a student is coerced, the more difficult is for him to learn, assimilate and implement what is learned. Compulsion and coercion are antithetical to personal growth. The greater the freedom enjoyed by individuals within a society, the greater the intellectual and moral advancement enjoyed by society as a whole.
Since learning is an active process, students must have freedom: freedom of choice, freedom of action, freedom to bear the results of action—these are the three great freedoms that constitute personal responsibility. If no freedom is granted, students may have little interest in learning.
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Famous quotes containing the word freedom:
“The way leads to freedom, to freedom it goes. The old world must crumble. Awake, wind of dawn!”
—Alfred Döblin (1878–1957)
“Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.”
—Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969)