Augustine Taught

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“Faith therefore is to believe that which you do not see, truth is to see what you have believed.”
—St. Augustine (354–430)

“It makes little sense to spend a month teaching decimal fractions to fourth-grade pupils when they can be taught in a week, and better understood and retained, by sixth-grade students. Child-centeredness does not mean lack of rigor or standards; it does mean finding the best match between curricula and children’s developing interests and abilities.”
—David Elkind (20th century)