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Kids go to school and college and get through, but they don't seem to really care about using their minds. School doesn't have the kind of long term positive impact that it should.

Howard Gardner

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Howard Gardner
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: July 11
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Scranton
Pennsylvania
Howard Earl Gardner
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