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Much of the material presented in schools strikes students as alien, if not pointless.
Howard Gardner
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Howard Gardner
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: July 11
Psychologist
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Scranton
Pennsylvania
Howard Earl Gardner
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In the United States these days, 'diversity' is a big word and a buzzword.
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There is no single truth, but each of the scholarly disciplines has methods which lead one ever closer to the truth.
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If we were to abandon concern for what is true, what is false, and what remains indeterminate, the world would be totally chaotic. Even those who deny the importance of truth, on the one hand, are quick to jump on anyone who is caught lying.
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By nature, I am not an optimist, though I try to act as if I am.
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Creativity begins with an affinity for something. It's like falling in love.
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