I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built upon the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think.
Source: In The Story of My Life, by Helen Keller, 8 May 1887.
-- Anne Sullivan, (Apr 14 1866-1936), US educator; She was widely recognized for educating to a high level a person without sight, hearing or normal speech, Helen Keller.