SA N FR A NCISCO FR IENDS SCHOOL
“Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheep-like passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.” – JOHN DEW EY, HUM A N NATUR E A ND CONDUCT
“Difference of opinion leads to inquiry, and inquiry to truth.” – THOM AS JEFFER SON, QUOTED IN THE WR ITINGS OF THOM AS JEFFERSON
“We are not separated by our differences but connected by our differences. It is because of my difference that I am useful to you because I offer another perspective. To learn as a group means to learn from the learning of the others.” – C A R LINA R INA LDI, “THE R EL ATIONSHIP BET W EEN DOCUMENTATION A ND ASSESSMENT”
“Attending to the voices on the margin can ground an intellectual argument in a way that persuasion alone can’t be grounded, keeping us humble and reminding us that we depend on one another, and that ultimately, no one of us has a lock on the truth.” – NA NCY STA R MER, “TOWA R D A QUA K ER PEDAGOGY ”
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