An education system suits some more than others. I... -Michael Leunig

An education system suits some more than others. It can lead you out into life or lead you on a wild goose chase. It can help to make you miserable, or dull and nasty and insipid, or profoundly stupid in the special way that 'brainy' people can be.

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An education system suits some more than others. It can lead you out into life or lead you on a wild goose chase. It can help to make you miserable, o...
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It is at Easter that Jesus is most human, and like all humans, he fails and is failed. His is not an all-powerful God, it is an all-vulnerable God....
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Fogs are like dreams that feed the soul, and without their mysterious embrace, childhood, courtship, poetry and the composition of music become all th...
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The hypocrisy of some is that we like to think of ourselves as sophisticated and evolved, but we're still also driven by primal urges like greed and p...
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An education system suits some more than others. It can lead you out into life or lead you on a wild goose chase. It can help to make you miserable, o...
I always knew I was brainy. It struck me when I was a child that I wanted to be an adult because I never felt I belonged among children whose minds we...
The brainy class is made up of individuals who think for themselves and beyond formal education are continuous learners who tend to be self-taught....
The new industries are brainy industries and so-called knowledge workers tend to like to be near other people who are the same. Think of the City of H...
I was super brainy and a proper geek at school, but there would always be a boy. But that sort of obsession did turn me into a songwriter. My writing ...
Starting probably with Janeane Garofalo and that era of stand-up ladies who were starting to be more brainy and strong and clever, guys started notici...
Sometimes you can know too much. A lot of brainy people like Stephen Fry are quite depressive....
Many people, including some conservatives, have been very impressed with how brainy the president and his advisers are. But that is not quite as reass...
I like both athletic girls and girly girls. It depends on their personality. I like girls who can go out and play sports with me and throw the footbal...
Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts....