Chapter 5: Servant leadership in education Robert K. Greenleaf Chapter 5: Servant leadership in education
Page 180 Issue #1: The assumption that some individuals know what another ought to learn, and are justified in imposing their judgment – backed up by sanctions.
Page 183 Issue #2: The fact that our whole system of education rests on coercion: first the legal requirements…
Page 185 And the remedy, I believe, is the same: 1. Raise the spirit of young people… 2. Work with them to find direction… 3. The competencies they need to acquire… 4. Send them on their way…
Page 188 …if you are reasonably sure of your course, just keep going!
Page 197 …every person who is capable of being educated at all should be liberally educated first, without… …better definitions I have read: “a quest after knowledge…” “The grand design of education is to excite, rather than pretend to satisfy…”