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Formal Education Quotes

Questioning what classroom schooling really teaches us.

One musician credits their father, not a classroom, for a formal grounding in raagdari passed down before an uncle brought them into a qawwali ensemble. Others are far more skeptical, echoing doubts you'll also find in Brainy quotes.

The formal education that I received made little sense to me.

Quotes by Twyla Tharp

I didn't have much of a formal education myself.

Quotes by Tony Robinson

Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education positively fortifies it.

Quotes by Stephen Vizinczey

I graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in Communications and left formal education behind.

Quotes by Sarah Zettel

Behind Quotes

My mother, who was professional schoolteacher, was particularly concerned about our formal education and even went so far as to start a private school together with some other parents so that our intellectual needs would be met.

Quotes by Robert B. Laughlin

I started my first company when I was 18 and learned by trial through fire, having no formal education or entrepreneurial experience.

Quotes by Rob Dyrdek

My father gave me formal education in raagdari. He died in Lahore in 1964 when I was 13. I was in the tenth year of school, and my father's brother took me into the qawwali ensemble and started giving me...

Quotes by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

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.

Quotes by Maximillian Degenerez

I began drawing when I was nearly 3, and after finishing the sixth grade, I left school to paint and was tutored at home. My father didn't think a formal education was necessary for a painter.

Quotes by Jamie Wyeth

Brainy Quotes

Going to school and formal education wasn't all that impactful to me, but it was the people that I met at school that really made such a difference.

Quotes by Huda Kattan

State educators have confused the length of formal education with real-life skills.

Quotes by Dominic Raab

I owe the little formal education I got to my drama teacher, Mr. Pickett, who got us to read Shakespeare, Moliere, and other classics.

Quotes by Dennis Quaid

When I was supposed to go to a certified kindergarten that's supposed to teach you actual things like how to read, I went to a daycare that my parents thought was a kindergarten. I was Crayola-ing inside the lines with...

Quotes by Chip Gaines

Frequently Asked Questions

What's this Formal Education quotes collection about?
These quotes reflect on formal schooling from very different angles - traditional musical training passed down within a family, skepticism about how much sense classroom education actually made, and a sharp, cynical joke about education reinforcing rather than curing foolishness.
What does the quote about a father and a qawwali ensemble describe?
It describes receiving formal musical education directly from a father, and after his death, being brought into a qawwali ensemble by an uncle - a form of formal education rooted in family tradition and apprenticeship rather than a conventional school.
Why do people search for quotes about formal education?
People often look for these when questioning the value of traditional schooling versus other forms of learning, or when they want a self-deprecating or witty line about their own limited formal education.
Do any quotes in this collection criticize formal education?
Yes - one bluntly states that formal education made little sense to them, and another jokes that it fortifies stupidity rather than curing it, giving the topic a skeptical edge. Related reflections appear in the Brainy quotes collection.
Is a lack of formal education always framed negatively here?
No - one quote simply states not having had much formal education as a plain fact, without regret, suggesting that success or fulfillment doesn't strictly depend on years spent in school.

A sharper line even argues formal schooling can fortify stupidity rather than cure it. For more on family teaching and self-made knowledge, see Brother quotes and Behind quotes.