In this post, you will find great Scholastic Quotes from famous people, such as Sylvester McCoy, Austin Clarke, Edward Albert, Jane Yolen, Arthur Lydiard. You can learn and implement many lessons from these quotes.
While I was in junior high, I wrote an entire essay in rhyme about manufacturing in New York State. In high school, I won a Scholastic poetry contest.
I have always said to young artists that scholastic training and the studying of art history are crucial to fully developing as an artist.
When learning was monopolized by the monks in the Middle Ages, people specialized only in warfare and statecraft. And even these were not altogether free from the scholastic influence.
For me, the intellect is always the guide but not the goal of the performance. Three things have to be coordinated, and not one must stick out. Not too much intellect because it can become scholastic. Not too much heart because it can become schmaltz. Not too much technique because you become a mechanic.
I loved the idea of making history interesting for kids! When Scholastic approached me about ‘The 39 Clues‘, I immediately started going through the ‘greatest hits‘ from my years as a social studies teacher, and picked the historical characters and eras that most appealed to my students.
It is clear from all these data that the interests of teenagers are not focused around studies, and that scholastic achievement is at most of minor importance in giving status or prestige to an adolescent in the eyes of other adolescents.
