William A. Henry III Quotes

#1. The very essence of school is elitism. Schools exist to teach, to test, to rank hierarchically to promote the idea that knowing and understanding more is better than knowing and understanding less.

William A. Henry III

#2. Opportunity does not need to be exactly equal. It needs only to exist. For the talented and motivated, that will be enough ... The vital thing is not to maximize everyone's performance, but to ensure maximal performance from the most talented, the ones who can make a difference.

William A. Henry III

#3. No longer a mark of distinction or proof of achievement, a college education is these days a mere rite of passage, a capstone to adolescent party time.

William A. Henry III

#4. The fact is that some people are better than others - smarter, harder working, more learned, more productive, harder to replace.

William A. Henry III

#5. Where a generation ago people felt entitled to a chance at education, they now feel entitled to the credential affirming that they have completed a course of study regardless of their actual mastery.

William A. Henry III

#6. Any departure from fact is the first step on a slippery slope toward unbelievability.

William A. Henry III

#7. Ultimately it is the yearning to believe that anyone can be brought up to college level that has brought colleges down to everyone's level.

William A. Henry III

#8. In my mind, partial failure is always better than delusory success.

William A. Henry III

#9. The dominant mood of contemporary American culture is the self-celebration of the peasantry.

William A. Henry III

#10. A poet laureate of adolescent sexuality and middle-age longing.

William A. Henry III