Ocupation: Psychiatrist
Life: April 15, 1920 - September 8, 2012
Birthday: April 15
Death: September 8
Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily.
source: Thomas Stephen Szasz (2004). “Words to the Wise: A Medical-Philosophical Dictionary”, p.40, Transaction Publishers
topic: Positive, Education, Children, Student Learning, First Day Of School, Willingness To Learn, Young Children, School Teachers, Schools And Teachers, Young Students, Self-importance