We have ignored cultural literacy in thinking about education We ignore the air we breathe until it is thin or foul. Cultural literacy is the oxygen of social intercourse.

Quote by E D Hirsch Jr

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The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism

The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism

Mystery is another name for our ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly...

Mystery is another name for our ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly...

The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds

The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds

Ignorance is innocence - stupidity comes with experience

Ignorance is innocence - stupidity comes with experience

Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from truth who believes nothing,...

Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from truth who believes nothing,...

America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to...

America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to...

Ignorance breeds monsters to fill up the vacancies of the soul that are unoccupied by...

Ignorance breeds monsters to fill up the vacancies of the soul that are unoccupied by...

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

So long as the mother, Ignorance, lives, it is not safe for Science, the offspring,...

So long as the mother, Ignorance, lives, it is not safe for Science, the offspring,...

Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind

Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind

I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know

I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know

No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity

No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

An ignorance of means may minister To greatness, but an ignorance of aims Make it...

An ignorance of means may minister To greatness, but an ignorance of aims Make it...

When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds

When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds

Ignorance is the mother of presumption

Ignorance is the mother of presumption

If ignorance were bliss, he'd be a blister

If ignorance were bliss, he'd be a blister