"Still more from Albert Einstein on the common core standards and
tests: "One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the
examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a
deterring effect on me that, after I had passed the final
examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems
distasteful to me for an entire year."
In response Emiko Kiyochi <http://on.fb.me/Y0hJJ7> wrote: "Can you
give me the source? I'm always intrigued by quotes from Einstein but
I never know where they are from."
To which Krashen replied [my inserts at ". . . .[[insert]]. . . ."]:
"Lots of quotes in 'The Expanded Quotable Einstein' . . . . . . . .
[[Calaprice (2000); more recently Calaprice (2005, 2011)]]. . . . . .
. . Great biography: 'Einstein's Mistakes' [Hans Ohanian (2009)
(Susan Ohanian's husband)] (really about the messy path to
creativity)."
"One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for examinations,
whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring
effect [upon me] that, after I had passed the final examination, I
found the consideration of any scientific problems distasteful to me
for an entire year"
- Albert Einstein (1999) in "Autobiographical Notes," pp. 15-16.
Another similar Einstein quote is:
"It is a very grave mistake to think that the joy of seeing and
searching can be promoted by means of coercion and sense of duty. . .
.I believe that it would be possible to rob even a healthy beast of
prey of its voraciousness. . . with the aid of a whip, to force the
beast to devour continuously, even when not hungry."
- Albert Einstein (1999) in "Autobiographical Notes," pp. 17-19.
REFERENCES [All URL's shortened by <http://bit.ly/> and accessed on
12 Jan 2013.]
Calaprice, A. 2000. "The Expanded Quotable Einstein," Princeton
University Press, foreword by Freeman Dyson, publisher's information
at <http://bit.ly/11q5AOw>. Amazon.com information at
<http://amzn.to/W07jmF>
Calaprice, A. 2005. "The New Quotable Einstein," Princeton University
Press, foreword by Freeman Dyson, publisher's information at
<http://bit.ly/V36uft> Amazon.com information at
<http://amzn.to/VSgmJC> , note the searchable "Look Inside" feature.
Calaprice, A. 2010. "The Ultimate Quotable Einstein," Princeton
University Press, foreword by Freeman Dyson, publisher's information
at <http://bit.ly/TRmUHy>. Amazon.com information at
<http://amzn.to/13q9cOT>, note the searchable "Look Inside" feature.
An expurgated Google book preview is online at <http://bit.ly/WAAn3x>.
Einstein, A. 1979, 1999. "Autobiographical Notes," Open Court,
translated and edited by Paul Arthur Schilpp, publisher's information
at <http://bit.ly/Y0a4dU>. Amazon.coweim information at
<http://amzn.to/WAfCoA>, note the searchable "Look Inside" feature.
First published in 1979.
Ohanian. H.C. 2009. "Einstein's Mistakes: The Human Failings of
Genius." W.W. Norton, publisher's information at
<http://bit.ly/13quVq3.>. Amazon.com information at
<http://amzn.to/11qwxlb>, note the searchable "Look Inside" feature.
See also Weinberg (2005).
Weinberg, S. 2005. "Einstein's Mistakes: Science sets itself apart
from other paths to truth by recognizing that even its greatest
practitioners sometimes err," Physics Today, November, pp. 31-35;
online as a 336 kB pdf at <http://bit.ly/VSyoLL>>