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A quote from Aristotle, 'The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet,' was used to illustrate how young people may not always understand the long-term benefits of education, despite their need for it, and how their decision-making can be influenced by their underdeveloped brains.
In one of your papers you make the point that young people while needing education to do well later are kind of the worst candidates for understanding how much they need education to do well later and...
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A quote from Aristotle, 'The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet,' was used to illustrate how young people may not always understand the long-term benefits of education, despite their need for it, and how their decision-making can be influenced by their underdeveloped brains.
In one of your papers you make the point that young people while needing education to do well later are kind of the worst candidates for understanding how much they need education to do well later and you open with a quote from Aristotle which I'd never read which I love the roots of education are bitter but the fruit is sweet.
Right my father always mentioned that quote when I was a kid to remind me that however bitter the experience of education is right now the effort from staying home on a Friday night or you know doing something that doesn't really seem that exciting or fun and requiring concentration and thinking however tedious the benefits are long-term and they're big.