I’ve always liked the line that “A child is not a cup to be filled, but a candle to be lit.” Lighting those candles has less to do with what we tell kids about the world than what they learn about it through exploring, imagining, and observing the world that surrounds them.

Reflections of a Teacher-Dad (via science-junkie) As cute as this is, I cant escape the vision of children running around on fire… that being said a few memories of long ago did leave me singed.