John Maxwell - The Leadership Training Activity - eBook
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There’s a scene in the film adaptation of Muriel Spark’s classic, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, during which Head Mistress McKay calls Miss Brodie to her office to chastise Miss Brodie for her somewhat unorthodox teaching methods.1 Head Mistress McKay comments on the precocity of Miss Brodie’s students. Miss Brodie accepts this as a compliment, not acriticism and says:
“To me education is a leading out. The word education comes from the root ‘ex,’ meaning ‘out,’ and ‘duco,’ ‘I lead.’ To me education is simply a leading out of what is already there.”
To this head mistress McKay responds rather haughtily, saying, “I had
hoped there might also be a certain amount of putting in.”
Miss Brodie laughs at this notion and replies, “That would not be education, but intrusion.”