Talk:Jacques Barzun
Regarding this quote attributed in the article to Jacques Barzun:
The truth is, when all is said and done, one does not teach a subject, one teaches a student how to learn it. "Reasons to De-Test the Schools," New York Times (1988-10-11), later published in Begin Here: The Forgotten Conditions of Teaching and Learning (1991)
I attempted to locate the original source of the quote, which is "Reasons to De-Test the Schools," New York Times (1988-10-11). I was unable to do so. Jaqcues Barzun was published in the New York Times on 1988-10-11 with the article, "Multiple Choice Flunks Out." (See https://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/11/opinion/multiple-choice-flunks-out.html?searchResultPosition=1) The quote above does not appear in this article. I was unable to locate the article "Reasons to De-Test the Schools" in the New York Times online archive search.
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