Education Inspired: William Butler Yeats
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. – William Butler Yeats
Fall Fun Fact: Aurora Season
According to NASA, autumn is “aurora season” because geomagnetic storms are about twice as frequent as the annual average during the fall.
Fall Fun Fact: Autumnal Equinox
The Autumn Equinox (tomorrow) is one of two days a year when the sun is exactly in line with the equator. As a result, Earth receives exactly 12 hours of light and 12 hours of darkness.
WD’YKW: Big Yellow Bus
School busses have been around since 1915, the official color of bright yellow was adopted in 1939. Rooftops were first painted white in 1992, this reduces the interior temperate by an average of 10 degrees in summer.
Education Inspired: Malcolm Forbes
The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one. – Malcolm Forbes
WD’YKW: Didaskaleinophobia
Didaskaleinophobia is the acute fear of going to school, which affects about 2.4% of all children—the good news is that 66.7% of children like school.
Education Inspired: Malcolm X
Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today. – Malcolm X
