Home Archived What they said .. Back What they said .. 18th January 2008, 12:00am Ralph Waldo Emerson Share What they said .. https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/what-they-said-17 Copy Link “The things taught in our schools are not education but the means to an education.”Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer. Want to keep reading for free? Register with Tes and you can read two free articles every month plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. Register Log in Keep reading for just £1 per month You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £1 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now Nothing found Recent Most read Most shared 5 ways to work with mistakes in the classroom Teaching & Learning 23 April 2024 6 things we did to improve mental health in our school Analysis 23 April 2024 5 basic errors that ruin teacher job applications Analysis 23 April 2024 Most schools train leaders to tackle rising parental complaints News 22 April 2024 CfE: Secondaries ‘starting again’ as pupils lack ‘common knowledge base’ News 16 April 2024 GCSEs 2024: Exam dates, timetables and key information Analysis 9 April 2024 5 ways to support reading for pleasure in the classroom Teaching & Learning 22 April 2024 Most schools train leaders to tackle rising parental complaints News 22 April 2024 A simple but radical new way to assess writing Teaching & Learning 22 April 2024