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"My schooling not only failed to teach me what it professed to be teaching, but prevented me from being educated to an extent which infuriates me when I think of all I might have learned at home by myself." George Bernard Shaw

Lora, Serenity and I watched 3 versions of Pygmalion, written by George Bernard Shaw, last week, the 1938 film version, the 1964 musical version "My Fair Lady" and BBC Play of the Month production. We all liked the 1938 version the best, followed by the BBC version, at least for Eliza as played by Lynn Redgrave. In any case having just watched all of these so recently this quote caught my attention when I saw it in an email. I have been unable to locate a source for it, but in my searches for the source I found two other fine quotes related to it:

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." -- Mark Twain

"The only time my education was interrupted was when I was in school." -- George Bernard Shaw

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