On my travels, I love visiting the local village schools, to see the country´s future. More often than not, I find smiling faces of happy pupils, regardless of the political/economical outlook of the country. Here are some photographs from my archives plus quotes of wise (wo)men.
“The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.”
― Sydney J. Harris
School in Sudan
“Education: the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.”
― Mark Twain
Playing basketball in a neglected school hall in Armenia
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
School in Sudan
“You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.”
― Brigham Young
Derelict Bakong Temple school, Angkor, Cambodia
“The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.”
― Socrates
Children in the school of Chong Kneas floating village, Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
― Albert Einstein
Igor, a teacher in Halidzor village, Armenia, supervises his pupils in a shabby classroom of the local school.
“I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.
― Alexander the Great
Bushman children on their schoolground, Den/ui village, Bushmanland, Namibia
“I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.”
― Albert Einstein
“If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.”
― Frank Zappa
School in Sudan
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
― Nelson Mandela
Frantisek Staud Travel Photography 
Wow those are some incredible pictures. We’re teaching in Cambodia soon, I’m a little more inspired now 😀
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This is such an incredible post ~ the writing and photography. There is nothing quite like seeing and experiencing a new culture, new town/city/country than through the lives of the children and their surroundings. For me, the best quote you have here: “I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.” ― Albert Einstein. It provides both guidance and freedom for the young, great minds.
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