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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: We had an excellent teacher--a very intelligent man with a sarcastic turn of mind, who hated learning from memory, and…

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We had an excellent teacher--a very intelligent man with a sarcastic turn of mind, who hated learning from memory, and managed to make us think instead of merely learning facts.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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He praises a teacher who encouraged critical thinking over rote memorization, highlighting effective teaching methods.

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