Word of the Week: Inculcate

The word of the week is: Inculcate

Pronunciation: [in-kuhl-keyt]

Definition:

verb

1. to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly (usually followed by upon or in ):  to inculcate virtue in the young.

2. to cause or influence (someone) to accept an idea or feeling (usually followed by with ): Socrates inculcated his pupils with the love of truth.

Quotes relating to this topic:

“Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.”
-Plato

“Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon”
-E. M. Forster

“Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.”
-Thomas A. Kempis