Our educational system is like an automobile which has strong rear lights, brightly illuminating the past. But looking forward things are barely discernible. (Hermann Oberth)

Our educational system is like an automobile which has strong rear lights, brightly illuminating the past. But looking forward things are barely discernible.

Hermann Oberth

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