Book Learning

Many local friends/acquaintenances generally didn't have much 'book-learning' past six grade. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Are intelligence and book-learning only an unnatural byproduct of aberrant social traits? ❋ Darkerblogistan (2009)

Though politicians gnash their teeth and cry anathema, and man, whose superficial book-learning is vitiated by crystallised prejudice, assures us that civilisation will go to smash, the trend of society, to-day, the world over, is toward socialism. ❋ Unknown (2010)

America should be building, rather, on our unique strengths, focusing our main efforts and resources not on book-learning from the past and standardized testing, but on stimulating the passion and creativity of all our young people and honing our well-deserved reputation for ingenuity and entrepreneurship. ❋ Marc Prensky (2011)

The one with the knowledge and the book-learning and very little real-world experience. ❋ Hradzka (2010)

Both Clinton and McCain insisted that experience is critical and faulted Obama for his book-learning. ❋ Unknown (2008)

When I [aksed] Bill why he hated [Bush], he said because [NOFX] hates him. Sounds like lyric book learning to me. ❋ Robert O'Brien (2006)