At the end of World War II, this letter was found in a Nazi concentration camp. It is addressed to Teachers:

“Dear Teachers,

I am a survivor of a concentration camp. My eyes saw what no man should witness:

Gas chambers built by learned engineers, children poisoned by educated physicians, infants killed by trained nurses. Women and babies shot and burnt by High School and College Graduates. So, I am suspicious of education.

My request is: Help your students become human. Your efforts must never produce learned monsters, skilled psychopaths, educated illiterates. Reading, writing, arithmetic are important only if they serve towards making our children more humane.”