Our teachers
According to Bertrand Russell, the effect of Aristotle's teaching on Alexander was nil.
We can generalise this to affirm that the effect of education on character is zero - or even negative.
In light of the recent events in Bangladesh involving the academic community, it can be safely inferred that with education comes a progressive deterioration in character. What would have appeared culpable to any illiterate peasant appeared not only innocent, but even laudable, to our teachers and students.
After all, it took a massive amount of education to turn French peasants into murderers.
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