Father Schmemann on slowness and education

"I am quite convinced that the fundamental error of the contemporary man is his belief that thanks to technology...he can squeeze into a given time much more than before, whereas it's really impossible.  Man becomes the slave of his always growing work. There is a need for rhythm, detachment, slowness.  Why can't students grasp all they're taught?  Because they do not have time to become conscious of, to come back to, what they heard, to let it really enter their minds.  A contemporary student registers knowledge, but does not assimilate it; therefore that knowledge does not "produce" anything.  A downpour of rain is immeasurably less useful for a drought than a thin, constant drizzle!  But we are all the time under a thunderous downpour--of information, report, knowledge, discussions, etc.  And all of these flow around us, never sticking to us, immediately pushed away be the next deluge." (The Journals of Father Alexander Schmemann, Friday, September 30, 1977)