Full Idea
The educational system in large states will always be mediocre at best, for the same reason that the cooking in large kitchens is at best mediocre.
Gist of Idea
Education in large states is mediocre, like cooking in large kitchens
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Human, All Too Human [1878], 467)
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Human, All Too Human', ed/tr. Faber,Marion [Penguin 1994], p.222
A Reaction
I wish he had said what that 'same reason' is. Something to do with too many cooks, I suppose. Nothing seems harder than reaching a wide concensus on how the young should be educated. Like interior design by a committee.