I was chatting to a young lady today who is 23, and she spoke about how badly she was educated as a child with dyslexia. I was surprised because I thought all that had been dealt with in the 1980s but it seems teachers out there exist who never received the memo. If you go…
Tag: education
Education’s Limitation
When I was younger I used to be impressed by people who could come out with a quotation from someone famous for every occasion. It is a consequence of the private education in the UK where the elements of debating are well taught and practiced, which in turn is a training for the legal profession…
Education, Education, Education
I never really thought Tony Blair was a good or even an interesting speaker though apparently most of the country did. I am however interested in the ongoing debate for paying for university education on the basis that what is paid is a small percentage of the increase in salary a university graduate may expect…
Congratulations Its Still A Child
Bertrand Russell famously suggested, and he was being serious, that no one should leave school before the age of thirty. It is a strange effect of aging that one can view a twenty year old and remembering how adult one felt at that age, see clearly how immature most twenty year olds actually are. Right…