Reflections as a Global Educator
“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves” Henry David Thoreau. In his famous poem, a “Shropshire Lad”, AE Housman wrote the lines; “The happy highways where I went, And cannot come again”. This “Shropshire Lad” thought of those words as the car drove westwards over the River Severn into Wales this… Continue reading Where leaders find light when leadership gets lonely; their Hinterland.
“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men” Frederick Douglas. June’s anniversary of D-Day, also coincides with the anniversary of the death of my father in law, Peter Whittle. He took a brave decision: a leap of faith and an unexpected journey when he chose to make a new life and… Continue reading When children need to walk their own journey.
“Control your own destiny or someone else will” Jack Welch I cannot remember a time when I have ever had such direct access to power. This Spring, I find on these rainy, sunshine mornings that I walk past and greet the Prime Minister of my adopted country as he leaves his building every morning. It… Continue reading If we “future proof” our schools, we control our destiny
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