Category Archives: IE-Today
New directions
Who, in the name of all that’s wonderful, would choose in today’s world to be a Careers Advisor? Can you imagine a more difficult, demanding and, possibly, thankless task than that of advising anyone on how they might make a living? Even that expression, ‘make a living’, seems antique. What young person, day dreaming their… Read More »
Unencumbered
There is probably a very long list of things you need to look like a leader, and even more if you want to be a great leader. But I have a new, magic necessity to suggest: nothing. Nothing at all. If you really want to look like a leader, carry nothing at all. Walk the… Read More »
You don't say…
And the truth is, really, you don’t, do you? Say, that is. None of us do. How often have we thought well of someone and just not said it? Clapped hand to the shoulder, looked them in the eye and said “You were terrific”? Most of us don’t. Maybe it’s British reserve or stiff-upper-lippiness or… Read More »
Here's the thing…
Are you old enough to remember context questions? Popular in RS or Eng lit exams, they gave you a pesky little quotation and asked you detailed questions about it, what did it mean, who said it and why – how minimalist was that? Candidates even had to translate key phrases/sentences into good modern English, as… Read More »
Result!
So, in education, where results are almost as important as they are for football teams, do you ever stop to wonder, whose results are they anyway?
A classy address
Assemblies still have an important role to play in school life. There is – obviously enough – a gap between the writing of any of these articles and their publication. Someday I may get the hang of looking forward to publication date and seeking out interesting anniversaries in pursuit of that glimmer, that glint of… Read More »
What a performance!
There’s a sea change happening in the world of sport and I wonder how long it will be before it arrives in schools? The new buzz word is ‘performance’. Or perhaps ‘performance!’ Schools have been in the business of improving performance since the league tables came in and have even become quite team-aware in the… Read More »
It's personal
Well, what do you know?
I mean really, what do you know? And how did you find it out? Were you taught it? And if so, were you taught it by teachers, by mates, by parents or by the hard knocks of the School of Life? Or – even – by the telly? Go on, admit it, you can learn… Read More »