An excellent article about the work of Career Academies in Society Guardian today. It’s been interesting finding out which of my friends are Guardian readers…
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There is something rather reassuring about arriving at a large Scout camp. Before you have spoken to anyone, before you have seen the programme or unfolded a map, you know roughly what you will find. Leaders wrestling with logistics. Young people laughing, building, exploring and making new friends. Somewhere, someone looking for a missing mallet….
The teacher
Stories like this, which I’ve adapted from an American website, always have a way of putting the right perspective on life. Jean Thompson stood in front of her Year Five class on the very first day of school in the autumn and told the children a lie. Like most teachers, she looked at her…
