I have just been chatting about the happiness and wellbeing research at LSE when this caught my eye – how well said.
I wonder what education might look like if we followed this simple advice each day for every person who walked in the door’s of our schools?
Imagine a world where we could be happy, responsible, and not deny others their opportunities?
Grits and Grains 
There are wonderful individuals within the system that try to make this happen, but all the structures are stacked against them.
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Jan, I recently spoke to a minister from North Carolina who shared this thought: “Systems are evil; we need the people [treasures] to be good and overcome the evil.” What can those treasures do to overcome the odds? What can we do to help them?
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We are just beginning to hear about a new curriculum review. It sounds like there is going to be more teaching rather than less, more control rather than less – system governed by fear and anxiety.
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They are treasures aren’t they? And there’s many of them.
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If there was a like button on your blog I’d have clicked it 😛
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Thanks Rachael. I didn’t know there wasn’t a like button. It must be the new theme – no likes or dislikes. There has to be some way of punching the air and saying YES mustn’t there?
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David, thank you for the reblog.
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