by Anonymous | 8th Dec 2020 | Education, Humanity
“Assumptions!” declared a voice. I looked up to find a tall man in a cassock and dog collar, clutching a bible to his breast. “It’s all about assumptions,” he repeated, looking triumphant. Assumptions, I wondered. Was that a book of the bible I had somehow...
by Anonymous | 2nd Jun 2020 | Education, Identity
It was Christmas Eve when they came in, cold, a few snow flurries. He had been on the floor for several days after his fall, and she, as old as her husband, but suffering from dementia, was confused and upset. She had managed to put a blanket over him and a pillow...
by Anonymous | 14th Aug 2019 | Leadership
The village was facing unprecedented changes. An edict from the mayor demanded that people moved jobs. The baker had to stop making bread and start running the nursery school. The nursery teachers were asked to leave the small charges they had grown close to and take...
by Anonymous | 6th Aug 2019 | Culture, Leadership
How would we cope if we were left to our own devices? No bosses, no managers, no underlings? Would there be a difference to the way we worked together depending on our educational level? Can team work be developed? These three questions have been swimming around in my...
by Anonymous | 14th Jun 2019 | Education
This is the second of our posts this week looking at teaching, this time in the post graduate medical setting. This piece offers a challenging perspective of classsroom based education at postgraduate level, and suggests we change our terminology to reflect the...
