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Katharine Birbalsingh (photo from the UK government website).
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Katharine Birbalsingh (photo from the UK government website).
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The Jesuits famously pronounced, after Aristotle, “Give me the child and I will give you the man.” This maxim, or a version of it, reappears throughout the history of education, and by the time it reaches Vladimir Illyich Lenin, it has taken on a more sinister tone, as you might expect: “Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.” The modern Western state has accepted the baton, and effectively says the same thing.
I am not a parent, but I have to feel for those who are. (more…)