Comments on: Channel 4 Education Debate – Staying On? http://blog.richardmillwood.net/2008/02/05/channel-4-education-debate-staying-on/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=channel-4-education-debate-staying-on A new learning landscape Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:33:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: richard http://blog.richardmillwood.net/2008/02/05/channel-4-education-debate-staying-on/comment-page-1/#comment-110 richard Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:26:39 +0000 http://blog.richardmillwood.net/2008/02/05/channel-4-education-debate-staying-on/#comment-110 Thanks Stephen - I have increased the font size. As for disentangling, consider <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article3166508.ece" rel="nofollow">the case of Alexander</a>, on the television recently, who suffered from cystic fibrosis yet continued to apply himself in his musical development. His education was a fulfilment and he treated it as such, since he had no certain prospect of a life. The danger of not disentangling is that we will oblige children always to think of jam tomorrow, and I think they, like all of us, deserve some today. Thanks Stephen – I have increased the font size.
As for disentangling, consider the case of Alexander, on the television recently, who suffered from cystic fibrosis yet continued to apply himself in his musical development. His education was a fulfilment and he treated it as such, since he had no certain prospect of a life. The danger of not disentangling is that we will oblige children always to think of jam tomorrow, and I think they, like all of us, deserve some today.

]]> By: Stephen Powell http://blog.richardmillwood.net/2008/02/05/channel-4-education-debate-staying-on/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Stephen Powell Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:25:54 +0000 http://blog.richardmillwood.net/2008/02/05/channel-4-education-debate-staying-on/#comment-97 "we should not forget that education is fulfilment in itself, not simply preparation for life" Personally I find it hard to disentangle the two. Certainly I don't see education as just preparation for a career or the world of work. I do, however, think that an education it is part and parcel of a fulfilling life. BTW, the font size showing when I type in this field (Mac, Firefox 2.2.2.11) is challengingly small:^) “we should not forget that education is fulfilment in itself, not simply preparation for life” Personally I find it hard to disentangle the two. Certainly I don’t see education as just preparation for a career or the world of work. I do, however, think that an education it is part and parcel of a fulfilling life.

BTW, the font size showing when I type in this field (Mac, Firefox 2.2.2.11) is challengingly small:^)

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