Alice in Education Land
More values and something of a quarrel In which Alice witnesses a fight and gets involved in an argument
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Alice heard a noise outside the room, which grew in volume from a hum to a hubbub to finally reach the level of a full blown commotion. There were two voices, similar to each other but definitely different in some indefinable way, both gradually rising in tone. It sounded rather repetitive. ‘Yes, I do!’ ‘You most obviously don’t!’ ‘But I clearly do. It is my job.’ ‘But just as clearly, you don’t.’ ‘I have to!’ ‘Then why don’t you?’ Alice could hear that the argument, if that was the right name for it, was going nowhere. She wondered if she would be able to put her debating skills to use to help the two Summer |
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This article is the third of a series to be included as occasional contributions to International School magazine, created by Chris Binge in response to some of his experiences in international education. Intended to be provocative and amusing, they are also used to provoke discussion when he leads workshops.
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