If you know any part of one poem in English, it’s quite likely that you know, ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud…’ which is the beginning of William Wordsworth‘s…
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Keeping up with schoolwork at home, during lockdown, communicating with teachers only online, I’ve had a glimpse of what students might be experiencing as, at 17, I completed my A…
A while ago I wrote this post, about exams. I explained that they are not always as important as we think. Sometimes, however, we can’t do without them. Earlier this…
My least favourite subject at school was maths. In a way I was lucky; I never had to ask, ‘what is the point of this? Why do I have to…
Did you have to read aloud in English class? I did. One day when I was 11 and attending a convent in England, we had to take turns standing at…
If your child is struggling with English or lacks confidence, you may be wondering whether to look for a private tutor. Here are some questions you could ask yourself right…
What is education? As far as I’m concerned, ticking boxes required by the National Curriculum and stacking up GCSE grades have nothing to do with it. If we take the…
Yesterday we had our annual visit from the really nice man from the council who oversees my son’s education. The three of us sat round the dining table, looked through…