I am a poor cricket player, yet it is a fine way to spend a day. A company I worked at had an annual game with a client, played on the beautifully tended grounds of a fine manor house in southern England. One beautiful summer day, with all the social pleasures...
Are we educating towards conformity of thought, or towards independence of mind? Is our system of education, perhaps our entire approach to equipping ourselves with knowledge, premised upon acceptance instead of challenge, received wisdom instead of discovery? In the...
