tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707444165003305798.post4457125387218732354..comments2023-10-24T17:21:16.565+02:00Comments on Sounds in the Hickory Wind: On the Purpose of SchoolsThe Hickory Windhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02099970252405596982noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707444165003305798.post-88993201520010624412012-03-06T20:42:07.199+01:002012-03-06T20:42:07.199+01:00I have given only a small fraction of the picture,...I have given only a small fraction of the picture, that related to what I know about, which is how the system works in education. I thinks it is particularly bad in my field, but the general idea of jobs for life has many negative consequences.<br /><br />As you may have gathered, I don't like change for the sake of change, and I value tradition and what we can learn from long-established practices, but I have spent years seeing first-hand the problems caused by the fear of changing it.<br /><br /><i>"You sound scarily progressive..."</i><br /><br />As Jim Hacker replied when Sir Humphrey said that a decision of his was 'brave': Oh my God, do I?The Hickory Windhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02099970252405596982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707444165003305798.post-38335090750129308352012-03-06T09:44:16.051+01:002012-03-06T09:44:16.051+01:00I cannot help but feel you've given a mere fra...I cannot help but feel you've given a mere fraction of the picture here, so it's difficult to judge.<br /><br />As a small c conservative I feel it is admirable that practices 150 years old still survive. Surely they have matured by this time, and cannot be all bad.<br /><br />You sound scarily progressive in this post.Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.com