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Education

Truth and Beauty

April 4, 2010 Education
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There is truth and beauty to be found in the greatest and smallest of things. Reflect for a moment on the life of a single cell, which by itself can exist as an independent organism capable of reproduction and interaction with its environment which we call life. Some cells only live for a few hours while [...]

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My Experience of Innovation

November 9, 2009 Education
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Innovation is popular if not well understood, we recognise it when we see it and every man, his dog and their company aspires to be innovative. To cite Wikipedia, “an innovation is a new way of doing something. It may refer to incremental and emergent or radical and revolutionary changes in thinking, products, processes, or [...]

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A Sophisticated Education

October 19, 2009 Education
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Here’s what your teachers probably never taught you in school. In ancient Greece, the name Sophist was given to teachers who specialised in the teaching of philosophy and rhetoric. Since Athenian democracy gave every citizen the opportunity to speak on national affairs, advancement in politics was largely dependent upon an individual’s rhetorical skills and their [...]

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Obama’s Back-to-School Lessons

September 9, 2009 Education
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President Obama continues to impress me because I believe one of the essential responsibilities of a great leader is to be a good role model. In this relatively short talk to high school students, he has taught some life lessons that all students should learn in their lives (and we are all students our whole [...]

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