English teacher devoting every spare moment to solving the Humanities crisis. Apart from Tuesday lunchtimes, when I’m on playground duty. Soft Subjects out now!
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Scientists gave us the vaccine. But where would we be in the fight against Covid without the Ancient Greek professors who explained how to pronounce ‘Omicron’?
I encourage anyone tired of hearing that Latin’s a dead language to reach out to their old Latin teacher and bask in their (very much alive) passion for the subject.
Though not mine, sadly, she died three days ago.
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In case you missed it, catch Episode 3 of my ongoing, highly fruitful quest to save the Humanities here: youtu.be/vGLjqesAWT4
STEM students aren't the only ones with transferable skills. Episode 2 out now!
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Some heroes save humanity. I save THE Humanities. Episode 1 out now!
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It’s been five days since I posted my first video so I’m slightly surprised arts cuts like this are still happening. Then again, I suppose you can’t solve a systemic crisis with a single video. It takes at least three or four.
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‘The hypocrisy is nauseating’: Wes Streeting on state school arts cuts theguardian.com/education/20…
I'm pleased to release the prologue, if you will, to the series that will document my quest to save the Humanities.
The next time someone tells you that studying words and books isn't as useful as studying science and technology, show them this video, made using nothing more than a love of literature, a grounding in the arts, and the latest video editing software.
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Sad but true. I recently approached my Head about a theatre trip, only to be told the funds weren’t there. Apparently this government thinks it’s fine to deny kids access to my Romeo & Juliet one-man show (tickets still available).
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