Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity
This is a really interesting talk on Education by Ken Robinson at a TED conference. TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It was started in 1984 as a conference bringing different sectors together. Today thanks to technology they record and broadcast talks from people such as Bill Clinton, Alain de [...]
Apples and Oranges
On our recent trip to Leitrim Ruairi discovered oranges and more importantly that they roll. As with everything however it does end up in the mouth at some stage. I find this journey of discovery so extraordinary. I think it is this that parents are trying to get across when they describe how wonderful it [...]
Graduation
I was never big into the idea of college. I liked it and I always knew I’d give it a go but deep down from the age of 5 my greatest desire was to own and run my own business. So after a year at UCD that’s exactly what I did, took a “year [...]
Educate Together@the Flora Mini Marathon
A few weeks ago Deirdre O’Donoghue emailed me about herself and several of the staff at Educate Together running in the Flora Mini marathon to raise money for E.T. I am a huge supporter of Educate Together having gone through their education system and come out the other side a better person for it. Educate [...]
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