The Friday Debate: Are Dads Overrated?

This term as I have taught in a number of schools I have really had a lot of time to talk to a number of students after workshops. Some have requested mentoring and others just want to have that space to talk about either absent fathers (physically and/or mentally) or loss of fathers.
My wife lost [...]

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Is this Racist?

In light of the amount of negative videos of “black music” that is allowed to be screened on commercial and cable TV,  I was somewhat alarmed that (if the stories are true) the grime video of empowerment by Bashy was not allowed to be aired on commercial TV. That said it [...]

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Learning while Teaching

The last two weeks have been incredibly busy, but so rewarding.
Madeline and I have been running confidence workshops in two schools in Hertfordshire and North London. In addition I have been running some presentation skills workshops in a couple of schools as well.
I think I mentioned before I would never be a teacher in [...]

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Black Boys by Bashy

Accentuating the positive

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I love this!

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Freedom of Speech

Yesterday I heard an interesting quote. “Freedom of speech must have limits” this was made by the MP George Gallaway at the protest at Oxford University yesterday. Personally I wonder if that is very true. Of course freedom of speech comes with responsibility but does it have limits? What about what happens at Speakers Corner? [...]

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Vocation Vocation Vocation

So now the show is over. Ann (co-presenter) and I totally enjoyed working on the show and with the ten students. The feedback on the show has been positive with a number of students and parents saying they wish that Channel 4 repeats this or has a new series so that more 16-17 year olds [...]

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Been A While

OK so I flopped big time trying to write a day a piece about black history month, but African history happens every day. Well that’s my excuse anyway and I am sticking with it.
Well I am back with my hand to the plough!! So watch this space.

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Mind the Gap!

Last week I took the tube into London to get to a school. I was a running a presentation skills workshop and I had to take the Northern Line there. Usually I drive into London preferring to pay the congestion charge rather than jump on a train or a bus…and last week reminded me why.
I [...]

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Vocation Vocation Vocation

So the ten part series came to and end on Friday. Myself and Anne (pictured two from me) and the students (Some pictured here) had such a great time filming this and the feedback that I have had from friends, family and the schools I work in as well as some real random folks has [...]

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