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Being wrong, tolerating dissent

A recent quote by a man of the moment, educationalist and thinker Ken Robinson has had quite a profound effect on me: ‘nothing original can be achieved if you are in fear of being wrong.’ Certainly as a university student the fear of being wrong is strong. I still feel it in writing this blog. [...]

“Do you want to see the beach?”

“Do you want to see the beach?” Accepting this innocent invitation we drove down to main street to beach. Past the store, past the council officers. We parked on the high ridge from the which the grainy sand ran steeply, not into water but onto a long flat expanse of fine mud which finally slid [...]