Eclecticism: Reflections on literature, writing and life

Eclecticism: Reflections on literature, writing and life

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I volunteered to teach for a day at a local secondary school. During the lunch break I commented to one of the teachers that I used to love teaching, because I enjoyed having a laugh and a joke with the students.

“Ooh no”, she said. “You couldn’t do that now because parents will complain.”

I found this hard to believ…

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