Why is it brave to tell the truth?
Some years ago a deputy headteacher introduced to me to a colleague of hers, another deputy head.
“Meet Terry”, she said. “He says the things the rest of us think but would rather not say.”
On another occasion, I wrote an article in which I said I thought a suggestion made by a certain professor was bonkers. A teacher ema…
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