I am a teacher living and working in Australia. Supported by my school, I have developed a love of educational research. I am now embarking upon a PhD. Everything that I write reflects my own personal opinion and does not necessarily represent the views of my employer or any other organisation.
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Filling the pail 
No, Yeats probably didn’t say it, but it has sufficient historical grounds to be “quoteworthy.” And besides, are you suggesting that the opposite is true? That education in fact IS the filling of a pail? And that if it’s misattributed to Yeats that it’s less true?
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“A child is not a vase to be filled but a fire to be lit.” (Rabelais, 16th Century)
I your former head teacher at Thorns, john Thompson. Came across your blog by accident
Glad to hear from you. I hope you like the blog. I doubt you will agree with all of it but you might find something of interest. You were a good headteacher.
Just to say really enjoying reading your thoughts. Thanks for posting
Unless you fill the pail it is impossible to light the fire.
Hm….therefore, unless you educate the child it is impossible to inspire or motivate the child?
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Good piece. I dropped out of school without any qualifications, only returning to education when I could negotiate my learning rather than being ‘filled’. I have an MA and work in the field of education.
How superficial of me to miss that important detail. I just committed strawman sarcasm. I hope you can forgive me, since whenever I see anything representative of Dr. Mann’s positive achievements, I tend to skim over the writing, since my sense of his positive achievements is negative.
Hello from a retired teacher with one foot still in the trenches … & two hands in the dog world. How’s that Ph D coming? Nice commentary on testimonials & quack medicine except the last input).