  Forced Funding vs Freedom
by Chris Lewis
[Editor's note: New Zealander Chris Lewis made it all the way to the Wimbledon final, against John McEnroe, in 1983. Though McEnroe gave him short shrift, Chris's gutsy semi-final against Kevin Curran still rates as one of the most memorable Wimbledon matches of recent times. It lasted just under four hours. Then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher thought she'd drop by, & stayed, transfixed. Chris, whom I'm proud & delighted to call "friend" as well as "hero," wrote this article for 'The Free Radical' just after the 2000 Olympics, where poor performances by New Zealand athletes sparked a clamour for more government assistance for sportspeople. - Linz] (Read more...)
Discuss this Article (0 messages)
 "As the sun shows itself at the dawn..." A tribute to Maria Montessori
by Chris Lewis
The state of education in this country is a shambles. Parents who are concerned about the future well-being of their children are searching desperately for educational alternatives. The increased demand for private schooling and the dramatic rise in the number of home-schooled children provide an accurate measure of the growing degree of parental dissatisfaction with the current situation. (Read more...)
Discuss this Article (2 messages)
The Crab Bucket Mentality and The Fountainhead
by Chris Lewis
Anyone familiar with the behaviour of a bunch of crabs trapped at the bottom of a bucket will know what happens when one of them tries to climb to the top; instead of attempting the climb themselves, those left at the bottom of the bucket will do all in their collective power to drag the climber back down. And although crab behaviour should not in any way be analogous to human behaviour, I can think of many instances where it is. (Read more...)
Discuss this Article (74 messages)
Suzuki and Montessori versus Today's Culture
by Chris Lewis
In a speech to parents at the recent NZSI workshop at St Cuthberts College in Auckland, visiting American violin tutor, Craig Timmerman, stated that the ideas of Dr Maria Montessori and Dr Suzuki have had an enormous impact on childhood education throughout the world. (Read more...)
Discuss this Article (6 messages)
|
