Tag: robert abela
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Inclusion Is…
Inclusion is not a trophy for participating. Inclusion is not just representation. Inclusion is not hand-waving your presence that you are there. Inclusion is not having pity Inclusion is not putting other identities down in order to promote yours. Inclusion is not an unfair advantage over the others. Inclusion is not dumbing down everything so…
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I Do Not Understand…
Some of the best debates can be found online nowadays; anything on the Big Conversation, Slavoj Zizek vs Jordan Peterson, Sri Ravishankar vs Dr. Zakir Naik… I love following these. It allows me to gain a deeper understanding of the world and the varied perspectives that inhabit it as they relate to the other denizens.…
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Access for All…Terms and Conditions Apply
A lot of effort has been made in helping disadvantaged students achieve some sort of grade in recent years. However, as an LSE I have found that certain access arrangements have still been putting these children at a disadvantage. Most glaringly obvious is the fact that there is no faculty to allow under an official,…
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Blowing Their Tops
It is often said that the “Mediterrenean personality” is stereotyped as being hotheaded and often loudmouthed. This is, of course, but a stereotype, and we all too often use it as an excuse to continue handling discussions and overall dialogue with the grace of a bull on several doses of excess steroids without expecting reprisal.…
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This Patchwork Life
Every day is multicultural! When we say “multicultural” our mind goes to the grand patchwork of society, a mixture of creeds, religions, nationalities, and so forth. Little do we appreciate that that is not the sole part of how much multi-culture affects our daily life. There is such a thing as microculture. We all know…
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Not for Employment but for Life
John Dewey once wrote that education and experience cannot be automatically equated to one another, and that is absolutely true to some extent. Education in itself is useful change that occurs in experience, the encounter with a different other (see Piaget and his theory of schemas). Non-useful change can be turned into useful if a…
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Cast ye the First Stone…
It’s 2022, everybody! And the more things change, the more they stay the same! Seriously, it is borderline tiring to argue points that should have been wrapped up years ago. The same old song and dance; illegal boathouses, sun beds on Comino still being a thing, the perception of people who go through IVF… Dear…
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One for All
A friend of mine, a teacher, brought up a valid point recently. For context, we were discussing the chef’s comments earlier this month as regards the state of the catering industry; my friend was ambivalent about the comments. On the one hand, he agreed that what was being proposed left room for plenty of exploitative…
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Weaponised Conceit and Gatekeeping in Education
I am not a petty person. Disorganised? A lot. Careless? Ask my wife. Loud, exuberant and opinionated? Is this blog not a clue? But petty? Not at all. I don’t think I have harboured any jealousy since I was a teenager, as ignorant as I was about how hard a life in a committed relationship…
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