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Presentation Zen: Is education killing creativity?

26 September 2008

Came across this: our education systems (around the world) are outdated and mainly designed to meet the needs of industrialization. Sir Ken [Robinson] makes many good points — some you may not agree with — but he certainly is not saying that math and science should be taught or studied less, rather that music and [...]

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The Role of the Writer in Society

21 September 2008

On Thursday past, the organizers of the Bahamas International Literary Festival (BILF), a new-brand entity, so new it don’t even have itself a webspace yet, held a literary forum that served as a precursor to the festival. Six Bahamian writers were invited to present on the topic The Role of the Writer in Society. I was [...]

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