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Welcome! I am a British Freelance Writer and Educational consultant who worked in Bangladesh until December 2013. I also have ADHD.In these pages I discuss all of these things and I try to give you a picture of life in Indian subcontinent Asia too.
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Tag Archives: education
What could YOU do with $2 each month?
What could you do with $2 per month? I carried out extensive research into this question (well…I asked a few friends on Facebook) and here’s my results. For $2 per month you could: possibly get a cheap lipstick or concealer (would … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, Education, Writing
Tagged Bangladesh, charity, D K Powell, education, novel, Patreon, poverty, the pukur, young adult novels
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Why Schools need a radical re-think and why the British Government fails to understand
In the news yesterday and today is the UK government’s announcement to bring back more Grammar schools – in essence schools which can select students based on academic ability. Embed from Getty Images On Wednesday I gave my TEDx talk … Continue reading
Catch-up before the year ends
Weeeelllll it has been far, far too long since last I wrote but that, dear readers, you can put down to me being way too busy rather than no longer caring about this place of mine. It’s been, on the … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Tagged Bangladesh, British Asians, broken trust, depression, education, friendships, Home schooling, homeschooling, life events, St Bees School, trauma, trust
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Save The Memories
“Every time I walk past the school or through the school, it just doesn’t seem real. It doesn’t seem real that come September I won’t see any boys on the rugby pitch. I won’t see any girls on the rounders … Continue reading
Posted in children, community, Education, Philosophy
Tagged community, education, St Bees, St Bees School
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Homeschooling a girl: the courses have arrived!
No soon have I begun this series of blog posts than I might have to alter the titles as Thing II, having decided traditional state schooling is for him, has changed his mind and is now not so sure! We’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, children, Education, Life
Tagged Bangladesh, child abuse, depression, education, home education, home school, Home schooling
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