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Nice jolly reading to start the holidays

-“we need to stop thinking that grades are equivalent and comparable - a disadvantaged pupil who gets a B may have done vastly more to achieve that grade, and be far more capable than an advantaged pupil who gets an A.” P220

-“‘Flow’- Psychologist Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi- happiness comes from being in a state of flow. The level of difficulty and your own skill are calibrated so it is difficult but you can do it.”
“Education enriches us by teaching us the joy of skill and challenge.” P214