Comments on: Book Review: ‘The Element’ by Sir Ken Robinson http://vivmcwaters.com.au/2009/02/24/book-review-the-element-by-sir-ken-robinson/ facilitation, working with groups Sat, 12 May 2012 18:26:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Robert Leslie Fielding http://vivmcwaters.com.au/2009/02/24/book-review-the-element-by-sir-ken-robinson/comment-page-1/#comment-1608 Robert Leslie Fielding Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:28:10 +0000 http://vivmcwaters.com.au/?p=752#comment-1608 Hi, I am so glad I finally located other ‘fans’ of Sir Ken Robinson and his ideas. I used to be a machine operator in the engineering industry the in north of England. That was 25 years ago. Since that time, I have been to university, got two degrees to help me teach my language, and have taught English in 7 different countries. I have two books published, had a plethora of other stuff published, and a ton of writing unpublished or on blogs. At school, my ability to write was encouraged, but of course, coming from a working class family, i had to get an apprenticeship – writing had to wait. Think how fortunate I am to find myself ‘in the zone’, doing what I love – writing. Sir Ken is absolutely right about education – we need to throw out the Gradgrind model and infuse our youngsters with our own enthusiasm. Many, many thanks Sincerely Rob Fielding Hi, I am so glad I finally located other ‘fans’ of Sir Ken Robinson and his ideas. I used to be a machine operator in the engineering industry the in north of England. That was 25 years ago. Since that time, I have been to university, got two degrees to help me teach my language, and have taught English in 7 different countries. I have two books published, had a plethora of other stuff published, and a ton of writing unpublished or on blogs. At school, my ability to write was encouraged, but of course, coming from a working class family, i had to get an apprenticeship – writing had to wait. Think how fortunate I am to find myself ‘in the zone’, doing what I love – writing.

Sir Ken is absolutely right about education – we need to throw out the Gradgrind model and infuse our youngsters with our own enthusiasm.
Many, many thanks
Sincerely
Rob Fielding

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