SIMON BROOKS EDUCATION

A couple of weeks ago I was pleased to spend a wonderful day at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia. Of the many wonderful works in the gallery, I found that one painting in particular spoke to me that day. It’s a work entitled Mount St Michael, Cornwall, painted by Clarkson Stanfield in 1830. Take a look for yourself, and see what you think. This Blog entry is part four of an eight-part series exploring 7 Big Rocks for Educators keen to build a culture o

Have you ever seen the 2011 dystopian science-fiction thriller film, ‘In Time’? If not, I recommend that you invest some time in doing so. The premise of the film is interesting. Set in the context of a bleak, dog-eat-dog futuristic world, the film depicts a society where time has become the universal currency for all human beings. When people turn 25, they stop aging and their clock begins counting down from 1 year. People are not paid in dollars, but in time. Time can