Saying you should try to be kind sounds like a really silly and obvious thing to say. It’s the sort of thing you only need to tell little children to stop them being nasty in the playground. You know there are better things to be than kind. Like being creative, or the top dog.
We’re highly attuned to the notion that being selfish is one of the worst character traits we might possess, a way of behaving associated with greed, entitlement and cruelty. And yet…
A discussion of how to be a good teacher sounds a little narrow – and probably not very relevant to most of us. Few of us want to be a school…
We tend to operate with the view that the best way to please people is not to bother them too much. We keep many of our dilemmas and confusions away from…