Tuesday, December 04, 2012

Great Regulars: I'm amazed. It covers such a wide range

of what are very complex processes: cognition, memory, perception, emotional literacy, nurture and so on. Why do you or anyone else in government think that your job description is to rule on such matters?

Did you reach the post of education secretary because you have this specialist knowledge? Occasionally, I imagine you moving on to running health and wondering if you would spend your time in that post telling oncologists how to cure cancer. I've come to think that you probably would.

from Michael Rosen: The Guardian: Dear Mr Gove: Michael Rosen's letter from a curious parent

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