I have wanted to go to Michaela for about a year now. Well, I was at the Michaela debate but that was sans children. Thanks to Naureen (@5N_Afzal), who arranged it all, I finally got to visit today.
We started the tour with a chat with Katherine in her office. I can imagine her detractors see her as a Cruella de Vil figure who spends her time concocting evil rules to make her pupils lives a misery. I can only say she did an excellent job of coming across as smart, funny, warm and incredibly passionate about the students and teachers.
I am still a bit shocked at the letter she showed us, which the teaching unions thought fit to write and hand out to the pupils at Michaela. I had not known the opposition to the school had extended to that. It’s another piece of evidence for the ‘teaching…
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The Echo Chamber 