“Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.” – from Cloud Atlas
Perhaps the most overlooked aspect of the courses I host is the community. Peer support, connection and community is the heart of EFC, not the teachers. We avoided having one central teacher (I co-lead withFrancis Briers and we have many guests) to emphasise this and how if students learnt from a variety of teachers they could find their own unique style, appropriate for their work and cultural context. Another aspect for us that important is service work, this is both a coursework requirement and an exam criteria. Without service personal growth doesn’t work and if it did what’s the point? Do good, by your own definition, or I’m not interested in teaching you. Hardline perhaps but small stands are needed.
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