Careers

  • The ordeal of an Irish teacher shows the confusion

    Enoch Burke isn’t a conspiring or flippant individual. He’s caught in a modern trap. It’s the equivalent of a witch hunt or a hit list of suspects for arrest on political criteria.

    In his case, everyone is just doing their job – except him. He’s the one lacking in professionalism. He’s the one agitating. He’s the one that lacks respect for the system.

    In fact, he’s the one showing what it’s like to be a thinking professional in the world today.

    The menial obeisance of Irish police, the slavish compliance of Irish Justices, and the total apathy of Irish community leaders shows that Burke is in a difficult place.

    There isn’t much more to life than the part we play in it, and Irish teacher Enoch Burke epitomises this ethic, as well as the duty to self to uphold personal values.

    His refusal to change his approach to teaching children has resulted in this case, and multiple prison stays.

    The harassment he feels is returned by regular visits to his place of work to make the point.

    His teaching profession is widely regarded to be in disarray, and Europe itself is at war with itself over how to teach children.

    Burke isn’t a bad man, or a bad teacher, but many are. They don’t have his sensitivity, or his same appeal to fact or reason.

    His campaign is noble, but he needs to get back in the classroom. He must resume his peer leadership position too, to help more like him to stand up to nameless hate.

  • London is a growing power

    It’s believed by some that London is a relic of the past. It has cultural heritage. It has museums. It has old streets. It has charm. It has a look about it.

    However, it’s only its past.

    The fact is London is now a growing power. It’s increasing its influence in many parts of the world. It’s moving up, and spreading its wings.

    The future is bright for it.

    Its centres of business are multiplying in importance. Those who work in them are buoyant about their jobs. They have access to the rest of the world.