would you still be my friend?
The opening line of Someone Like That by Deblois (pronounced by saying all the letters, it rhymes with "choice" or "rolls royce"). A rhythmic, mellow natural sound that just seems to melt through the air.
About a year ago I stole a book. Stole is definitely the right word as I took without asking. In fact the owner probably still doesn't know I've got it. I'll return it today - with an apology.
I shan't name the owner as the book in question, and others like it, carry a certain stigma. A stigma that the reader might be someone not terribly interesting; the kind of person who might, in a different context, show his collection of stamps or dead butterflies.
If ever there was a title that took me straight back to my time at school, this is it. It's not that I was unruly, naughty or deliberately disruptive. Somehow I just always seemed to be the one asking "why?" and "How?" and often being told "That's all you need to know for the test".
Christensen et al are not writing about those pupils who make life difficult for teacher, though, at least not directly and not with the word disruptive. They're talking about the application of Christensen's theories of disruptive innovation to the American education sector, with a focus mostly on K-12.
Leigh Dodds, author of Lost Boy and all-round good egg, has decided that joining our platform team as Programme Manager offers him the challenges he's after next.
This is enormously good news for us :-)