British film producer, UNICEF ambassador and educator, Lord David Puttnam shares personal insights from his childhood and the problems he faced with traditional schooling growing up. As Chairman of Nord Anglia's Education Advisory Board, Lord Puttnam envisions an education which encourages students to achieve more than they may have thought possible.
Teachers and parents place a great deal of importance on reading without asking why the ability to read so important. Before we had writing, we still survived and we still learned so what is it that this invention gives us? Perhaps the answer is obvious but it is still worth thinking about.