A child in a bedsit has more ‘character’ than a braying public schoolboy, Mr Hinds | Laura McInerney

The education secretary should come up with policies to help children – and fund them – instead of making platitudes about yoga

Years ago I taught a young girl who had been diagnosed with muscular dystrophy. At the age of 15, she knew that in her adult life she would be a wheelchair user. Yet, she continued working towards her dream of becoming a scriptwriter, a dream tough enough to achieve when growing up in one of the poorest parts of the country, even harder when faced with such physical limitations. Joyfully, that student, Matilda Ibini, has gone from strength to strength and I now follow on social media her career as an award-winning playwright.

Contrast such grit and determination with the latest vision of “character” to come from the education secretary, Damian Hinds.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2XbopFv