There is a new science of complexity which says that the link between cause and effect is increasingly difficult to trace; that change (planned or otherwise) unfolds in non-linear ways; that paradoxes and contradictions abound; and that creative solutions arise out of diversity, uncertainty and chaos.

Total teachers aren't perfect teachers.

You cannot switch teachers on and off as if they were PowerPoint presentations.

Time is the enemy of freedom.

There is no morality without temptation; otherwise it is just lack of opportunity.

Schools that cannot tolerate interesting & enthusiastic eccentrics who work better alone than together are devoid of flexibility & spirit

Teachers create and transform energy. They are the dynamos of educational change.