Minnie’s Musings

Still listening to Amal and his radicals.

One week you get a radical headcteacher saying that diversity isn’t a strength. The next week a radical climate activist argues that diversity is a strength.
The former said the strength can be found in unity.

But are they polar opposites? I think not.

We can be a diverse society and have a strong sense of being British, European, Londoners, Mancunians etc, etc.

We can throw up the bunting and bake our scones, then order a curry for supper We can value our Christian traditions that anchor our calendar and also celebrate Diwali, Eid and so on.

We can examine our history, our geographical world view and so on. We can look at science through diverse physiologies. And we can study Shakespeare who provides an avenue to discuss racism, antisemitism, Adrian, gender fluidity.

By creating a diverse curriculum full of variety we explore skills such as critical thought and analysis as well as alove of learning.
But we can also celebrate our unity in pride in our form, our house, our school, our community, our region, our country and our continent. Very little is all bad