I speak of the green paper where a set of solid supply-side improvements suddenly transforms into blaming the individual for the failure of the system. Individual blame never works but individual responsibility does. The vision should be young people in educational settings, because they want or have to be there, deciding, because it seems sensible to them, to take responsibility for their learning. Picture it.
Lewis Carroll's Alice Through the Looking Glass describes it for us. Alice climbs through a mirror and explores the house and garden she finds herself in. She walks with increasing impatience because she has seen a hill that she wants to climb.
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