I have an interest in education
actually what I find
is everybody has an interest in education
don't you?
I find this very interesting if you did a dinner party
and you say you work in education
actually you're not often at dinner parties
frankly [laughter] [clears throat] excuse me
if you work in education you're not asked
you know...and er [laughter]
and you're never asked back curiously
that's the - bit strange to me
er- but if you are and you say to sombody
er- you know say what do you do?
and you say you work in education you can see the blood run from their face
they think 'oh my god, you know, why me?'
[laughter] my one night out all week, um
but if you ask about their education,
they pin you to the wall
'cause it's one of those things that goes deep with people
am I right? like religion, and money
er- and other things
my contention is that creativity now is
as important in education as literacy
and we should treat it with the same status
thank you [applause]