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I have an interest in education

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actually what I find

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is everybody has an interest in education

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don't you?

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I find this very interesting if you did a dinner party

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and you say you work in education

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actually you're not often at dinner parties

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frankly [laughter] [clears throat] excuse me

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if you work in education you're not asked

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you know...and er [laughter]

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and you're never asked back curiously

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that's the - bit strange to me

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er- but if you are and you say to sombody

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er- you know say what do you do?

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and you say you work in education you can see the blood run from their face

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they think 'oh my god, you know, why me?'

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[laughter] my one night out all week, um

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but if you ask about their education,

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they pin you to the wall

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'cause it's one of those things that goes deep with people

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am I right? like religion, and money

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er- and other things

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my contention is that creativity now is

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as important in education as literacy

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and we should treat it with the same status

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thank you [applause]