7th July, 2010 - Posted by Minter Dial - 5 Comments
French Service. For some, this is an oxymoron. Some like to say the same thing of American Intelligence. But as far as French Intelligence is concerned and American Service, we tend to be on the right track! Regarding French service, there has been much written about the issue of bad, snooty-nosed, unfriendly service in French’s » Read More
10th December, 2009 - Posted by Minter Dial - 6 Comments
Attended the LeWeb Conference 2009, (the 6th such event), organised by Loic Lemeur and his wife, Géraldine, on December 9-10, 2009. Le Web Paris 2009 In a series of 3 posts, I am going to comment on the top nine (for two thousand and NINE) things that I captured at #LeWeb and believe will be particularly relevant » Read More
5th September, 2009 - Posted by Minter Dial - 1 Comment
If the plight of children and the role of women is the key issue for the MEDEF Summer University [Universite d'Ete] 2009, Ms. Cherie Blair was a wonderful choice to open the conference. If her speech felt a little long, there were many interesting points raised in her 30 minute speech. I captured below a » Read More
3rd November, 2008 - Posted by Minter Dial - 10 Comments
The difference between Educating and Teaching… and the emptiness inside I have decided to translate into English a post I did in French over the weekend due to the interesting discussion that it provoked. An article, entitled (for you francophones) « Il y a un divorce entre enseignement intellectuel et formation morale », by » Read More
20th May, 2008 - Posted by Minter Dial - 6 Comments
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Teachers – How to get rid of the bad apples? As much as I would love to continue praising the great teachers in my life, it occurs to me that many countries feel that their educational systems are in dire straits. With my Franco- Anglo- American educational » Read More
5th December, 2007 - Posted by Minter Dial - 3 Comments
I saw the other day (Dec 1, 2007) in Le Figaro about an opinion poll saying that 81% of (4,470) French people interviewed via internet were in favor of having an (American style) graduation ceremony to mark the end of a university (equivalent) degree in France. I think this is marvellous. The celebration of education » Read More
17th September, 2007 - Posted by Minter Dial - 1 Comment
Got turned on to this via a twit from my pal Mitch. The Youtube video is Mr Rogers‘ talk with a US Senate sub-committee, in a meeting chaired by the notoriously “cold” Senator John Pastori, on May 1, 1969. It is worth watching the full 6 1/2 minutes of this video, even » Read More
16th June, 2007 - Posted by Minter Dial - 5 Comments
I think working less for “living” more is a wonderful ambition — afterwards there are economics and lifestyle choices & values that come into play. However, recently, I counted up how many hours my son works for his schooling. And the irony is that, with 26.25 hours of classes and about 10 hours » Read More
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