I really think we are making headway. Not only are we raising kids' consciousness but also staff members. Some kids are tasting things they've never tasted before.

so deeply ingrained is the unconscious northern hemisphere chauvinism in those of us who live there, and even some who don't. 'Unconscious' is exactly right. That is where consciousness-raising comes in. It is for a deeper reason than gimmicky fun that, in Australia and New Zealand, you can buy maps of the world with the South Pole on top. What splendid consciousness-raisers those maps would be, pinned to the walls of our northern hemisphere classrooms. Day after day, the children would be reminded that 'north' is an arbitrary polarity which has no monopoly on 'up'.

It isn’t much use writing slogans on a wall if you plan to total the building.

Share your dreams and they will be inspired. Plant seeds of knowledge and they will grow and reproduce beyond measure.

we do it for the kids, not for the recognition.

I think we're on the right track. We can now finally have classrooms at the schools, where we can collaborate with other classrooms and interact with other teachers.