I am too jaded by far.
Because the quality of teaching at the conference was very high indeed. But that’s the old story for me – I come with these totally unfounded prejudices and misconceptions only to have them rightly confounded. The chat from Chap Clark was excellent, taking us through some of the conclusions from his research into the nature of adolescence, as was the time spent with Duffy Robbins investigating the Church’s response to Clark’s info.
All good, but by far the best part of it was so many youth workers together talking out the issues – and only a small number were employed in youth work, most being volunteers. That was healthy, as most (ie, almost all) of the people doing the work out there do so in a voluntary capacity. Excellent chance to put heads together.
August 29th, 2006 at 5:08 pm
Agree with the head frying business, i’m back to work this week and feel like it’s a welcome break!! The summer school was top notch, alot to think through and take on board, and the conversations had were equally valuable. Hope the new post is going well, was good catching up. Catch you around i’m sure