The Knowledge Debate: an anecdote about my embrassing brush with a music superstar and why children need to acquire knowledge
The story you are about to read is true (I really wish it wasn't); it involves my chance meeting with one of my musical heroes in a motorway service station which led to a moment of such utter and complete cringeworthy embarrassment that I still get the sweats every time I hear him on the radio (which is every Sunday). I wonder whether he would remember the moment a random bloke repeatedly questioned his knowledge about HIS OWN SONGS and argued the toss after he was kind enough to stop and chat. I call this story 'The Curse of the Music Streaming Service'... Back in the late noughties, I was the fairly new head teacher of a large urban primary school in East Manchester and, along with some colleagues, I was taking a group of year 6 children down to an activity holiday in London. Partway down the M6 motorway we decided to pull in at a service station (again) to allow the kids to visit the toilet (again) as they weren't allowed to use the loo on the coach (what is it abou...