There is a scene in the excellent British movie Shirley Valentine in which the eponymous heroine (played by Pauline Collins) looks back to her schooldays and describes how she lost interest in school, career etc. A teacher asks her class "What was mankind's greatest invention. Young Shirley puts up her hand but the teacher makes a sarcastic comment because our girl is not one of the star pupils. One by one the class swots are asked and give ...
Man's Greatest Invention? The Wheel? WRONG! Think in terms of breakfast ...
The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant. - Maximilien Robespierre.
