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		<title>A quick note&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://michaeltmerrick.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/a-quick-note/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[on abortion &#8211; some interesting data out of the latest YouGov poll, which suggests that 49% of females, questioned over whether there should be a reduction in the abortion time limit, agreed that there should be. Not that this should &#8230; <a href="http://michaeltmerrick.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/a-quick-note/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michaeltmerrick.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10797114&amp;post=1136&amp;subd=michaeltmerrick&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Catholic schools and education</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 11:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[‘I would say that normally it is the creative minorities that determine the future, and in this sense the Catholic Church must understand itself as a creative minority that has a heritage of values that are not things of the &#8230; <a href="http://michaeltmerrick.wordpress.com/2012/01/01/catholic-schools-and-education/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michaeltmerrick.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10797114&amp;post=1131&amp;subd=michaeltmerrick&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Catholic Left</title>
		<link>http://michaeltmerrick.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/the-catholic-left/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 06:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For those unable to purchase the Catholic Herald, find below the sub of an article of mine that appeared this weekend. The Left is not the enemy of the Catholic Church Catholic commentators should be careful not to demonise those &#8230; <a href="http://michaeltmerrick.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/the-catholic-left/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michaeltmerrick.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10797114&amp;post=1125&amp;subd=michaeltmerrick&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve often thought there is a tendency in teaching to try to offer intellectual justification for educational trends that lead primarily to diminishing the role of the teacher. Partly, I suspect, this is because of a philosophical and cultural fetish &#8230; <a href="http://michaeltmerrick.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/teaching-time/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michaeltmerrick.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10797114&amp;post=1122&amp;subd=michaeltmerrick&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Recruitment and Retention</title>
		<link>http://michaeltmerrick.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/recruitment-and-retention/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 19:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Teaching. It’s a tough job. Genuinely. Which means that, sometimes, people get into teaching and find it is not for them. The demands placed upon them, they decide, are too unreasonable. The task, they decide, too thankless. The alternatives, they &#8230; <a href="http://michaeltmerrick.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/recruitment-and-retention/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michaeltmerrick.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10797114&amp;post=1118&amp;subd=michaeltmerrick&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Behaviour in Schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just came across this, via Andrew Old. A fascinating debate with some pointed, sensible questions. Behaviour and Discipline in Schools &#160; Filed under: Uncategorized<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michaeltmerrick.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10797114&amp;post=1111&amp;subd=michaeltmerrick&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Outstanding Teachers</title>
		<link>http://michaeltmerrick.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/outstanding-teachers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A tip for aspiring snake-oil salesmen: to help peddle your wares in the state school sector, always start any pitch with the words ‘Ofsted are looking for…’ It’s a winner. After all, which school would dare object to anything that &#8230; <a href="http://michaeltmerrick.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/outstanding-teachers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michaeltmerrick.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10797114&amp;post=1102&amp;subd=michaeltmerrick&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Learning Styles</title>
		<link>http://michaeltmerrick.wordpress.com/2011/11/24/learning-styles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One must be careful when writing about education from within the realms of education. For which reason, I have held off doing so pretty much since I joined the teaching profession. Whilst this is something I am thinking of remedying, after I&#8217;ve &#8230; <a href="http://michaeltmerrick.wordpress.com/2011/11/24/learning-styles/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michaeltmerrick.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10797114&amp;post=1099&amp;subd=michaeltmerrick&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Being a teacher, now and then</title>
		<link>http://michaeltmerrick.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/being-a-teacher-now-and-then/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 08:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(hat-tip @cathyby) Filed under: Education<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michaeltmerrick.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10797114&amp;post=1094&amp;subd=michaeltmerrick&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Recusancy continues</title>
		<link>http://michaeltmerrick.wordpress.com/2011/10/28/recusancy-continues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, the Gospel of Dave is going global, and the commonwealth is to consider his latest plans to end both male primogeniture with regards succession to the throne and the ban on royals marrying Catholics. Which is to say, realising that his constant attacks &#8230; <a href="http://michaeltmerrick.wordpress.com/2011/10/28/recusancy-continues/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michaeltmerrick.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10797114&amp;post=1088&amp;subd=michaeltmerrick&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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