Having had an unsatisfactory education as a youngster and leaving school feeling pretty dumb as a 'non academic' and then qualifying with QTLS in 2011 I have become very passionate about developing educational experiences for those who choose to enter into our academy.

So I KNEW I wasn't really dumb since I could communicate well, hold an audience captive and was great at inter personal relationships. I could make people laugh and coped perfectly fine living abroad for 6yrs in my early 20's, teaching myself to speak greek fluently and Japanese well enough to hold a conversation. My ability to remember choreography was good and I understood drachma and yen currencies.

When I came home I got myself a mortgage and ran a house and wondered what the hell was I going to do since I was NOT AN ACADEMIC!!!! Being told this through all of my schooling made me feel like a failure without much hope in many respects, like I was not intelligent, that I had less value to offer and that I should 'make do' relying on others to help me make decisions. My mathematical skills, in particular, or lack of them, still to this day make me extremely uncomfortable - even with a calculator!!

What an unnecessary pressure it has been!!

Since I have come to realise that ALOT of US are 'non academic'. My 'luck' of meeting someone who believed in my abilities (long before I did) gave rise to opportunities I had never ever dreamed I was capable of entering into!

OK don't worry I am not about to harp on about The Education System, well not too much but there is a point......bear with me!

The point I want to make is I am the same as MANY, if not MOST, of YOU!!

Even now the idea of sitting my theory assessment for my EPI S&amp;C qualification is making me say to myself...."pah I dont need the quaification, just do the practical stuff"...

...because I HATE THEORY EXAMS! They make me SO uncomfortable that I simply want to avoid them! The concept of PROVING my intelligence through a medium I struggle with makes me fear that feeling of FAILURE since it just reminds me of what I have been told I lack!

Yet I teach MY leaners that failure is a good thing, something we should embrace since it is when we adjust, stretch our knowledge, correct ourselves, research and learn at a deeper level.

Practical demonstrations are something I have no problem with but THEORY makes me feel really dumb all over again and I am conditioned to feel fear of failure before I even see the questions!!

FEAR is only a thought in your head, nothing has happened, it is simply when we relive the feeling of failing and being told..."you are not an academic are you"...  like it's shameful!

So much pressure and yet I could prove my INTELLIGENCE or TALENTS in other ways!

Anyway after watching him on a TED talk, I bought Ken Robinson's book

"The Element - How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything"

Robinson describes 'The Element' as the place where the things we love to do and the things we are good at come together.

WOWZERS! This guy is AMAZING!

He not only made me realise WHY I have been made to feel like I am not bright but he also showed me that not only am I NOT unintelligent, he helped me understand what INTELLIGENCE actually is and also what is, or should be, important.

There are many forms of intelligence, including academic intelligence BUT also

ARTISTIC intelligence, EMOTIONAL intelligence

Robinson makes statements like...

“How intelligent are you…? whats wrong with this question? we take the definition of intelligence for granted..”

“Great education depends on great teaching”

“Understand the conditions under which human talents flourish or fade…”

His ideas, explanations confirmed to me that I AM INTELLIGENT after all, that many of us are made to feel that we are lacking intelligence when we are assessed through certain mediums. This is why we have developed a broader, and in my opinion fairer, assessment process for our learners. One where we work WITH you to allow YOU to become autonomous in your own educational development so that you continue to grow beyond our academy.

Consider how YOU feel about YOUR education experiences and how YOUR teachers, tutors, trainers made YOU feel?

Would you like to experience an inclusive classroom?

Would you like to find YOUR medium for demonstrating YOUR intelligence?

Would you like to have your talents encouraged to flourish?

Would you like to experience great teaching?

Biomechanics Education Ltd is proud to offer all its learners a positive learning experience with full support bespoke to your needs.

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