Change Forces

Things have changed: the College of the Wyverns is larger within its crammed confines, and the School that feeds it feeds it much less than before.

Things have not changed: the young people are the same, idealistic without knowing why and cynical for much the same reasons.

Things have changed: the people who worked for the God first, and the youth of the island next, then Family and society, and lastly themselves – these people have a different order of priorities.

Things have not changed: the same people are behaving the same way, as always; it is only that there are more of some kinds of people and fewer of some other kinds.

Things have changed: the education we provide is a new, post-colonial, globalist, rationalist, multicultural, holistic... (et cetera) kind of education.

Things have not changed: the students treat their education as cavalierly as ever.

Things have changed: the vision and mission are not the same.

Things have not changed: the real vision and mission are the same; it is only that they are not up there in big letters of wood and stone.

The equilibrium has shifted, but not as far as some people think. The game has still got much to play for, and it is only just after the opening stage.