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Michael Bolton has responded to my plea for schools to 'go away'.
The context-driven school obviously exists. People keep telling me it does. I can't deny that. God bless it and all who sail in it etc. etc. It is the definitions of OTHER schools by the context-driven school that I'm discouraging. That wasn't clear, I suppose.

Michael, like James, seems keen to set me up in my own little school (of one :-))

As usual, I'm grateful to James Bach in commenting on my last post. in a wide-ranging statement, he defends the value of schools of thought. I agree entirely that schools of thought have value. Partly they allow one to compare and contrast aspects of a discipline, particularly where there are differences of opinion, thought, belief, behaviour etc. and heaven knows there's plenty of variety in that regard. Schools also provide a focus for people who think in certain ways, allowing them to share ideas with people of like-mind.

Patiently, James sets out his case for them and there is much to agree with. In this post, I want to express my concerns with clarity.

I have rejected the idea of schools, as defined by Bret here,

I have rejected the notion of me being A MEMBER OF MY OWN SCHOOL HERE.

B.J. Rollison sets out at a succinct rejection of schools here.

Michael Bolton has revived the cold dead hand of schools in his talk at Eurostar 2008. Here is the presentation

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