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Why send 10 writers in a country of your choice and tell them to write about education?

more than four years Rachel Holmes, Zadie Smith, Hari Kunzru, Nick Laird and I sat in a cafe with Hugh McLean, director of the Foundation Open Society "support for education. Hugh had a proposal to us, caused by an article by Zadie wrote on Liberia, which has attracted the attention of its founder and president of OSF, George Soros. If we find writers and sent to different countries to write articles related to the education, OSF could finance the project without conditions accompanying editorial it seemed easy enough, although I admit that I was not entirely sure what would happen to him -. were actually asked to tell writers to go to a country of your choice to write "something to do with education?" writers like Dan broad parameters and could end up doing something Consultations OSF have led to the following guidelines. "cultural, sociological issues, policies, and of course the history of mankind "- in other words, everything

For a long time, however, the most important thing that happened was the apostrophe decision. We chose a name for your project quite easily, but the apostrophe kept appearing, disappearing and moving between email and the next until we had to face the issue head on. We "Writers Block" or "writers" block "or" Quebec writers. "With very little agitation who settled in the last -. However, some four years later, one of us wondered how he came to" The grammatical blunder "

established, it began to address the writers to participate in this project. We are not worried too much about what they knew of the writers on the subject at hand: it was his curiosity and high sensitivity is concerned, his skill with the story, more than any previous experience. "There is a development report, but a report of an experience" like Zadie Smith.

was the first writer on board - as well start as anyone could expect. There followed a stream of yes. Then things stalled for a while. Of the five directors had writers block booking travel, the time of writing, the new legislation, new jobs and outsourcing. There were interspersed with long intervals emails with subjects like, "Where are we with Quebec writers?" The writers who said yes in principle tells us that the weather was not good, after all - they book tours, writing deadlines, the new legislation, new jobs and outsourcing. We have fully understood, we wonder why she thought writers could Corral five writers other deadlines. Hugh McLean was optimistic. These things take a while to get there, he said, but at the end

This does not mean that education is central to the trial, but rather that what children learn, how they learn and if given the opportunity to learn at all are essential to a nation, its people, and - of course -. for the future