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Edges Are Beginnings | Michael Rutland | TEDxYangonInternationalSchool

We're always on an edge ........ it's what you do when you fall off that counts. Today's Edge - Tomorrow's History Hope - the parachute to see you safely over the edge Edges are never as sharp as they seem ....... not even the razor's edge! But what if you cut yourself? Today we're on the edge of truth - we've always been on the edge of something. Your edge or our edge - what's the difference? Michael Rutland studied Physics and Mathematics at the University of London from 1957 to 1960 and later took a Master’s Degree in Education at the University of Southampton, with a thesis on the subject of ‘School-Based In-Service Training of Teachers’. He was a Member of the British Institute of Management (MBIM), of the Institute of Training and Development(MITD) and an Associate of the Institute of Physics. He has ten years experience as an Officer in the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom and of the Sultanate of Oman. He worked for over 45 years in education in the United Kingdom, as a Teacher of Physics and as a Faculty Head of one of the largest Science Faculty in the South of England. He served on a number of national committees in the UK in the field of Education, including on Pre-Vocational Education and ‘Women into Science and Engineering, as well as lecturing to student teachers at several Institutes of Education in England, and being involved in the development of School-Based Teacher Training programmes. In 2000 he was elected by the UK Institute of Physics as ‘Physics Teacher of the Year’ for his contributions to the teaching of Physics in the United Kingdom. Michael first lived in Bhutan in 1971 when he was a teacher at the Ugyen Wangchuck Academy in Paro, where he taught the Fourth King of Bhutan. Thirty-two years ago he worked as a United Nations consultant in the Kingdom of Bhutan leading the ILO project ‘Strengthening Technical and Vocational Education, and produced a Report on the Project. More recently, he served for two years as a member of the Royal Education Council before it became part of the Ministry of Education. He was a former Chairman of the UK/US English Speaking Union Debating Society and was a member of the International Committee of the English Speaking Union. He founded the Bhutan Society of the United Kingdom twenty-eight years ago, and has been the Secretary and then Chairman of the Society, he is now the Vice-President of the Society. For six years he was the Honorary Consul of Bhutan to the United Kingdom. He has lived full time in Bhutan since 2000 and is now the Honorary Consul of the United Kingdom to Bhutan. In 2005 he was created an Officer of the Most Noble Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II of the UK for his contributions to British-Bhutan relations. In 2017 he was invested with the Order of Merit (Gold) by His Majesty the King of Bhutan. Michael lives in Thimphu with the family of his adopted son, Kesang Wangchuk. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx