Q&A with a Story Guru: David Willows: You Can Never Stand Outside the Story

See a photo of David, his bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4.


Q&A with David Willows, Question 5:

Q: What is your greatest challenge in the telling the story of International School of Brussels (pictured)?

A: One of the biggest challenges that we face in the context of an international school is this: with 1,500 students from 70 nationalities, whose history do we teach? This is a critical issue facing anyone involved in education right now and, sadly, there are no short answers. I am lucky enough to be in a learning environment where we are at least wrestling with this question every day and providing a curricular framework that begins to address this issue.

One thing I would say, however, is that storytelling insists that we take up a position, stand for something and give lie to the myth of neutrality.

You can’t ever stand outside the story!