They are axioms, adages and proverbs we've all heard many times. Judge not, lest ye be judged. Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind. True beauty lies within. You can't judge a book by its cover.

Like many of you, I thought I'd learned the lessons contained within these nuggets of wisdom long ago. I believed I could easily look past the wrapping paper and spot the gift within. I thought I knew a lot about myself, but Susan Boyle came along to prove I'd been a poor pupil in the classroom of life.

By now there is hardly a living soul who doesn't know the tale of Susan Boyle. She was recently a contestant on the TV show "Britain's Got Talent."

I have been thinking whether I should write down my thoughts and reflections on the seminar. I finally decided to do so because I would like to invite people who are working in DiE (no matter you're working with students or working with teachers education) to re-think deeply on the practice and some root beliefs or principles we have in DiE. If there is not any discussion or reflection on what we are doing and what the situation is like, there will not be further progress for the development of DiE here in Hong Kong. I strongly believe, as DiE practitioners and teachers, we have to be reflective.