One thing I take from the allegory of the cave is that it can be very difficult to convince someone of their ignorance, and that the individual must come to the realisation themselves for it to ring true. Not only is this an important lesson for teachers to reflect on, but it’s also important for our current social and political discourse, just as it was for Socrates and Plato as they publicly practiced their philosophy and challenged accusations of blasphemy. Unfortunately, in today’s polarised political climate, it’s often the politician who claims with confidence to “know what is right”…