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2012, 7*, communication, disempowerment, glass, management, managerialism, performance, politics, results-led education, system, teaching art, teaching craft, value-led education
through a cracked glass greenly
it’s bad enough
I offer my thought and care
and creation
and you
sweetly no edge completely
side-blind me and
expect of me
to perform to your management
which …
… sorry Mark were you saying
something?
—o—
there was nothing wrong with the tri-partite system
nothing wrong with leaving before 16
there was nothing wrong with selection
there was nothing wrong with vocationalism
nothing wrong with apprenticeships
there was nothing wrong with the National Curriculum
there was nothing wrong with O-levels
nothing wrong with GCSEs GNVQs or Btecs
nothing wrong with SATs
nothing wrong with Assessment for Learning
nothing wrong even with Academies
it’s just that they all of them
haven’t been done properly
because Those Who Don’t Teach
stand aside
and see only
the full stop
but education is not
the full stop
it is not the words the syntax
the grammar
it is not the tense the parse
or the propositions
it is the communication
it is the communication
you don’t see by looking at your own eye lens
you can’t bite your own teeth
you can’t teach by plan and performance
—o—
don’t tell me to differentiate my outcomes
I prefer to see where on the horizon
we find ourselves
don’t tell me to personalise my differentiation
I prefer to hold eye-contact
don’t tell me to act with the corporation
I prefer to communicate
don’t tell me to respond to OFSTED criteria
I prefer to make the journey myself
don’t tell me anything
I learnt how to walk
and I learnt how to talk
when I was two
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management & teaching art & teaching craft wormhole: plaintive // plaintiff? // but not precious
glass wormhole: ‘staring through the glass …’
managerialism wormhole: I didn’t see it coming
performance wormhole: manifesto
politics wormhole: militant naïveté
joetwo said:
Well said mr Lewis. The leaving certificate here in Ireland has the same problem. People are leaving very good at taking tests but not able to think for themselves.
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Suzy Blue said:
Youch frustration pouring from every syllable! I offer night leaves as a soothing balm.
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Waywardspirit said:
Attitude!
Love it!
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