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2012, 6*, career, communication, managerialism, organic education, practice, recognition, responsibility, teaching, time
I did you the honour
of offering my thought
and plan and map and practice all free of charge and
wrapped up quietly
and you were gracious
enough to beneath-your-notice disregard it all
three years later
I was blessed with the need
to widen my responsibility ‘to help us all out’
and you seemed somewhat perturbed and even a little incredulous
when I declined
the precious opportunity
four years later
you suggested with great tact and charm
that I cultivate
what I’d actually been practising for four years now and seemed
genuinely concerned
when I became ill
five years later you
wouldn’t talk to me politely
ten years later
you told me I was respected
but I was still ill
so I was just wondering –
if it’s all the same to you – when
exactly
are you going to let up on making the tough decisions
on everyone’s behalf and
in everyone’s life enough to
fucking listen a bit so that we can do something worthwhile for a change
and breathe?
:just wondering …
————w(O)rmholes________________________________|—–
career wormhole: ashramas
communication wormhole: management and managerialism
managerialism & teaching wormhole: Continuing / Professional / Development
practice wormhole: breathe, be / and sit still
recognition wormhole: compromised
time wormhole: patient
I think you should put a stamp on this and mail it.
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ha! I’ve learnt my lesson: I used to send 5,000 word documents and got no response; they get filed under M for ‘Mark’ and ‘mis-manage’ …
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Clearly, they were using the wrong set of files, the ones found in a parallel universe. They should have filing them under “must read,” “must act now,” and “magnificent”!
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dawww;
I have actually been drip-publishing the writings to the whole wide world and got more response from people uninterested in education than from the Principal and Employer that I sent them to; maybe ‘M’ for ‘misaligned’
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Another *hug* and I agree with Jilanne
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