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2012, 2014, 3*, accountability, achievement, assessment for learning, career, CPD, dialogue, education, funding, GCSE, inclusion, intervention, love, measure, National Curriculum, nurture, outcome-led education, planning, politics, process, professionalism, public service cuts, pupils, results-led education, school, slogans, statistics, subjects, targets, teachers, teaching, vocation
just saying, is all – III
I watched the first generation of pupils sit their GCSEs
then I watched the National Curriculum
find a gear
and crunch-jerk launch the level system of attainment
across all the subjects
then I watched the whole dialogue –
political and educational
and the funding that went with it –
shift from process and nurture
to outcomes and statistics
and then I felt the reform of teaching professionalism
and watched the proliferation
of endless sheets of planning, four – part lessons, Assessment for Learning, Ready for Learning, Every Child Matters, Inclusion, Continuing Professional Development, targetting, intervention, Boulders into Pebbles, Investors in People, accountability, Achieving Together, Be a Part of It, G2O
the unforgettable 2 As & 2 Bs
the Freedom to All Think Along the Same Lines (glorious times)
(and I’m really looking forward to the innovative work to be launched soon by Professor Cobbly from the prestigious University of Fisc’ut, Corporateshire, (not least of all because he happens to be my uncle))
and all the while
those who work hard achieve well
in the wash
those who don’t don’t whether they are intelligent or not
if they are going to be angry or lazy
they will find a way to be so
whether you teach them to their very marrow
or just let them alone
most teachers
just get through their career
all of them measured to within an inch of their vocation
some keep their love
some make a difference
sometimes
when no one is … measuring
all kids
just get through school
most kids do OK
some kids thrive
————w(O)rmholes________________________________|—–
career wormhole: tag cloud poem IV – C
education & results-led education wormhole: poessay VIII: / educational behaviourism
love wormhole: plethora: the Dark Knight Strikes Again (2002)
politics wormhole: my life is not your market
professionalism wormhole: the Lamp
teaching wormhole: which is worse
mlewisredford 