KezzieAG: January 2010

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Rant

It's funny! Since I have been an educator, I have experienced a variety of different feelings. Sometimes, great exuberance at the opportunities, had some brilliant moments, seen some children making really good progress, experienced wonderful creativity, tried new techniques successfully, felt the joy of snow days and end of terms, the culmination of achievements in performances and concerts, the sheer effort and determination of some, the sponge-like quality of some children who just take everything you teach them and produce manifold fruit and then of course the opposite extreme, utter exhaustion, the difficult times, the never-ceasing trudge of paperwork, the feeling of utter inadequacy, the children that just don't care, no matter how enthusiastic you are, the rude and downright lazy.

I want to do my job to the best of my ability, I want to make small and big differences (even if I never know I have made them) to lives, I want children to delight in loving loads of endeavours, I want children to delight in a rich and fertile language and all its idiosyncracies. I long for them to be able to enthuse and teach them how to lose all their troubles in a good book, I want to teach the world to sing (corny I know) and delight in the beauty of music, art, and poetry. I want to create awe and wonder at the wonderful history and amazing planet we live on. So government, how about you stop loading me down with paperwork, mindless buerocracy, statistics, new initiatives, reinventing of the wheel, and just let me get on with my job. Let me do my best, let me impart my knowledge in an energised, exciting fashion. If I wanted all that paperwork, I would still be an administrator! And children (and parents), a little less lethargy and a little more self determination, enthusiasm and effort and encourage and seize wide interests and experiences.

I will succeed, I will succeed, I will not give up!