crisis
At this crisis point. the autonomy of teachers is being taken away. the ability to make educated decisions based on your professional judgement. the sense of community is diminishing, teachers compete with each other, as performance based reviews become a kind of "shit sandwich"; a "you're doing well, but..". An overall lack of diversity whilst simultaneously insisted on differentiation to the endth degree. My unique qualities as a teacher and discouraged, overruled, suppressed. Yet I'm expected to differentiate my lessons so much that the child becomes entitled and lazy. They expect everything to be laid out and when they refuse we are forced to then spoon feed them the correct responses and tick the ofsted boxes. A student that refuses to listen, learn or respond becomes our fault that we are not engaging them enough. I try to create projects that excite and engage but it is impossible to compete with when all they care to engage in is the instant gratific...