Friday 27 March 2009

School

Beth at four


takes a bright, creative, motivated child and says don’t do that, you can’t do what you want you must do what we want when we decide. Your opinions are of no interest to us and do not ask too many questions, we do not have the time. Your feelings are of no importance, no you can’t go home, you have to get used to it. It is no use crying nothing will change.

Don’t they understand it’s for their own good?

They’ve got to learn, they’ve got to learn, they’ve got to learn. Life is hard, they can’t do what they like when they have a job, the world isn’t like that.

Ten years later, they are so disinterested, no initiative, not self starters why can’t they work alone why won’t they make an effort. Your child is not engaged, they have no ideas of their own, why are they like that? they must make more effort, they must try harder to think for themselves, to have ideas, be creative.

Don’t they understand it’s for their own good?

They’ve got to learn,, they’ve got to learn, they’ve got to learn. Life is hard, they can’t expect to be told every last thing when they have a job, the world isn’t like that.

4 comments:

Renegade Parent said...

"takes a bright, creative, motivated child"

Imposing a raft of currica, standards and frameworks on children so clearly sends out the message that children aren't naturally bright, creative or motivated, doesn't it?

It makes you wonder whether the policy makers who have children really see how amazing they are.

Lisa

Maire said...

I don't think they possibly can, or maybe their children do not go to state schools. My kids went to a 'good school' but control was definately more important than education.

Anonymous said...

This is great stuff, Maire.

I don't think policy makers care about children at all. They are just economic units to the policy makers.

Diane

Maire said...

All my experience would suggest your are right Diane.

Still I am not going to accept that for my kids whatever they think.

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