We are putting on the Wiz this year as the school musical and many hours of hard work have gone in from staff and students since early in 09 to get to the point of first night.
Whilst standing backstage and looking out onto the production the other day it reinforced to me how talented the students we work with are. We don't give them the credit they deserve and due to our leaderships desire to purely be the best school in ...wherever... we are so quick to criticise, pick out fault and nag. All we do is destroy the creative spark that is attempting to come out because we don't want to take the time to let it.
The league table drives the direction of the school and ultimately its staff - yet we are supposed to be non-competitive!
Its about time we let the students we teach 'follow the yellow brick road' of creativity without the 'winged monkeys' of conformity and results taking them away from ultimately seeing the 'emerald city of success'...too much????
Lets not stifle that which is natural...nuff said
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