'Slow-moving and losing its identity' - I became intrigued by this phrase while listening to the Shipping Forecast, and I felt that it had to have a wider implication.
In 1971, I began what proved to be a long career in education. Three and a half decades on, I now feel somewhat 'slow-moving and losing my identity'.
Changes, I've seen a few. Although initially I taught in a hut in the school yard, the advantages far outweighed the disadvantages. I was on my own, rarely visited and able to establish my own vision and ethos. The environment reflected the nearby infant school even though 'my' children were seven- to nine-year- olds. The parents brought the children into the cloakroom every morning, and we had lots of conversations about the problems they faced on a daily basis.
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