Dear Parents,
Sadly it
is true that within teaching some teachers perform better than others.
In a typically ‘sledgehammer/nut’ attempt to weed out the tiny minority
of weaker ones, the target-obsessed Government insist we all have to
give our children tests every year whether our professional judgement
tells us that they are ready or not. They pretend that the tests are
testing children, but we all know that isn’t quite true.
The
results of these tests allow the public (who are of course all EXPERTS
as they all went to school once themselves) to make sweeping and
ill-informed generalisations about the 'success’ or otherwise of our
school compared to others.
Of course, things like leadership,
creativity, courtesy, friendship, lateral thinking and social skills
are not at all important so these will not be tested.
Anyway,
why not come to a meeting next week so we can show you the books we got
from WH Smith to force little Johnny through, so that the statistics
say he is ‘above average’ and we don’t get shut down by OFSTED (more
experts) for ‘underperforming.’
(Incidentally, statistics also prove that almost every child in England has more than the ‘average’ number of legs.)
The
meeting will take place after school, which is a shame because as any
Sun reader will tell you we normally knock of at 3pm sharp, so think
yourself lucky.
Please bring your own teabag as we have spent all our money on practice papers.
Yours sincerely,
Stressed Out Teacher.
(Who only worked for about 12 hours today so is feeling a little guilty&hellip
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