The Escape Committee – Based in the Virtual Staffroom
Well, why do we do it? Why do we persist in a job that has changed beyond all recognition? A job where our daily efforts are never good enough, where we are all the time asked for ‘just that little bit more’. A job where we are blamed for most of societies ills, where we are constantly ridiculed as whingers who have short days and long holidays, when the reality is quite different. The reason is, of course, that we care. As do the vast majority of those who work in the caring professions or other areas of public service. I bet there are very few who enter the teaching profession with anything other than a desire and commitment to improve the lives of young people through engaging them and inspiring them to learn. However, there are many of us who have reached that point where ‘enough is enough’. This…