Headmaster’s Articles
Darling buds of May
Isn’t it interesting how the world can change! We have politicians running our country who can be moved from Defence to Education, from Home Secretary to the Environment, all on a whim. Politicians presenting opposing views have appeared on TV daily, on the radio, and in every newspaper throughout the entire world. They seem to captivate the essence of ‘celebrity’ gunning down one another in their quest for position. One day the leader of one political party is in opposition with un-tried and alternative views, the next day they are running the country, no experience, little real idea, but content to zip into the limelight and hoodwink us into imagining that they will be a real benefit to the country. We limp along hoping for an end to the downturn of our nation, for new and revised educational patterns, and for real change for the better. We hear promises that the aged will be cared for with more concern, that hospitals will at last deliver the kind of care that is now commonplace in Eastern European countries, and that thousands of people will not die for lack of medication. I wonder?
The race to arm with Trident seems to be so much more important than our nation’s wellbeing. Law and order, health, political change, help for those who have contributed for decades to the wellbeing of this country, all seem so far away. Can we rely on politicians to get Britain back to work, to give every young person in the land a decent and child-centred education, or is this another quick fix, destined to bring about little or no change to the decaying society in which we are trapped?
Educational reform is a must for the future. Children in this country must be given an education based on creating freethinking young people, able to take their place in the world with dignity, with integrity, and with joy.
I await the signs that the talk leads to real action.