You may, or may not, have read my recent post, an open letter to the Education Secretary, Nicky Morgan, regarding the changes to the Primary curriculum and the unrealistic marking policies.
Well, today, because of that idiotic policy, I had tears in my eyes.
I cried.
Seeing my Lil Man totally give up.
He’s been pretty strong, up to now. Saying he doesn’t care, it doesn’t matter. He is tryng his best.
Today we were doing some homework, and it was maths. Not his best subject. Neither is it my strong point.
He found it really hard. He didn’t want too much help, as he said the teacher needed to be able to really assess it to see how much he didn’t understand.
He did what he could, or guessed it, then the aggression I have witnessed in him since then… well, I couldn’t say or do anything to console him. We sat and talked, or rather I talked, and reassured, and he listened, but he wouldn’t look me in the eye. When I caught a look at him, his eyes were reddened, and he was surreptitiously turning away to wipe tears.
HOW DARE YOU, BRITISH GOVERNMENT, ALLOW MY CHILD, AND POSSIBLY MANY MORE, TO BECOME SO INSECURE ABOUT THEMSELVES?
I let him go, to bat a ball around, and sat there and the tears welled up. I feel so helpless.
I’m sorry I may be ranting, but I hate to see or hear my family, and my children, in particular, feel so low, or upset. And I cannot bear to see them hurting, especially when I can’t do anything…
But I Smile Anyway... 