Summer is limping to a close, its July to August dampened carcass a remembrance now only of the wetter times we had. The nicest thing about the school summer break is that it allows childrens' personality to flower. They are not daily faced with that most daunting of judgements from other children, - are you an individual, and should you therefore be ostracised. At home at least they have the comfort space and freedom to be themselves.
Which is why the rush back into school at this coming time of mists and mellow fruitfulness can seem all the sadder.
The one great hope is that they will be schooled in how to think, how to consider and most of all how to reason. instead they will be put upon the grindstone of progress and looked at as potential numbers for grades. An education and a qualification are not always the same thing, but I wish they could be.
Lt us hope then that teaches out there, children themselves and parents too can support wherever possible the individuality of their children and hope that it leads them to discoveries and learning that is both fun and inspiring.
If not the Autumn will give way to along withered winter of disaffection and nobody wants that!
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