A Show Of Solidarity
Jun. 19th, 2011 12:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cedar_groveFrom The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have.
If revelation is the brief experience of seeing through the surface, into ourselves or others, then wisdom is the recall of that seeing when the waters are murky.
I wasn't quite sure how Friday was going to go. I was going to go back to 'my' school, the day after their Ofsted Inspection, and wasn't sure how they got on, if they would be happy, or worried, or feeling down – so I just went there, and tried to be normal…
I got there, people seemed to be happy enough… (all except the deputy, and she had a face like thunder when she came up to get sauce for her lunch). I asked of the teachers that I know the best in that school, how did it go, being supportive and they said they didn't know yet. I expressed my hopes that it would all be okay, and my continued support, and went about my day.
It only occurred to me hours after I got home that I may not have been given a truthful answer. Based on my own experiences with Ofsted and inspection – one is generally told on the final day of inspection, even if it's after school hours. Now… yes, it could be the SLT that hadn't passed on the news to the staff, or had told the staff not to say anything to 'outsiders' and yes, I know that technically it's none of my business (apart from the fact that I have to work there on three days of the week), but I care, you know? I know what it feels like to be on the receiving end of good and bad news from Ofsted.
Even the clearest water seems opaque at great depth.
--Joel Agee
If revelation is the brief experience of seeing through the surface, into ourselves or others, then wisdom is the recall of that seeing when the waters are murky.
I wasn't quite sure how Friday was going to go. I was going to go back to 'my' school, the day after their Ofsted Inspection, and wasn't sure how they got on, if they would be happy, or worried, or feeling down – so I just went there, and tried to be normal…
I got there, people seemed to be happy enough… (all except the deputy, and she had a face like thunder when she came up to get sauce for her lunch). I asked of the teachers that I know the best in that school, how did it go, being supportive and they said they didn't know yet. I expressed my hopes that it would all be okay, and my continued support, and went about my day.
It only occurred to me hours after I got home that I may not have been given a truthful answer. Based on my own experiences with Ofsted and inspection – one is generally told on the final day of inspection, even if it's after school hours. Now… yes, it could be the SLT that hadn't passed on the news to the staff, or had told the staff not to say anything to 'outsiders' and yes, I know that technically it's none of my business (apart from the fact that I have to work there on three days of the week), but I care, you know? I know what it feels like to be on the receiving end of good and bad news from Ofsted.
