When I went back to work last fall after a mere two-year "sabatical" from my career, I found that the paperwork had doubled. I am convinced that as the government (UK, US, "U-name-it") becomes more and more involved in the micro-management of all aspects of our lives, they are required to hire more and more people to be "bean-counters". These people have no earthly idea what on earth *WE* are doing, and therefore we must write volumes to justify our existence. The drones who shuffle the paperwork usually do not give a hoot whether our job gets done or the student/client/patient receives the services they had hoped for. All they're concerned about is whether "Form 548z" was properly filed with the required "296.33a" attachment. If the attachment was "296.33", then it was improper and the entire application must be resubmitted.
Needless to say, I'm "underwhelmed" with the competence of our beaurocracies. But, I'm afraid I don't have any easy answers. The best solution is to reduce the amount of government oversight. But now I'm sounding like a republican, and I can't live with THAT!! Quel Horreurs!! C Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [Original Message] > From: Jean Nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Lace <[email protected]> > Date: 2/3/2005 3:41:32 PM > Subject: [lace] Qualifications/teaching > > I spent four years full-time getting my BEd, which including 36 weeks of > full-time teaching practice, the philosophy, psychology and sociology of > education, as well as all the lesson planning, recording keeping, profiling > and assessing you could wish for. Became Head of Department, entering > students for exams, predicting grades, setting and marking coursework and > doing all the paperwork and recoding keeping heaped on us in greater and > greater volumes. During 25 years teaching I also went on additional courses > and got qualified as an NVQ assessor and verifier. > > When I retired, I thought I'd do a bit of adult education teaching - I'd > already been doing that in Taunton for three years in the evenings while I > was teaching in secondary school. But the education authority here wanted me > to do the City & Guilds Adult Teaching certificate part-time. My response - > No Way! I'm wasn't going to waste two years my time doing what I've already > done to greater depth than C&G, be bored out of my skull while doing it, and > if I can't teach by now, I never will. So I joined a lacemaking class as a > student instead. How glad I am that I decided just to retire, one reason for > doing so being that I got fed up with being bogged down with more and more > senseless paperwork, leaving less time to do preparation, teaching and > assessing properly, which is what I thought the job was all about. > > Jean in Poole > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
