Kick re-start of my blog

For no obvious reason I started to think about my blog again today. There are moments when I feel compelled to comment on either articles that I read on my local news paper’s web site, or like today, when I read a blog about Iphone.

For a moment I realized what a powerful tool it would be to also link to my own blog, as I comment on someone elses, when I feel like something must be said. For quite natural reasons nobody hardly visits this blog since it has been dead ever since that day when I had to vent my frustration about principals.

Well, I might be back in town so to speak. I just wish I could feel a little bit more engaged.

The Principle of Principals

It seems to me that we often shed light on the teacher and her job in the classroom. Where I live, there is hardly no debate about the qualifications of the principals. Teachers must perform, students as well, but what about the principals?

Some teachers may feel that it is better if the principal sticks to his/her office but I would suggest that a school is never better than its leadership. Imagine a school where the principal is taking a teacher´s role to educate society on the importance of education?

When I reflect upon the very meaning with my job as a teacher I see that I need support. It is tiresome to try to convince the principal and the politicians the need for an education that is larger than just an isolated subject, such as math, English or history. In order to make sense of your subject you need to make sense of the need for education – both from an individual standpoint as well as for society as a whole.

I wish that principals were forerunners for democracy, that they were a voice in society, trying to advocate the importance of having a school system that does not only teach our youngsters subjects, but also critical thinking and engagement in making a better world for all of us.

So far I have met and read about dedicated teachers but where are the principals? Are they told to be quiet and conform to to the standards in order to keep the budget? Everybody knows that kids who do not get proper education and support as children cost society far more as adults than if they are given appropriate support when they are young.

A principal has more power than an individual teacher. I wish that the principals together with their staff make an effort to spread the ideology that school is an active and very important part in society that can make a change in terms of reducing violence, crimes and injustice.

Hello world!

I did not intend to start my own blog, but in order to comment on a teacher´s blog I had to either just sign up as a member or sign up as a member with a blog account. I decided on the latter.

We will see what I make of this, maybe this is the new beginning of spreading my reflections to a bigger audience then just colleagues at work and students in the classroom?