On my soap box!

Education has been the theme of the day today. I'm not a teacher or student you understand, although I do have three children who are still in the 'system'. No, but for the past 12 years I've been a Parent Governor at my local Primary School and today I had what was meant to be a quick meeting to set the targets of our new Head Teacher. Well, we ended up discussing something I feel very strongly about; the way our Government only sees a child succeeding if they are good at maths and English. Ok, these subjects are vitally important but what about those children who are gifted in other ways, say in Drama or Art? Are they not worth anything? Why can't excellence in other subjects count as success? After all, we are supposed to be giving our kids the confidence to make their own way in the world, to find learning so exciting that they continue it all their life. If we constantly knock our kids self-esteem because they don't fit the stereotype, how many more kids will spend their lives on benefits because they have the mentality that they're no good at anything and who wants them anyway? It's time things changed!!!!