AN EDUCATED TALE.

Christmas Day, 2023, two groups of adults are getting ready to play a board game.

They are playing the board game with an incredibly special dice, the dice represents the future, our future.

The name of the board game,

Educating a Nation.

One of the two groups, let us call them the educators are already sitting comfortably in their seats at the table, ready to begin the game.

The educators made up all the rules of the board game, they know the board game like the back of their hand, they can tweak, make up new rules, change existing rules and they can even ignore the rules, if they please.

The other group, let us call them the parents did not even make it as far as the table yet because although the parents are ready to play the game, no one has opened the door to allow them inside.

The parents are left standing outside in the cold, not knowing what is happening inside the four walls of the building, let us call the building, the school building, the parents are left wondering when they will be allowed inside, to play.

It is a real shame, the doors are not open because it would be an enjoyable, satisfying, meaningful and worthwhile game for everyone who is passionately concerned about our future, let us call our future, our children and our young people, our students.

Why is it of vital importance to have both, the educators and the parents on board?

(Pardon the pun :)

1. The first and most obvious reason is that one needs to have two players to play a board game. There are two sides to every board game, and two sides to every story, sometime three but that is a story for another day.

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3. The second and most logical reason is because although the educators know their way around the game board like the back of their hand, parents know the dice and all sides of the dice like the back of their hand.

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5. The third and most practical reason is family, the connectedness and togetherness, the lifelong relationships that is parent and child.

Please Sir, open the door and allow us in.

Also applies to education.

Ultimately, leadership (educational authorities) is not about glorious crowning acts. It's about keeping your team (parents, students, educators) focused on a goal (every child's right to a full, proper, and meaningful education) and motivated to do their best to achieve it, especially when the stakes are high (the future of this planet) and the consequences really matter. (the chance of an education) It is about laying the groundwork for others' success, and then standing back and letting them shine." (our young people shine) Chris Hadfield