There are many things about teaching as a profession that are misunderstood by the public at large.

Neither are these elements considered by the Departments of Education and those within systems that set teacher expectations. The longer term confirms this, and the current differentiation of ‘them’ and ‘us’ describes the connection between school-based staff and system administrators.

The hardly respectful term ‘carpet-land’ is used by many teachers to express the lack of proximity they feel to those developing curriculum priorities and setting teaching agendas.

Departments set school curriculum agendas to meet government whim and societal pressures without considering how this will impact teachers and students.

Discord tarnishes what should be the brilliance of the educational system.