Word Perfect
‘PLEASE excuse the lateness of this article, but there has been a computer deferred success.
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| Those who can do, those who can’t go for deferred success |
This is in no way a failure on our part, it being, as weve already labelled it, a deferred success.
And thats what retired primary school teacher Liz Beattie wants us to call any kind of failure from now on.
Mrs Beattie, who is Suffolk federation secretary of the Professional Association of Teachers (PAT) says in the Times that we all need to succeed at something.
Quite so. And the success, deferred or actual, of Mrs Beatties move to have the word fail removed from the education vocabulary will be decided by federation members at the unions annual conference in Buxton, Derby.
I wouldnt be surprised if we didnt get the motion through, continues Mrs Beattie, because there are enough teachers at all levels who know that, with little ones, youve got to get them motivated and with older ones youve got to give them confidence going into exams.
Which they will pass with flying colours, or, er, fail…’
Posted: 20th, July 2005 | In: Uncategorized Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
