@wmarybeard I’m a school teacher and there is no doubting how inspired and intellectually stimulated they have been by their Cambridge years, and that remains the norm.
My dad treasured his garden tools. He cleaned them, sharpened them, and looked after them properly. I’m fairly sure he had the same spade, fork and secateurs for my entire childhood.
He didn’t buy cheap tools that lasted a season. He saved up, bought quality, and expected them to last a lifetime.
Somewhere along the way we’ve accepted that replacing things is normal. It isn’t. Buying well, caring for what we own, repairing rather than replacing, and valuing craftsmanship over convenience are old values worth returning to.
Fewer things. Better things. Made to last, looked after, and treasured.
@HighgroveGarden@nationaltrust
#vintage #SustainableLiving
@wartsandbrawls Digital exams means digital preparation. Does this generation really need more screen time? As a teacher with 25+ years’ experience, the fewer screens in the classroom the better.
Hard to comprehend how much damage Labour has done to education in so short a time:
- Ending Latin Excellence Programme
- Ending Academy freedoms
- Ending the PE and Sport premium
- Taxing independent education
- Cutting HE teaching grants
- Fiddling with Ofsted ratings
Any more?