Pawns in a Dangerous Game

The usual gossip about teacher’s holidays and pay
They never seem to mention the 14 hour day
The bureaucracy involved each day at work...
Drives you round the bend, it drives you berserk

Every government moving the goalposts just once more
Teachers trying to keep up with the ever changing law
A new curriculum, a new initiative and a new agenda in mind
Wish they would leave us alone but then they’re not that kind


Expecting children to make the same progress every year
Pressure, pressure, pressure teachers teaching with fear
Everything focused around the core subject rule
Government not valuing an all round creative school


Teachers not being allowed to do what they do best
Another policy passed, please give it all a rest
Mountains of paperwork not effecting the child
Missing lunch, as more paper work needs to be filed


Government officials observing every move you make
Giving a judgement on performance, a career at stake
Outstanding teachers leaving the profession all feeling the same
Teachers believing they are pawns in the government’s dangerous game