this wonderful attachment.

Attachment at HQ has given me yet another insight.

We were discussing about this latest plan to help the teachers with CCE.
In my innocent, newbie moment, I voiced out my reservation. We were investing so much time in whatever it is and for me, I fear that it would not be time well spent.

For me, there was a nagging doubt from the moment good ideas began to fill the whiteboard.
I can't help becoming discouraged as my expectation of the length of the final document continued to climb.
Who would read such a thing? It's simply too long!

That's when the floodgates opened. The officers also shared their honest opinion, their previous stint in schools informed them of the challenges teachers face, the multiple hats they wear and the little time they have to... that's right, sit down and mull over such lengthy documents.

But is that all?

We were referencing this book titled "The Skillful Teacher". On page 3 there is a set of 18 questions. These questions were crafted by the author to aid teachers in post-action self-reflection so that the shortcomings can be made clear and the lesson can be refined.

We asked ourselves a simple question, "when we read the questions did we feel as though we were being evaluated?" The answer was "no" in unison.
On the other hand, if we were to take the questions wholesale and give it to the teachers, we were certain that many would see it as an insidious evaluation tool. Why? On one hand, it is because it is inescapable. The HQ is obliged to set expectations and compel the schools to meet them.

On the other hand, it is the relationship isn't it? I wondered if the social distance between HQ and the schools meant that automatic emotional persuasion was out of question.
Putting myself now in the shoes of a kp in school. If I were to create such a document out of my own goodwill, I would certainly enjoy greater success and achieving that buy in from my own teachers. The role as well as the social distance of the HQ seems to accord this measure of impotence to the policies it makes.

It makes me think that... maybe I don't want to go there after all.