"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing."
John Maxwell
People constantly tell us that things are impossible. They tell me that you can't get every child to read by the time they are eight. That you can't get every young person the equivalent of 5 good GCSEs by the time they are sixteen. That every school in Leeds can't be a great school. That you can't create great teams with the current people. However, we all know that success doesn't come in can'ts it comes in cans. We simply need to change the culture and get people to believe; to believe in themselves and to believe in our children and young people and our colleagues. The next person who tells you it's impossible with these children, these young people, these families or these colleagues, tell them straight back that if you believe anything is possible and that achieving the impossible is nothing!
Chris
1 comment:
Success indeed does not come in cans. Nor is it all 'one size'.
Surely the purpose is not to get all pupils to the same level - 5 grades A-C but to help them to use qualifications to effectively profile and develop their passions, knowledge and abilities.
And why would we think everyone getting 5 grades A-C would be a good thing? There are many keys to many kingdoms. When we face up to this reality and redesign our education processes accordingly we may well achieve Mission Impossible.
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