next-ed

Some people, upon hearing I am a teacher, ask “How do you put up with teenagers every day?!?”

Young people as powerful leaders

I spent two days interviewing students for Year 12 leadership positions at my college.  What a heartening and privilged job teachers have.  We spend every day surrounded by people with optimism, energy and an ‘unadulterated’ sense of ethics and justice.

The young women who presented themselved are, by process of selection, the best of the best, with CVs more impressive than mine, but that was not the aspect that touched me most.  It was the capacity they show to think deeply and express their yearning for community and connection.  They really want all young people to experience belonging and a sense of being valued and known.

Makes selecting leaders a difficult job when there are so many to choose from.  At least I know that the future is in safe hands!