Peter Jagger, Satisfactory

Lyrics

Satisfactorys what they said
But thats not quite what they meant
If its alright say its alright
If its not then say its not
When you do the best you can
Who needs dismissing out of hand
By some beaurocrat
Not born understand

So now theyre here again
And theyre shaping just the same
Treating teaching like accounts or sales figures
New displays are on the wall
Weekends lost and gone
To be ready for the checking of our numbers

That theyve come in a fat car like the stasi before the wall
Came down
Shows a sense of what theyre really here for
Perhaps the money spent on them
Self serving pushers of the pen
Might be better spent to educate the children


At the meeting the next day
The head had this to say
In tones as if wed just lost a war
Satisfactory but weve failed
Cos our figures couldnt tell the tale
Of the success of our community and spirit

And what exactly do they think
Will be shown with all these numbers on a page
Is this really how to measure education?
All individuals suppressed, politicians elected
As they tell us all
Our schools were never better ha ha


Now just as a final touch
And it shows they dont get much
They want these kids to learn a modern foreign language
Since most cant read or write or spell
Lessons in French are a pointless hell
Another failure when they only need to do well

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Ofsted
• education
• protest song
• teaching

[smilesism]

outstanding!! from an, on average, satisfactory teacher, thanks for the smile!