zombie governments, zombie courses, zombie students, zombie workers?

just because horsemouth's head isn't in the game doesn't mean the game is over 'the hustle never ends'

    zombie governments, zombie courses, zombie students.

one problem with the education sector (one horsemouth sometimes visits) is that you are in bed with the government and so (currently) at the mercies of the talented mr. gove. the g(l)ove puppet who (for strange ideological reasons presumably involving smashing professionalism in the education sector) has decided he's against teacher qualifications for the time being - why bother to have time and motion studies of educational workers (lesson plans aka deskilling) if they can not just be switched around interchangeably on the educational assembly line - (at a later stage it may be expedient to be in favour of it - who can tell).

but let us imagine a scene. horsemouth is in a lesson - a lesson intended to teach teachers - interestingly the course has been cut (but will continue long enough to finish off the existing intake of students - it is therefore a zombie course). there are other courses the teacher can teach (this is the meaning of transferable skills) and flexibility (we are all smart people) - so she is not yet a zombie teacher. some of the students (who are also teachers remember) teach courses that may be cut - they are therefore (potentially) zombie students. horsemouth wishes them luck.

the argument that will be made in educational institutions is one of the courses profitability (or at the very least contribution towards costs - but these kinds of arguments always assume that something more profitable can be swapped in that is just as important educationally.

to add insult to injury (for the possible zombie teachers in this imaginary scenario) imagine the minton cycle (forming, storming etc....) for the class is drawing towards the mourning end of the course and students are being encouraged to discuss their learning journey that had brought them to this point. maybe this introspection will be useful to them - maybe not.

horsemouth (club footed mule that he is) has blundered into situations like this and blundered about like an idiot (he hopes at such times he didn't offend anyone too badly) - next year things may get interesting for horsemouth himself - beachside donkey rides will soon be under new management, he may be a zombie already. maybe he'll have to demonstrate his flexibility and transferable skills.