Courtesy BBC News
“Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”
Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
I set out to change legislative policies so that no other teacher would have to experience and endure the miserable existence that I have suffered at the hands of Lancashire County Council and the management of Duke Street Primary School.
I have covered so much ground in two years, spoken with so many people, and fought for justice.
Today I have succeeded, I have redeemed a social condition – I catalyzed the meeting of the House of Commons, Select Committee for Children, Schools and Families on 17 June 2009.
I did it, no union, no support agency, just me ! Now the unions take the prestige as they issue great and bold statements to convince their members of their unwavering determination to protect them.
The NASUWT proudly announce that they have been campaigning for 18 years for reform. But it was me, a reception teacher who won the day.
Britain is strangled by social injustice, we live with it everyday and it is suffocating us and our society. Injustice must be fought openly and with honour … and loudly. My mistake all along was to accept it, to be humble, quiet and suffer in silence with the forlorn hope that justice would prevail.
So fight for all you are worth, shout, cry and scream ... but ... do not ever quit ... for success must be your goal !
Jane Jameson (née Watts)
