I clicked on to my own tumblr page and I had forgotten. I knew my profile pic was of Face Biscuits I made in Dublin so they distance between me and my family didn't feel so large. But I had forgotten the cover pic was of my backyard in Broken Hill. This was my first view that was... Just. Mine. And one day that view was of fog and it felt like everything was yet to render and my future seemed close yet unknowable. Then I made a post about how Broken Hill looked like Silent Hill because who talks about futures? Looking back at it now, I couldn't have guessed that I'd be offered a permanent job in less than a year. That I'd spend this year fighting for my colleagues when principals don't know if they can create positions for them because our funding agreements have been abandoned by the current government. Seeing that fog snaps the current view in to focus. Two visions. Clear as day. One where education prospers and the other with Australia continuing to slide down the international league tables while politicians blame me and my hard-working colleagues who put up with no running water and less and less resources. How am I to teach the future genwration to innovate when I can't give them experiences to help them grow and question what they see? Looks like that future is getting foggy again.
