Showing posts with label gardening. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gardening. Show all posts

Sunday, 17 January 2016

A parable for teachers everywhere... and for anyone else approaching their annual performance review

The Carrots
Douglas was an excellent vegetable gardener. He had been doing it for years, had built up a vast store of experience, and occasionally won prizes when he could be persuaded to enter competitions. But it took quite some persuasion – he honestly wasn’t bothered about comparing his efforts to those of others. He believed that the important thing was to make the best efforts possible in the time available, and grow the best vegetables.