New programs at the start of primary school: for the teachers, resourcefulness, discouragement, and a little enthusiasm

Catherine N. can no longer put things into perspective. His voice perches high, on a wire, borrows from discouragement, almost in despair. “I have a crazy motivation in this job, but now I can’t take it anymore”, she confides. The new benchmarks, in addition to the pilot plan who was already bringing in his share of extra work, it was the drops of water that broke the camel’s back. “I’m… overthrown.”

I have a crazy motivation in this job, but there I can’t take it anymore.

A few months ago, she still joked that she would teach until the end, on a walker if necessary. But since then that has changed. She even looked at when she could take her pension. “A cach time, for 25 years, we have been told that we are going to make reforms, and, each time, we go straight into the wall because it does not correspond to our needs. Above all, we want more teachers to have smaller classes.”

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