On my part in the educational field.

A couple thoughts about my place in the profession where I earn my wage:

• I teach. But, despite standardization of Learning Outcomes, I'm never sure whether I'm doing what I'm supposed to do. The written Learning Outcomes don't fully translate over to a classroom filled with independent minds. There's always a level of "professional" guesswork in any form of assessment or evaluation.
• The complexities of the system make for a lot of disparate tasks. As well as Learning Outcomes, each district and school has different program-based activities and assessments that need attention during class time. For a system that delineates class time so aggressively, the system sure likes to interfere with that class time. Provincial and District assessments that have no bearing on the student's "marks."
• Current trends in education are largely driven by corporate think tanks that value "common core" and "skills for the future." "Technology" is usually the method to achieve these skills, as well as the media used for the end product. I feel as if I should admit that my job will be irrelevant/redundant soon.

Teaching pushes my brain to think in wide swathes. One day, however, I'd like to focus on something. I still don't know how it feels to focus on one thing and one thing alone.