Opinion

My COVID-19 Ivory Tower: An uncomfortable place to be

Debra Laxton, Senior Lecturer in Education/ Early Childhood Lead at the University of Chichester, explains why she currently yearns to be on the front line of early years provision.
Debra Laxton
Debra Laxton

Never have I missed being part of a school or early years setting quite so much, 

Never have I yearned to return to my own reception classroom or nursery space quite so much,

Never have I wished for those personal relationships with families and children quite so much,

Never have I felt quite so displaced, so ineffectual in my role, so distant from the real world,

Never ever have I felt the desire to blog, to share my strange range of feelings with random others,

And yet, here I am…

I think it was yesterday, as schools and settings opened their doors to more children that my position really sank in. My eagerness to be a part of the foray has taken me quite by surprise as I feel an almost literal tug pulling from my core. I added a heartfelt post on my professional Facebook page, but this seemed inadequate. I needed to explain myself more.

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