While camping, a week or so ago, an unfortunate incident occurred. A curious bee, investigating the world, managed to get itself trapped within the confines of my car. Because we were camping, and when camping time ceases to exist, I took a few moments to sit back and observe the behaviour of the bee. The bee, now realizing it has flown into a closed tunnel became panic stricken and desperately tried to escape through a closed window. It could see the world outside, it knew the places it wanted to fly to, and the goals it wanted to reach. Yet, regardless of all of its good intentions, it continued to hit a block and can go no further. The interesting part of this scenario is that the hatchback to the car was wide open. The entire back end of the vehicle was an open pathway to freedom. Yet the bee, only centimetres away from this opening was oblivious to it and continued relentlessly to search for a way out of a closed window. It was so focused on only this one pathway that was proving to be unsuccessful at each attempt, that it was missing other opportunities. Time passed and the bee continued to push against every corner of the closed window thinking this might be its opportunity, this might be the moment of success. No Luck. If only the bee would have backed up and looked around it would have seen a clear, safe path out the back hatch. But stubborn, it continued to use the same method until exhaustion overtook it and it gave up. A heroine with long blonde braids, capris and an Abercrombie shirt entered the scene with the plastic dixie cup of salvation. Trapping the bee between the cup and the window, the bee's fear escalated and it frantically flew and stumbled. One sudden movement by the girl and the bee's nightmares were over. It was free and sailed high into the trees, relishing its reborn spirit and continued on with its purpose in life.
In the moments that followed the bee's escape, I came to the startling realization that the bee is a metaphor to what the teaching profession has become.
In the moments that followed the bee's escape, I came to the startling realization that the bee is a metaphor to what the teaching profession has become.