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The Hurdle Race<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n by Paul Francis<\/em><\/p>\n The Guru says that every kid One lesson\u2019s clear, in viral gloom: \u00a0Now, maybe, is the time and place \u00a0It\u2019s tough for kids in any case \u00a0The Guru\u2019s gang say all it takes The Hurdle Race by Paul Francis The Guru says that every kidshould run the same race that he did.He wants lanes narrow, hurdles tall.A course where most…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":601,"featured_media":13961,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1660],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/601"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
should run the same race that he did.
He wants lanes narrow, hurdles tall.
A course where most contestants fall
may not be sensitive or just;
what matters is that it\u2019s robust.
So many ways to be assessed –
the Guru knows that his is best.<\/p>\n
think food, devices, gardens, room.
The Covid axe has split apart
those deep divisions at our heart.
\u201cJust like before\u201d \u2019s not good enough.
Time to acknowledge other stuff \u2013
the poor decisions, lack of thought,
the failure to provide support.<\/p>\n
to rethink. Organise the race
by asking those with expertise
in training kids. Such heresies
are rife abroad, where rebels try
to work outside the box, defy
the timetable, set brainwaves free
with teamwork, creativity.<\/p>\n
but with new pressures that they face
they need the chance to draw a breath.
They\u2019ve had the daily news of death;
they\u2019ve felt frustration, boredom, pain
and need to feel free again,
to get their networks up to speed
build the resilience that they need.<\/p>\n
is longer sessions, shorter breaks.
They\u2019ve put the hurdles back in place.
Rehearsals start tomorrow. Race!
But kids aren\u2019t ready, good to go.
They may be young, but they still know
their future\u2019s not this narrow track,
these ancient hurdles. Don\u2019t look back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"