Disaffected explores the complex nature of consent, power, and exploitation within the education system, seeking to question ‘schooling’ and the rituals, systems and behaviours we expose learners and educators to, that are often harmful and abusive.
Korrin Smith-Whitehouse bears witness as a child, an educator, and a parent, reflecting on her personal and professional encounters of teaching and learning and the sometimes brutal, often normalised realities of the learning institutions they have experienced, including schools, alternative provisions and universities. The poems within these pages explore the impact of being part of such a problematic system, both on her own mental health and wellbeing and that of her students.
Disaffected is essential reading for anyone who has ever struggled to navigate their way through the education system and left with only further questions.
Disaffected explores the complex nature of consent, power, and exploitation within the education system, seeking to question ‘schooling’ and the rituals, systems and behaviours we expose learners and educators to, that are often harmful and abusive.
Korrin Smith-Whitehouse bears witness as a child, an educator, and a parent, reflecting on her personal and professional encounters of teaching and learning and the sometimes brutal, often normalised realities of the learning institutions they have experienced, including schools, alternative provisions and universities. The poems within these pages explore the impact of being part of such a problematic system, both on her own mental health and wellbeing and that of her students.
Disaffected is essential reading for anyone who has ever struggled to navigate their way through the education system and left with only further questions.