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= = = = = //Please, share your ideas for our School as a Systems Metaphor.// =

**__Metaphor Thoughts from the Dutchie__**
 * **A Brick Factory** - //All in all, it just another brick in the wall!//
 * **A Tropical Fish Tank**-//setting up.//
 * **Space Travel**
 * **A Farm**
 * **A RAFT - LOGS - THE COMPONENTS PARTS OR SUPPORTS, ROPE - THE TEACHING PRACTIVE THAT TIES IT ALL TOGETHER, SAILS/OARS/RUDDER - LEADERSHIP & SUPPORTS TO GUIDE, GIVE DIRECTION AND IMPETUS, SAILORS - STUDENTS WHO WE ARE FERRYING ON THE JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE, SEA - LIFE, SOMETIMES ROUGH, SOMETIMES PLAIN SAILING, CURRENTS -OUTSIDE INFLUENCES THAT CAN DRAG US AWAY FROM OUR DESIRED DESTINATION AND SO ON **

**__Metaphor Thoughts from the Pullar__**
 * **Releasing a CD**. //The process from recording to manufacture to CD launch.(will explain in greater detail)//
 * **Making a movie** - //Studio, Script Writer, Director, Producer, Cast, Editor, Soundtrack, Audience//
 * **Building and selling a house** - //Client, Architect, Project Manager, Builders, Trades People, Real Estate Agent, Buyer//
 * **Art exhibition** - //Artist, Paint, Canvas, Painting, Framing, Gallery, Promotion, Buyer//

**__Metaphor ideas from Gillo__**
 * **An ants nes**t
 * **A worm farm**

__Metaphor ideas from David__ //jane says- hi!!! don't pinch the fish tank!!!//
 * **A Marathon**- //the dedication, the support, the coaching, the persistence, the diet, the technique, the terrain, the hurdles, the goals, the achievement//
 * **A Restauran**t- //the ingredients, the staff, the method, the preparation,the organisation, the course, the decor, the meal.//
 * **A novel**-//1st draft, the planning, the purpose, the language, the genre, the editing, the publisher, the design, the audience//