Sarah Hudspith

Sarah Hudspith’s Rede zur Amtsübergabe in der Sommerfest-Schulgemeinde vom 20. Juni 2009 1976 - Alain and I are in South India, working in the school of Krishnamurti. I hear the wind in the trees. It reminds me of Europe. I feel I have to return to Europe. Return to Europe, to a job where all of me will be used. April 1977 - We return to the Ecole. It is the job I had wanted, it was a job where the whole of me could meet and engage with the whole of the other, wether it be student or teacher. 1995 - I become part of the leadership team. Suddenly I am no longer "Sarah", but "Leitung". I don't like that, being only my function. But slowly I realise I am both.
	What was / is important for me in this job in the "Leitung"? - It has something to do with this wooden spoon, one of the few objects you're not allowed to take out of the Wohnung! This is the spoon my mother used to make jam. I connect with the delicious smell of cooking fruit. It was used to preserve. And this is what has been important for me - to preserve - all of those things that belong to the essence of the Ecole. If I were to go through them now, it would take longer then the tree minutes I'm allowed. Suffice to say, all of them boil down to moments and experiences that have enabled us all living here in the Ecole to grow. And so I am thankful for the chance to grow that I have had as a member of the Leitung, to work with my co-members in the delicate dance of compromise and inspiration. I am thankful to all those staff members who give their creativity, their committment, their hard work, their naughtiness, to enrichen and carry our life here. I am grateful to the helpers who have supported us through the business of daily living. And I am grateful to all the students present and past who have filled my life with delight.

Sarah Hudspith’s Rede zur Amtsübergabe
in der Sommerfest-Schulgemeinde vom 20. Juni 2009

1976 - Alain and I are in South India, working in the school of Krishnamurti. I hear the wind in the trees. It reminds me of Europe. I feel I have to return to Europe. Return to Europe, to a job where all of me will be used.

April 1977 - We return to the Ecole. It is the job I had wanted, it was a job where the whole of me could meet and engage with the whole of the other, wether it be student or teacher.

1995 - I become part of the leadership team. Suddenly I am no longer "Sarah", but "Leitung". I don't like that, being only my function. But slowly I realise I am both.

What was / is important for me in this job in the "Leitung"? - It has something to do with this wooden spoon, one of the few objects you're not allowed to take out of the Wohnung!
This is the spoon my mother used to make jam. I connect with the delicious smell of cooking fruit.
It was used to preserve.
And this is what has been important for me - to preserve -
all of those things that belong to the essence of the Ecole.
If I were to go through them now, it would take longer then the tree minutes I'm allowed.
Suffice to say, all of them boil down to moments and experiences that have enabled us all living here in the Ecole to grow.
And so I am thankful for the chance to grow that I have had as a member of the Leitung, to work with my co-members in the delicate dance of compromise and inspiration.
I am thankful to all those staff members who give their creativity, their committment, their hard work, their naughtiness, to enrichen and carry our life here.
I am grateful to the helpers who have supported us through the business of daily living.
And I am grateful to all the students present and past who have filled my life with delight.