Recently I hosted a teacher from another Catholic school north of the river in Perth who came to have a look in my classroom and see how I am integrating ipads in 5G. I was conscious that she wanted to gather new ideas and I wanted to be able to supply them for her. Later in the day we were able to chat about her school environment and I was finally able to articulate what I have long been suspecting is happening in schools: teachers are undervaluing themselves in the shadow