I write as the director of an educational center, with the discomfort of self-criticism. The recent error in the allocation of teaching positions It's not just a technical issue; it's a reflection of a system that, for years, has been plagued by serious structural deficiencies. However, this precariousness has often been disguised by an equally worrying problem: the proliferation of smoke tasks. These smoke tasks are not an accident, but rather a strategy used to give the appearance that things are being done and to hide an uncomfortable reality: the lack of real resources in schools. And, despite being aware of this, we administrators have learned to live with them.