If You Wrote Your Life Story ....
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Educating Yorkshire ?
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very interesting, but some of the pupils depicted should be ashamed of themselves, and I don't blame the school. just what values are these childrens parents teaching ( or not ) them ?
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I watched it all Anne, try never to miss it, as I said earlier...
//I find the programme fascinating, it shows how hard the staff work to treat each pupil as an individual and not to give up on them, real dedication.//
The examples of behaviour were varied and some worse than others, each teenager is different - some lead, some follow.
Are they troubled, is it bad parenting?? We cannot judge on the brief bits of their lives we saw.
Kamrem, seemed to feel he had something to prove and was going the wrong way about it, including trying to play the 'race card' which the intuitive handling by the staff exposed as a lie.
Bailey, a very strong character had been traumatised by a facial dog bite as a youngster and her heavily applied make-up was to my mind a mask to protect her.
It is so easy to judge when we know next to nothing about these young people.
//I find the programme fascinating, it shows how hard the staff work to treat each pupil as an individual and not to give up on them, real dedication.//
The examples of behaviour were varied and some worse than others, each teenager is different - some lead, some follow.
Are they troubled, is it bad parenting?? We cannot judge on the brief bits of their lives we saw.
Kamrem, seemed to feel he had something to prove and was going the wrong way about it, including trying to play the 'race card' which the intuitive handling by the staff exposed as a lie.
Bailey, a very strong character had been traumatised by a facial dog bite as a youngster and her heavily applied make-up was to my mind a mask to protect her.
It is so easy to judge when we know next to nothing about these young people.
Though the programme was great and the head teacher wonderful-a real leader. The children portrayed were the usual teenage mix and were both infuriating and interesting-as teenagers are, especially Ryan, who was so moving in his reasons to be elected to the School council. Bad things happen nationwide-it isn't just Dewsbury teenagers and the boys involved did appear to be genuinely ashamed for their actions. The girls where 'characters' too-ok they wore make-up and expressed their opinions forcefully, but thankfully Mr Mitchell and his staff had faith in them and wanted them to do well. We tar many teenagers with the same brush-lets be a bit more open minded. A transgression in youth shouldn't be a reason to write them off. They would probably watch this programme a few years down the line and be ashamed of themselves too. As adults we can be too po faced about things that young people do-I've done it myself- and I'd be as angry as the next if something like that happened to my parents but there are far more positives about today's young than programme makers would have us believe. As for the supposed values of the older generation-tell that to the pensioner in the granny mobile who told my husband to pi~~ off after she'd bumped into him!
No-one has brought up one of the core issues, no-one is allowed to discipline these children. For every Mother as concerned and supportive as the one on last night's programme, there'll be many who come screaming, effing and jeffing, up to school to confront anyone who dares to confront their child's behaviour.
As for parents' rights to discipline their sprogs as they seem fit, a clip round the ear has been mentioned, my daughter was recently verbally attacked by a yummy mummy for telling my misbehaving granddaughter that she had lost her trip to the park because she hadn't done as she was told.
I recall my brother coming home from school late after a detention. When asked what he'd done to get the detention he replied Nuffing, to which my father asked Well what should you have been doing? That's parental support.
As for parents' rights to discipline their sprogs as they seem fit, a clip round the ear has been mentioned, my daughter was recently verbally attacked by a yummy mummy for telling my misbehaving granddaughter that she had lost her trip to the park because she hadn't done as she was told.
I recall my brother coming home from school late after a detention. When asked what he'd done to get the detention he replied Nuffing, to which my father asked Well what should you have been doing? That's parental support.
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Of course discipline is important, withdrawal of privileges and made to apologise and if possible make reparation for actions - if you mean physical discipline, then I do not believe Teachers want or need that responsibility.
Isolation, detention and exclusion may seem tame but it is a tool they use.
Isolation, detention and exclusion may seem tame but it is a tool they use.
