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What I know about whether 'no excuses' behaviour systems work
Apr 25, 2016 |
Category: behaviour
I read John Tomsett's account of his speech at Michaela School's Debate on 23rd April on why 'no excuses' behaviour systems don't work with great interest. As a speech it is well researched, well argu...
What 'no excuses' means to me
May 13, 2015 |
Category: behaviour
And oftentimes excusing of a fault
Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse,
As patches set upon a little breach
Discredit more in hiding of the fault
Than did the fault before it was so patch’d....
I fought the law and the law won
May 15, 2015 |
Category: behaviour
There’s man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet.Samuel Beckett
Yesterday I attended a Speed Awareness Course. I wasn't sure what to expect but was mainly relieved not to get...
'No excuses' is no excuse
May 13, 2015 |
Category: behaviour
We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.
Rudyard Kipling
I was a bit taken aback at the vigour and vitriol with which some people condemned Michaela School's approach to b...
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