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If you tolerate this then your children will be next

Mar 16, 2019 | Category: behaviour

What kinds of poor behaviour should we tolerate? How much should we tolerate? There's a wellspring of opinion that zero tolerance is too much, that we ought to tolerate some poor behaviour, but how mu...

#no excuses #zero-tolerance #Jeremy Hardy

Should everyone follow the rules?

Sep 08, 2016 | Category: behaviour

I've never liked being told what to do. I'm not a great team player and I struggle with authority. I've always chafed at constraints and, as I get older, I've become increasingly aware that what I use...

#behaviour #no excuses #punishment #rules

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...

#John Tomsett #Michaela School #no excuses

When planning fails... what to do when behaviour breaks down

Feb 17, 2016 | Category: behaviour

"There is in the act of preparing, the moment you start caring." Winston Churchill Lots of people who don't normally like the stuff I write seemed to approve of the post I wrote on responsibly plann...

#Looked After Children #no excuses #exclusion

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....

#Michaela School #no excuses

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...

#Michaela School #no excuses #responsibility