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They have the simple things under control.
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And you know - they are usually much happier. There are such individuals, and LCCC has a heap of them, in correct uniform every day, who use the bins appropriately, who are down the track at developing empathy, who have locks on their lockers. But it’s possible - many LCCC kids actually thank their teachers after lessons.Īnyway, I have a barrage of more simple things but should come to a point: I understand the occasional brain explosion, but I think that politeness is a simple thing. This is often when the notorious, “Everyone else” defense is rolled out. The kids often are completely oblivious to real meaning. But I am really saddened, and it is nearly always boys, (and, yes, there are differences between boys and girls, not in rights, but developmentally, and I was a boy once myself), that some of the appalling sexist and discriminatory language that you would have hoped died out at least a generation or three ago can still, on occasion, be heard. Now it is as old as the hills that adolescent boys will constantly pull, grab, tousle, touch each other in a primitive, unconscious display of aspirational sexual dominance. Mercifully we have very few thefts, some “we we’re just mucking arounds,” but virtually zero problems, amazingly, with locked lockers.įar, far, more seriously… one of the simple things (or maybe not as simple as I would like) is the way that kids sometimes speak to one another.
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The simple things … give me a dollar, PLEASE, for every “ Can I go to the toilet,” “Can I fill my drink bottle,” “I left it in my locker,” “Can I have a hair tie?,” ”It’s out of charge,” “Just muckin around,” “ I was at the bubbler,” “My shoes got wet,” ( and this occurred during the drought years).Īnd speaking of lockers (glad you asked), the simple things…a famous foundation LCCC staff member (take a bow Mrs Armstrong) once said to me that, “a locker without a lock is just a cupboard.” This remains one of my favourite pieces of Yoda-like wisdom in teaching. Recycling bins are enormously challenging for the same reason (you actually have to think and maybe take four steps.) Probably the same kids who are passionate about the environment in other contexts.
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The simple things … psychologically/rational mind unformed – I get it, but a simple thing is that the bin is three steps away, but still a kid will jam their lunch wrapper between the slats of the seats or throw it behind them with James Bondesque subterfuge. I couldn’t bear the dishonesty of it all…That’s two things, sorry. I don’t get deliberate, unnecessary wearing of PE uniform really. Just one thing – Converse gym boot thingies are not school uniform. I have written previously about uniform, so I’ll let this go. There are those who fight tooth and nail most days, those who passively resist and a few in between. The simple things … uniform should be a simple thing. Now the following may elicit a gentle drift back to your own school days or perhaps I risk a more vigorous response along the lines of “I hated school too.” Perhaps a, “Yeah, they’re the same at home ” perhaps a “Well, what do you expect?” Perhaps you are already asleep by now or have decided to give this up and look for that permission note. Kids being kids, I am sure that you would not be surprised if I told you how much time and effort is consumed by the simple things.