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Originally Posted by lancsdave
Looks to me like you have already answered this question;
Which part of the 'normal' school environment allows teachers to reward the kids every night for good behaviour ?
From what you have described you are working as a care assistant on a course for delinquents. As you have already stated these kids have already crossed the line for behavioural problems and they have been sent away for a few weeks. No wonder they stick to the rules, they misbehaved in the first place and what do they get ?a nice holiday wth treats. How the hell is a nornal school supposed to install discipline in them if they see the rewards for bad behaviour. In fact how do many parents compete with that ? Neither are in a position to 'reward' the kids in their charge every night.
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Sorry, I didn't make this ENTIRELY clear. They aren't all badly behaved children, just some of them are, some have diagnosed learning difficulties and some are extremely bright. All are from poor areas.
They're experiencing what life is like at uni, in other words this course is hard work. They're studying more here than they do at school and at a much more intense level, but at night they are taken on social activities because that is what we do at uni. Hard work then play.
All schools have the opportunity to sign up for these summer schools, they just need to contact the uni and show their interest. Nothing is stopping anyones children from coming on them. Most are predicted A's at GCSE and know how to behave, so aren't 'delinquents' at all.
The point of this is that everyone gets to see the rewards of uni. Some of the more troublesome kids have now seen what university life is like and realise that they should go back home and work hard if they want to experience this full time, and those that already know about university can now see how important it is to work hard.
Some people don't know they have opportunities to go to uni, they don't have parents like you guys who are encouraging and supportive, and it's EXTREMELY selfish to complain about these kids getting an opportunity whether they're bad at school or not. No wonder so many kids are so angry with society when it treats them like they're not worth the time of day.
Willow, your girls will do well and go to uni because you encourage them to do so. Some children don't get that, and so we are now giving them a few days of that so that they have a bit of an idea of what it's like and what they need to do. I think those of you that begrudge them of this should have a long hard think about what I've said. If you can't see the point of it then that is awful.
Screw charity and helping the needy, lets just be greedy.