Thursday 30 January 2014

YES ,YES ,YES about fucking time!



Feeling much better this morning, and the boys were just perfect angles too. Child 3 even putting away dishes without having been asked to! 

I came across this story on FACE BOOK, and I found myself cheering and clapping.

Check out this link, and tell me if you think this school in NEW ZEALAND has got the right idea.

I think it is fucking fantastic....

I hate this PC "dibba dobba" shit where a kid can't even sneeze without a teacher getting involved.

Day 2 at my boys school and already the bullying has started! Day 2! Also day 2 and my sons teacher has a relief teacher in the class because she as an all day meeting! MEETING DAY 2! these kids are just settleing in to a new year, new teacher and you change it up on day bloody 2! FFS!!!


Any way take a look. 

KIDS NEED TO BE KIDS AND HAVE FUN.....this is how they LEARN!



http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/school-ditches-rules-and-loses-bullies-5807957


School ditches rules and loses bullies


"Ripping up the playground rulebook is having incredible effects on children at an Auckland school.
Chaos may reign at Swanson Primary School with children climbing trees, riding skateboards and playing bullrush during playtime, but surprisingly the students don't cause bedlam, the principal says.
The school is actually seeing a drop in bullying, serious injuries and vandalism, while concentration levels in class are increasing.
Principal Bruce McLachlan rid the school of playtime rules as part of a successful university experiment.
"We want kids to be safe and to look after them, but we end up wrapping them in cotton wool when in fact they should be able to fall over."
Letting children test themselves on a scooter during playtime could make them more aware of the dangers when getting behind the wheel of a car in high school, he said.
"When you look at our playground it looks chaotic. From an adult's perspective, it looks like kids might get hurt, but they don't."
Swanson School signed up to the study by AUT and Otago University just over two years ago, with the aim of encouraging active play."


care of : ONE NEWS TVNZ.

5 comments:

  1. That's interesting, it seems like my lifestyle is being validated. AAAAAANAAARCHYYYYYYY! That's right, I'm a way too old to wear leather and safety pins and convicted, non-nuanced opinions about political situations, but I am an anarchist. In that I don't know what that really means.

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    1. How drunk was I when I wrote this comment!?! I apologize. I think the idea was that I like the lack of rules and aging punks are kind of sad. That sums it up.

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    2. LOL Pickleope , I did get a bit lost, and had to read it twice, but I do think I get it. ;) Too many RULES!

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  2. Funny how ideas about what works is always changing. More rules, less rules.
    btw, when I first read your title, I thought maybe you and hubby had a little...romance ;)

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    1. LOL I guess you would...........sadly that department is still in need of a great deal of work. Nothing that can not be fixed with time, and patience. :)

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