[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..yes of course, Cherie...but the cutbacks are there as well though as you know..less experienced teachers of ‘the old ways of mentoring’ and guiding in favour of the cheaper teacher who will adhere more to data and favourable statistics as well ...there are great teachers both older generation and younger generation but the methods of teaching are adhering more and more to government directives if teachers want to pursue a teaching career...data, data, data etc...individuality is being phased out by the government cutbacks in schools...anyway there was only ever so much a school was capable of in terms of moral guidance if there was no parental guidance or other guidance in an environment of a child...and social care with families..CAFS..?...well, that’s almost impossible these days with funding to get any attention of a family in need of ‘supervision’ from any social service organisation...the balance of anything positive just isn’t there in a child’s life anymore, sadly...through all of that child’s life stages...

...I’m a lady of leisure now and don’t have to touch these things daily in the same way...and maybe I should just let go of prevent stuff..?.....but I just can’t it’s too ingrained in me in my belief in it ...that it really can make a difference...not for all but for some...

We will have to agree to disagree Ammi, I think learning right from wrong is just part of schooling, not necessarily a taught thing, but more role modelling and interaction with your peers and your teachers, I think most people know right from wrong by the time they leave primary, unless there is a learning difficulty.