When We Label Anyone 'bad',

Told That The Passing Grade Is A B Or Competence And That We Will Help You To Get There, Students Do Competent Work. The Lowest Passing Grade In The Real World Is Competence. Why Do Schools Accept So Much Less?

Caring For But Never Trying To Own May Be A Further Way To Define Friendship.

This Is At The Heart Of All Good Education, Where The Teacher Asks Students To Think And Engages Them In Encouraging Dialogues, Constantly Checking For Understanding And Growth.

To Focus On Discipline Is To Ignore The Real Problem: We Will Never Be Able To Get Students (or Anyone Else) To Be In Good Order If, Day After Day, We Try To Force Them To Do What They Do Not Find Satisfying.

The Answer Lies In Preventing These Failures, Not In Looking For Better Ways To Fix The People Who Are Failing.