Welcome to A Teacher's Story, in this episode I look at some of the challenges we have when we look to effect change with some of their more challenging pupils. In a lot of cases they are a mirror of the situations that they come from in the home environment, they have learned what they have lived. They come to us from a variety of home experiences and as such have an inherent built in value system. This has been strengthened over time by the way in which they gain attention or gratification and when they require either of these. So schools have to be aware of this diversity and take steps to initially accommodate and then effect change over time in order to embed a more desired value system that befits the pastoral system within that particular establishment and also better prepares those children for life in society as mature, respectful and caring adults Schools have to be willing to make difficult decisions around some of the children that I engage with because quite simply what they have been doing to date has obviously not been effective in bringing about positive changes. They have to be willing to look 'out of the box' because one size does not fit all. Indeed the great Albert Einstein is broadly credited with exclaiming “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results”. I'm dedicating the bulk of the production and output of the Podcast through the anchor.fm platform and the Music link through Spotify along with the ability to include comments from listeners and also the interview possibilities. 

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