tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post7912162858776849223..comments2023-10-15T09:36:12.013+01:00Comments on Countercultural Father: Too much psychologyBen Trovatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15299230935468606845noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-8373261455959162102008-08-08T14:39:00.000+01:002008-08-08T14:39:00.000+01:00Thanks, have just looked at your July posts-it str...Thanks, have just looked at your July posts-it strikes me that having a mentoring scheme in a primary school is probably a hoop a school has to jump through in order to get 'healthy school' status.<BR/>Mentoring in this context feels like the thin end of another wedge to drive children and their parents apart.How dare they 1)circumvent parents by presuming to solve a child's possible difficulties without reference to parents, 2) tell children what they can and cannot say to their parents?You are fortunate in having a head who is prepared to listen to your concerns-ours is pretty good too,though none are infallible!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08692837527315745231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-33147174597189288692008-08-07T19:14:00.000+01:002008-08-07T19:14:00.000+01:00Yes... did you see my July posts about the mentori...Yes... did you see my July posts about the mentoring scheme in my youngest daughter's school? <BR/><BR/>One of the problems is schools trying to fill the gaps left by dysfunctional parents and families, but when it leads to teachers acting as amateur psychologists I fear it may do more harm than good.Ben Trovatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15299230935468606845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-28280576922390294862008-08-07T12:57:00.000+01:002008-08-07T12:57:00.000+01:00I've always been a bit suspicious of circle time-t...I've always been a bit suspicious of circle time-the more so since social and emotional aspects of learning (SEAL) has been introduced.<BR/>maybe the SATS which have been roundly criticised this year would show genuinely better standards of achievement if the teachers were allowed to get on with teaching.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08692837527315745231noreply@blogger.com