School Rules
Just seen this over in NFIS facebook group.
This was a huge reason I disliked secondary. It wasn’t the fact that I needed the toilet all day, it was that I know now how concerned I felt when I had my basic liberties removed by staff and rules.
I needed to trust those people.. I needed to feel safe, I was enjoying elements of school for sure, but when someone made a rule that didn’t make sense and felt unjust.. I would become defiant and non compliant.
I was testing them. I was trying to see how far I could push them.
When we try to control children, they stop trusting us. They start testing us. They want to see how far we will take it.
It’s a very hard re-focus for parents and educators, to allow more freedom and autonomy, but it’s the only way to begin to build more inclusive settings.
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