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English teacher of a thousand+ years.

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@tombennett71 The fist-pumping teacher. Christ.

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@profprofMFL @MrBenParnell Nail. Head. 💥

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@CrazyOldWoman_ @RSteven36808818 @oldandrewuk Absolutely spot on.

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@biscuitstasher @MsJasmineMN @KTG_1990 Mm? That IS behaviour management right there. It’s high-quality behaviour management if I’m being honest - with add-ons of ‘help desk’, encouragement of independence, insistence on right classroom climate. Lots of things. Takes a good observer to see it though. And a good thinker

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@BarryNSmith79 Abso-bloody-lutely

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@Hayo_luke Spot on @Hayo_luke And more than this, accepting a non-response from kids gifts them an opportunity to undermine authority.

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@tes @Strickomaster Exactly this. But the answer doesn’t lie in piling mental health advisors into schools. Kids’ mental health improves when they do good stuff; let’s focus on them doing good stuff.

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@Dazzalee127320 Even more powerful is NOT to circulate the room. Stand at the back. Let them come to you if they need need assistance; they usually find they don’t need assistance.

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@tombennett71 I got detention for showing you my empty hands, hunching up my shoulders and looking around the class for support. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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@tombennett71 Kids won’t be being disciplined for ‘dropping a pen’. They’ll be disciplined for messing around with a pen when they should be listening.

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@Miss_Snuffy I’d like that. Not a lot, but I��d like it. 💥

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@sputniksteve Nice poem, but we curse those richer guys too.

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@jon_hutchinson_ @LouiseGrace12 What arrogance! The fact that you know better than private school parents who wouldn’t admit that you’re right to themselves! Jeez, how could anyone engage in that debate? When you know best like.

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@jon_hutchinson_ @DragonWales9 ‘Different social class’ is different to ‘kids without loads of money’. Which sweeping generalised statement are you going to go for? 🙄

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@tombennett71 @teacherhead It’s the Two Ronnies😊!

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@Scienergetic 💥👍

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@hanthethinks Rear Window. Hitchcock. 👍

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@Miss_Snuffy Homework shouldn’t necessarily be done in isolation anyway. Get involved with your kids’ learning parents; you never know, you may enjoy it and more importantly, your kids may teach you something!

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@grahamchatterl2 @birthwing @TheThomHadwin Agreed Graham. Good debate sir 👍

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@grahamchatterl2 @TheThomHadwin @birthwing It’s nothing to do with nature. It’s to do with setting the right climate for learning. So silence when giving instruction seems more than obvious.

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@grahamchatterl2 @TheThomHadwin @birthwing Silence is unnatural? 🤷🏻‍♂️