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Nor will we while we are accustomed to external rules determining our behavior Instead of our own internal mechanisms of reason and conscience. The whole point I am making is that by resorting to rules in the ways that we do, we replace the question, "is it safe to travel in this area at this...

Nor can you expect them to develop it through rules and punishments. In order to take responsibility, it must first be available to take. Punishment does not develop discipline, it develops obedience. A sense of self respect and personal responsibility develop discipline, and coercion and...

Not sure it has. I think children should have discipline and rules. But I see those as being personal things which have to develop in an individual. You must develop discipline, but nobody can give you discipline, they can only take obedience.

I admit to a degree of idealism :) But my point is still valid. If someone is not obeying your rule try harder to make them understand why you want them too. Threatening a punishment is effectively giving up. Yes people don't always stick to the speed limit, and people die as a result. It is a...

To be fair, I can't think of a single rule that is necessary to be honest. If a rule exists for a good reason, then people will conform to it on it's merits, and the rule becomes unnecessary. Rules are only needed when you can't convince people to do what you want them to, and rules are by their...

I still think that you are getting things the wrong way around. You want kids to wear their uniforms, and wear them smartly and with pride. The means to achieve that is to run a good school which pupils are happy and proud to attend. You want them to feel integrated and feel a sense of community...

Can I ask you, for you is the question of having a uniform on the table? Because you describe involving kids in choosing what uniform they should have to wear, but I don't see a coherent or reasonable argument for the rule that a uniform must be worn in the first place. I don't actually have a...

Exactly. I would have preferred a different approach, like for example, an assembly meeting in which the benefits of a tidy well present school uniform are exalted, a genuine effort made to convince using ideas and arguments. I would imagine, especially with young students, a healthy...

Lesson One: Obedience. Sad imo.