Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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28 February 2011
20:3494635Looks like it might be worth watching.
Classroom Warriors, getting ex servicemen to become teachers.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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28 February 2011
20:3794637thanks ian, clashes with despatches on channel 4.
rare enough to get thought provoking documentaries nowadays as it is, without them going out at the same time.
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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28 February 2011
21:4594647I haven't got a TV. I didn't want one. There is one downstairs, but I couldn't be bothered.
But somehow I keep up with what's going on.
Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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28 February 2011
22:0794655VERY interesting to say the least.
Any one else see it?
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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28 February 2011
22:1794657Yes I like the thinking behind this Ian.And yes there is a place in schools for them
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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I didn't see it but I think the idea is great.
What most children at school (those who attend that is) miss, is discipline and if this can be restored to schools, it will be a job very well done.
My fear is that in this PC and "lovey-dovey" World, they won't be allowed to do it, due to the children's human rights, so it won't have any real power - I hope I'm wrong on this.
Roger
I think its a great idea, to many scared teachers around these days get disapline into schools it may have an all round good result on the streets etc.
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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Bad behaviour in schools and lack of respect for teachers has gone on for long enough, an excellent idea to bring in ex-servicemen.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i didn't see it but the idea sounds a good one, serviceman get a more rounded view of life than someone that comes straight out of university or teachers training college.
I was at a school recently where i witnessed a child verbally having at go at the teacher , i was shocked i wouldnt dare to of spoken to my teacher like this child did , my dad said years ago he would of been punished by the headmaster.
Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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Half the teachers at my school were ex military, not a deliberate policy but they had got scholarships after the war and trained to be teachers.
Worked well, we respected them for what they had done and they took no bad behaviour from us.
Jan Higgins
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It was a very interesting programme and if the example they gave of the school in the USA the sooner the ex-military become teachers the better.
Not so many pupil teacher confrontations and more respect from the pupils, something that seems to be missing in so many schools.
It must be on iplayer for those that missed the programme, it is well worth watching.
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Guest 641- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Just watched it on BBCiplayer after reading your views on the programme, very interesting, the results speak for themselves.
A great import from the other side of the pond with improvements both in English and Maths here and in the US
, it was also interesting to note that one ex-RM Captain is now a headmaster at a school in Canterbury.
There was a cadet force at my old school which everyone who joined really enjoyed.
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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I must get on iplayer too, sounds good.
