Resilience
A very good friend of mine is currently doing some work as an invigilator1 and last week, when we were in the pub, he started to tell some stories about what he'd seen. Our conversation lead to a bigger issue for our young people today, and what we, as teachers can do about it: resilience, or the complete lack of it. We give so much to the students, so many 'second chances'2 or 'by tomorrow and it'll be fine' that they have no idea how to act when they come up against something actually […]








