Improving The Behaviour Of Young Tearaways
admin on November 4th, 2008
The team, from a company known as Bud-Umbrella, will work in 60 primary and 14 secondary schools, with children under 13 deemed to be badly behaved. The firm is run out of a flat [apartment] in Brixton and its website claims reflexology ‘releases energy blockages’, ‘can calm aggressive feelings, improve listening skills, concentration and focus’ and ‘relieves headaches and sinus problems’.
Tory MP John Penrose is unimpressed. ‘The idea that a foot massage is going to keep a hoodie happy is laughable,’ said the member for Weston-super-Mare. ‘Experienced teachers have a range of ways of dealing with badly-behaved pupils and stroking their feet is not one of them. ‘Dealing with bad behaviour should not look like a reward to those who misbehave. Discipline should be brought back into schools.’
Mark Wallace, spokesman for the TaxPayers’ Alliance campaign group, said: ‘How on earth is the education system going to succeed if there are luxuries given out for naughty children and nothing at all given to those who work hard and do well? ‘With everyone struggling in the financial crisis, this is crazy money being paid out on a crazy scheme.’
