Good character comes up again and again - and punishment is often seen to be the way to push those of doubtful characters into line it seems to me. Look at the approach the Guides take (I know it's not school proper) - they punish Lawrie and Nicola for supposed bad behaviour by excluding them for a year, with the premise that they might then be ready to be Guides. I think the approach now might be rather to see Guides as a place where they might develop their characters and become more trustworthy within it, rather than having to do that by themselves outside before they are allowed to participate. In fact, that could be said for everything at Kingscote - if you're thought to be of 'doubtful' character like Jan Scott, then there's no participation allowed in things like sports and plays at all it seems, although it's different for those like Marie Dobson (maybe because she is only seen as doubtful by her peers, not by Authority?).
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Date: 2009-01-11 02:12 pm (UTC)In fact, that could be said for everything at Kingscote - if you're thought to be of 'doubtful' character like Jan Scott, then there's no participation allowed in things like sports and plays at all it seems, although it's different for those like Marie Dobson (maybe because she is only seen as doubtful by her peers, not by Authority?).