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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier
Like I said, I don't think the staff actually see it at all... or maybe your school is better than most.
The basic purpose of the UK school system (as the finding of your OP suggest, with all of the misery) is to create compliant, hard-working cogs for the economy who will essentially do what they are told (by the teachers, by their bosses, by the government) without too much fuss. Schools are not set up to create innovative, creative, free-thinking and happy individuals. If they are, then they are clearly failing badly, because frankly there aren't very many of those around.
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..they are though, that's exactly what their aim...obviously the success differs in schools as well as their are many factors involved in how successful it can be but it's not a 'few and far between'/type success either..right from Reception age, children are involved for much or their day in imaginative play/creative tasks/circle and discussion times/philosophy and yes, definitely free thinking ...obviously free thinking is not rule breaking though so there will always be structure and children need that...