Every school I visit has a set of values. They are often clearly displayed, posted on notice boards or painted on walls. They sometimes pop up on sweatshirts. They vary hugely, though there are some c
All primary schools seem to have some version of ‘kindness’ or ‘friendliness’. Secondary schools generally have something along the lines of ‘ambition’ or ‘excellence’. Both primary and secondary will have ‘tolerance’ or ‘respect’, or something that means the same thing. But there are many other values: ‘empathy’, ‘happiness’, ‘resilience’, ‘compassion’, ‘confidence’, ‘fairness’…the lists go on. Whether they are always mutually reinforcing or compatible is not something I stop to think about.
These hymns were often about putting others before oneself, self-sacrifice and so on. It was thought that these were the values that got us through the war and were needed to bring post-war renewal – unselfishness, sacrifice, hard work, not clock-watching, putting others first. We sang: Not for ever in green pastures do we ask our way to be; but the steep and rugged pathway may we tread rejoicingly. These were the default values.
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