I assume you're a Teacher? I agree with the last part however i do think that for that 3/4 hours per day you should be a source of positivity, a model of good behaviour, and be able to promote ambition and aspiration. Surely that's the reason people get into teaching in the first place?

I work in alternative provision basically with the worst behaved (or most failed depending on what way you look at it) kids in Birmingham. I see them for 4 hours a day. For 75% of them the reason I see them is due to education being a part of their conditions with youth offending. I build strong relationships, act as a positive male role model and try to challenge them to think or question their beliefs atleast once a day. If I can do that I feel as if I have had a good day with them.

They leave the centre and immediately are back into their world. A large proportion do not have beds to sleep on or a guaranteed meal and have no rules and boundaries. Those that do have beds make more money they I do shottin drugs or running with gangs in their own B postcode. 3 weeks ago one was caught in possession with a gun, at 15 how can you positively influence him when he knows and I know he will never be able to secure a job in the future. You can influence so much, massive changes need to be made well above the classroom to give these kids any chance.

Same fair play, I seriously hate how the media portray that the problem is with them shutting down their 'social clubs' biggest bullshit. When I was young we'd go to these social clubs for an hour and continue 'playing' in the area.

social mobility is practically nonexistant, more at eleven

Physically, no.

Razorlight, you need to start posting in here:
http://www.fuk.co.uk/threads/politics_thread?page=12

Thread needs a new resident retard since Fontelroy left.

As this is the CSB thread… I live right next to Woeley Castle. Razorlight, you're right about the lack of aspirations amongst the older generations in their life as there's very little diversity in the type of people in the area, there's the hard-working and unskilled, yet still in the shit of it type, or the dole type. Either way, there's very little inspiration there. I find most of the kids then tend to look left to their peers rather than up to their immediate elders, which is where the aspirations of the wrong type come from, selling drugs to push a whip etc is pretty much the furthest it goes. @Covone You're right about walking out of the classroom and straight back into their world and a lot lot more is needed outside of that. Can only do so much in the classroom which is tiny in comparison to the world that they shit eat and sleep in. It's a circular way of living which is made a million times worse by the feelings of some kind of warped contentment which runs through a lot of the people who live there with their council houses, handouts and quick unsustainable money.

Generally speaking though it's pretty accurate to say that you're likely to remain in the lower classes when you're born into such a secluded part of society that is the way it is. Don't get the retard comment and DY that's ridiculously ignorant.