tips on turning things around
Being excluded is a deep experience. Here’s some tips for getting out of the hole.
10 tips to turning things round after a fixed term exclusion.
1. STAY CALM when you’re excluded. Shouting or being physically aggressive will not stop you being excluded. If you’re excluded for a fixed term and get violent then you will be excluded permanently. Schools are within their rights to permanently exclude any physically abusive students and teachers may take this chance to push you out.
2. TALK TO SOMEONE you trust about your exclusion and your feelings about school.
3. FIND OUT exactly why you have been excluded.
4. THINK ABOUT what you did wrong and how you can stop it from happening again. In what situations do you get in trouble? Who are you with? Don’t make the same mistake again.
5. CATCH UP with school work on your days off an.
6. COME BACK for the re-integration meeting held by the school for you and your parents.
7. SHOW YOU’VE CHANGED so people know you’re going to do things different this time.
8. AVOID THOSE TEACHERS who are always critical of you and don’t take notice of their criticism. You’re now ready to move on from the past even if they’re not.
9. ASK FOR HELP if you don’t understand the work you’re given. There are teachers who really care about your education and who will help you.
10. STAY OUT OF TROUBLE even if you want to join in. If you get caught, you’ll get punished hard because you’ve already been excluded. You have to be extra well behaved to change teachers’ expectations of you and to turn round your reputation.
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Tom Sawbridge
