WATCH: "All Countries should listen to what I am suggesting!" | Katharine Birbalsingh

Katharine Birbalsingh CBE is a British teacher and education reform advocate who is the founder and Headmistress of Michaela Community School in London. She is author of multiple books including Michaela: The Power of Culture. This talk was given on Day 3 of the ARC Conference 2023 as we were discussing what it would take to rebuild the social fabric.
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[@unbreakable7633]

My father was a teacher for decades; I was taught by him for 3 years in my high school. He maintained an iron discipline in his class and did so with a great sense of humor. The students liked him and he could take a joke, didn't mind a little horse play but made sure the work was done and the class orderly. Years later I met people who had him and they all remembered him as one of the best teachers they ever had. He maintained a balance between discipline and fun.

[@pwd1679]

One of the best teachers I ever had was the Head Football Coach. He taught Geometry, and did a great job doing it!

[@Tekoa80]

I agree. The teachers which stood out for me were those who were firm, but fair. You could have a laugh with them, but you knew where to draw the line and you didn't dare cross it!

[@bluexboxgamer2613]

Yes, but this woman doesn't embody your father's values. He balanced order and structure with freedom and fun, whereas Katharine Birbalsingh is a fascist ideologue who believes in the oppression of children, whilst also being a Trojan Horse for other fascist ideologies, like the conspiracy that wokeness is infiltrating the University education.

[@tonybparalegal]

he sounds perfect.

[@allannicolson2607]

Like my primary headmaster - my dad, who served in Burma during the war, and who I'm proud to say I never shared a cross word with. When asked who my hero is, there can only be one answer.

[@m____w____6981]

The proof of the "correctness" of her opinions, is that the school she runs outperforms almost every other school in England in standardized test scores, while having few, if any restrictions on admissions. Genius.

[@resilientrecoveryministries]

That's impressive. Most institutions get good numbers by controlling admissions.

[@m____w____6981]

@@resilientrecoveryministries Exactly. Where I live, there are a few private schools famous for their high grades on standardized provincial tests. But the average elementary average to get accepted in these is around 90%. So, smart kids doing well on tests. Almost anyone could teach in these schools and the kids would excel.

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

Having a reputation for strictness is sufficient to filter candidates, it would seem.

[@gmw3083]

She was doing pretty good until expressing support for the monarchy. Charles is a clown. The monarchy is sinking like the British empire did. America is following and bringing the combined west down with it. These special schools are too little, too late. Better luck next epoch....

[@m____w____6981]

@@terraflow__bryanburdo4547 valid point !!

[@user-fn8hg7cg1y]

This woman can be respected and appreciated. Children thrive, blossom and progress under a strict and fair set of rules consequently applied.

[@jimmoses6617]

Children need to know where the boundaries are. Otherwise, they get lost. That's what parents' No. 1 job is.

[@richardmullens4707]

Absolutely, but to enforce this we must bring back the slipper, both at school and at home.

[@neglectfulsausage7689]

No she cant. I hate her.

[@JesseMessage]

School is to create obedient workers. Nothing more. Humanity is finished.

[@user-od5fh3gn4d]

@@richardmullens4707you want robotic females, machines.

[@tanyaansley3992]

I have 27 years in Education and let me say, This woman is 100% correct. She has courage. I would love to work for her. She stands for what is RIGHT!

[@ralphhebgen7067]

I disagree. I know she means well but she is dangerously mistaken in her methods. People like she are a danger to the public weal and societies that are potentially fair. If you want to know why I say that, and have nothing better to do 😂, read my comments on this thread.

[@jislaaikrockadopolis7215]

I have 19 years in education and I agree completely.

[@PAVANZYL]

My favourite Birbalsingh moments: "You cannot do critical thinking on an empty head", and "Count your blessings, not your grievances".

[@vmcl5330]

Exactly - she shouldn't transfer her grievance of not belonging and her way to deal with it onto innocent children

[@Jojorocks23]

@@vmcl5330 so you want to stay angry in your own tribe, what kind of ego is that… self centered?

[@brynleytalbot778]

@@vmcl5330 She does present as a crazy obsessed nut job akin to the religious variety who indoctrinate at every opportunity. One wonders about her own background and how that formed her extremist ideology. Her Dominatrix style is bound to inflict grievous harm on innocent minds. John Locke, the C18th philosopher, said spare the boy the cane regarding beating Latin verbs into them. He advocated learning through play. The grades may be excellent, which forms an Ofsted outstanding, but what about the long term mental health consequences of such indoctrination when released into the real world where such utopian conditions don’t exist. I guess helicopter parenting has come of age when you submit your children to this torture. Instead of being on the mobile phone telling them what to do they’ve subcontracted it to this dominating lunatic. How can that be progress?

[@mitar6206]

​@@vmcl5330 you missed the point by a mile

[@GreenCanvasInteriorscape]

Whoosh or a hit and a miss? Reading comments like yours makes me realize that 50% of the population is below average You heard that inspiring talk and came away with what you wrote...

[@johnbrown4568]

Many of my teachers were WW2 combat veterans. To say they were strict would be quite an understatement. I couldn’t have had a better group of educators to teach me the skills and knowledge base needed for personal and economic success. I hold great respect for my skilled teachers and I’m most grateful to them for their strict guidance.

[@richardmullens4707]

Absolutely. Were they able to maintain discipline using just voice of authority or were the cane and slipper required too?

[@giuliakhawaja7929]

🙄😳 Prize for the silliest question

[@richardmullens4707]

​@@giuliakhawaja7929I know, because the answer is no.

[@giuliakhawaja7929]

@@richardmullens4707 the cane was used when I was in the junior school. On me a couple of times. It was a mark of honour not to show pain. No slippers in evidence. Maybe if discipline was more strictly enforced today there would be no need for PRU’s . Pupil Referral Units for students whom no school can control. When space runs out in the PRU schools resort to moving students from one school to another.

[@katerinanyankina7875]

Same was in the USSR after WW2 . If something was good and worth to learn from - it was the education system. Both the school one and higher. Education was of highest standards run by devoted teachers. The expectations in classrooms were always high. The every day home works on all subjects were absolute must. This Teacher is right - the education has to be inspirational. For both teacher and student.

[@Tolkienish]

Meaningful words full of wisdom. This ARC conference is letting me see that there are still people fighting for what is right through common sense and letting their voices of knowledge be heard. Thank you so much to all you.

[@brynleytalbot778]

Turning back progressive ideology to ‘traditional’ forgetting the world’s moved on eighty years. Old ideas must complement new ones to bring a balance that’s fit for our modern age. Extremes of an ideology are bound to result in disaster. The long term effects of this school aren’t known. It’s only five years old. Time will tell whether it’s a good thing.

[@eimjabegg5943]

Astounding address!!! I've been waiting to hear Katharine since John Anderson mentioned her in his address (and then watched his interview with her on his KZbin channel). Father God, let this message go out around the globe, and teachers and schools be inspired and emboldened to follow and implement Katharine's lead. AMEN. Hallelujah!❤❤❤

[@phyllislovelace8151]

Fantastic speech, have seen this lady before, interviewed by Jordan Peterson. We need MORE schools like this if we are to save the next generation.

[@AT-os6nb]

Another great speech and start to ARC..... Thankyou Jordan Peterson and all the others involved in bringing this alliance to the world. This (ARC) is what we desperately need. Genuine facts and leadership. Now it is up to us, the public, to do our part. Spread the word, help grow the "Alliance for Responsible Citizenship", and do YOUR part to help bring about a better more positive world for all of humanity. Put an end to the distopian vision offered by the elites of Davos and the WEF gang. Bring individual Freedom and responsibility back to the forefront of a free and prosperous society. Thankyou.

[@colinmeehan791]

Exactly

[@dawsie]

As Kennedy so aptly put it, “Do not ask what your country can do for you, but rather ask what YOU can do for your country”. If every person could stop and ask themselves that very question, just maybe there is hope for each of us no matter the country we live in,

[@brynleytalbot778]

You all seem blind to the truth that this ARC idealism is another dystopian vision. Their regressive counteracting to the progressive one is equally extreme. Two extremes aren’t going to return us to something that works within our modern age. Both, applied individually, are negative, not positive. Both have good points, and bad ones. It’s how we reach a sane rational consensus on what they are and how to combine them into a new moderate vision. One very painful move our hierarchical social statuses must make is to realise that anyone who works for their living is working class. Only those of working age who are financially independent have the right to call themselves middle class. The upper class are the middle (formerly defined) who rose into nobility through generational wealth or achievement. This would return us to a traditional society. You can’t apply traditional values to an untraditionally structured society. Those pushing for ARC’s ideology want the middle class to have their cake and eat it. No wonder it’s so appealing, even if it’s utterly delusional without societal consequences regarding the return to a society that functioned under such values. That middle class intellectuals think you can have one without the other just goes to show how facile their thinking is. But the seals clapping love the idea that it’s all going to make their futures easier without those louts rebelling and their impact being above where they’re supposed to belong, subservient to them.

[@DawnStyleArt]

I left teaching because if an physical injury, but I didn’t RETURN because I could not stand the growing “victim” culture anymore. Katherine has been able to identify and articulate the problem as I struggled to do. Thank you for giving the words I lacked to express my concerns of entitlement, lack of leadership and focus, and leftist brand “compassion”.

[@kristinesharp6286]

But she is making them victims by being the adversary.

[@cmmndrblu]

I taught kids aged 3-19 for 12 years and the discipline problem got so bad. I always had it in my class but administrators started not to back it up.

[@kristinesharp6286]

This really goes generations back. ‘We don’t need no education. We don’t need no thought control. Teachers leave them kids alone.’ Now hitting obviously is wrong. But the general notion of challenging authority has worked its way into society for a few generations now. You can protest and rally without rules like standing in the road and dumping out milk on the floor of the store and throw cans of paint on paintings owned by someone on display in a museum for all to appreciate. This has really extended similar behavior to other areas like school. But this school is a nightmare for special needs. You can’t bring food from home. Food issues are significant. What about food allergies? They only need to walk single file if they are marching out to war, is that really necessary? Is teaching them to follow some arbitrary whim of a person set above them really going to help them in life. They turned an office building into an older kids school. I do not think it’s appropriate. An office building can have fitness rooms. Exercise machines, yoga classes, etc.. Perhaps just overcrowded? But then won’t pay to run the place if they set aside rooms for PE and prayer. I would not want my kid on the 7th floor, what if there was a fire or security incident? It might make a fine 6th form or college. Again needing appropriate space inside for fitness, food choice and less sadism. Let’s face it the pescatarianism is so Muslim students are welcome. There are meat issues if not sourced correctly. Or cause the head teacher is pescatarian and trying to make everyone that way. But they are now in court cause there is no prayer room. If you overly micromanage the kids once free will not know how to decide anything or choose the opposite of what has been taught. @@cmmndrblu

[@stevejhkhfda]

She is fantastic, and I hope others will follow her lead

[@juliecarne7706]

I don’t think they teach teachers anything today other than you can identify as anything you want, it’s wrong to compete, it’s more important to accept the minority by colour rather than skills for a role, you must accept if you are white whatever you do you are racist and you must live with shame being white from the day you are born

[@JesseMessage]

The school system is designed to create obedient slaves to the bank which runs our governments

[@dianebrisson5949]

What a delight to listen to someone with common sense👏👏

[@davidburdick594]

As long as you're teaching "how to think" and not "what to think" I'm with you all the way.

[@kathycoleman4648]

Yes, this. learning what to think is a math course that gives you a calculator and goes 'good luck'. Understanding core ideas that create the foundation of various thought processes is what is actually important. Those can be applied to any subject and can help someone sort through the noise and figure out what is going on.

[@vmcl5330]

Well, she apparently wants them to learn to think to be proud of the randomness of being in a certain country. Sounds like wanting to teach what to think to me. Of course the Germans were known of having very strict upbringing once...

[@Pseudothink]

She seems rather intent on the idea of indoctrinating children with some potent, dogmatic, and potentially harmful ideologies like self-sacrifice and nationalism. She is obviously very confident in her beliefs. I wonder if any data has ever been collected about the long-term mental health and well being of Michaela's graduates, whether she's seen it, and whether it would change her "open mind" if it conflicted with her beliefs.

[@brynleytalbot778]

@@Pseudothink You’ve seen the obvious long term flaw in her ideology where the insularity of her artificial world meets the harsh reality of the outside world where these ‘graduates’ must thrive. She’s missed her true vocation, a Dominatrix. By highly selective admissions based on parents subscribing to her dogma and no doubt enforcing it in the home she’s gained a utopian pupil body. It’s created a school cult disconnected from the common sense values gained within the normal hurly burly of a school. These pacified students will be canon fodder for those who rose within normality. It’s a disaster waiting to happen.

[@HappyAlpineSkiing-fd5uv]

​@Pseudothink .The results at the school are considered the best in the country. Pupils and school leavers have an extremely positive outlook on their education. No link with mental health problems has been identified. If there was I am sure that a green eyed monster somewhere would highlight the issue. She is great at highlighting the detrimental impact of victim hood rather than positivity, which is an excellent way to prevent mental health problems in both youth and adulthood..

[@georgelampropoulos1704]

20 years after school, I have nothing but contempt for the teachers who used to play "best buddies" with us, and nothing but fond memories of the strict teachers who were pushing me, even though I hated them at the time. Having strict and fair teachers is a blessing.

[@Mr.Goodkat]

You hated them then for the same reason you'd hate them now, they weren't "treating other's how they like to be treated" you can both inform people about the world they live in, without making them hate you, without hurting them and without breaking the moral golden rule they did.

[@triciasullivan7978]

AWESOME, spot on, there is nothing more important in any country than teaching our youth how to excell & how to fit in their world wherever that is, as my sister would say "Bloom where you are planted"

[@robertyeo9070]

“Victimhood is the malaise of humanity.” (The Empowerment Dynamic, David Emerald)

[@brynleytalbot778]

Declaring that identifying as a victim awards the bearer the entitlement to special treatment has given those who are mundane and mediocre, in the middle, an opportunity it relishes to keep its dim witted within that class, rather than merit sinking them, an embarrassment it can’t bear. The malaise of humanity, based on Western values, is the loss of mutual respect replaced by mutual envy, the scourge of creating an expanded middle with its prejudices and judgements over others below and above it.

[@timcoolican459]

Having gone to grade school in the 70's, here in Saskatchewan (Canada), I remember singing the national anthem, 'God Save the Queen', and reciting 'The Lord's Prayer' before each assembly or rally. We had a fairly diverse population back then, for a small prairie town. Of course we had a large First Nations population, but we also had people who emigrated from India, Hawaii, China, England, and Pakistan. We learned about these many different cultures, with more of a focus on First Nations history and culture, as well as regional, provincial, and national Canadian history. It was important to understand those from different cultures, who lived together. I specifically remember two icons from my childhood. Mr. Isaac, who was a 'shaman' from the Cowesses reservation, who would teach us about the traditions and customs of indigenous people, at least once a week. Then there was Mr. Bardot. He and his family moved there from England, coming to our small town to teach. He started music appreciation and 'wicket'...a form of cricket that caught on very fast at school. He also started a regional soccer league, bring the sport back to life, in a town where hockey, baseball, and football were the sports every kid played. The contributions from both of these educators obviously left a lasting impression with me. And moreover, I learned to appreciate other cultures while maintaining my national identity as a Canadian...and what it means to be Canadian. We all came from somewhere else, being some of the youngest countries in the world. And while we should remember where we came from, we should realize that we stand as a nation with its own unique culture, which is still developing, but anchored by fundamental values and ethics from Judeo-Christian values and British common law.

[@stephenmacdonald4005]

At Belvedere Parkway in Calgary, we said The Lord’s Prayer and sang God Save the Queen every morning in home room. We had a wide range of ethnicities as well, but the prayer was a great way to get everyone on the same page.

[@tlb2970]

Same in Australia, all gone now

[@tagesleuchter]

A winning formula sacrificed in the name of "progress". We most definitely need these common values and overarching themes back in our schools!

[@MusicismoreImportant]

​@@tagesleuchter🇺🇸🇬🇧🇦🇺🇮🇪🇨🇦

[@johnemorrison-kj3ox]

ABSOLUTELY CORRECT “ UNITED WE STAND - DIVIDED WE FALL “ ! 😳

[@Silvanafromchester]

I grew up with teachers like this one. Teachers who encouraged self-sacrifice for the benefit of others. This is what we need more of today.

[@flashman2]

I am from Chester, my teacher did his job and taught us

[@brynleytalbot778]

Within a society focused on individualist success above community cohesiveness and support, self sacrifice for the benefit of others is mere virtue signalling for the benefit of the individuals ego. We can’t return to traditional values without changing the structure of our society and the free markets failing of creating a bloated middle where the gains accumulate and they want even more. We’ve left tipping our caps to our betters in the past. If our betters are the bloated middle then perhaps that’s what this deluded audience wants, subservience and obedience, another entitlement. They’re entitled to traditional values but they’ll squeal indignantly when they realise their entitlement to being middle class under modern definitions will be the loss they must bear. They’ll have to live as working class, or upper working class, tipping their caps to their betters.

[@Imana23]

Not true. You have to teach your kids to be good gathers, mothers, daughters, sons.being good to others easier that to your own family. But everything starts with family.

[@stevejacobs9320]

Katherine is so right, fluffy teaching has failed spectacularly, the evidence is all around us. The content of ones charactor is far more important than the colour of our skin. Patriotism and a sense of community has declined, its all part of the Marxist plan, hence why teaching has been captured by the shill liberals and left. Wisdom should be shared, this is where the elders have so much to give but alas so few are brought into the education system after serving diverse careers, in favour of uni grad indoctorinated and inexperienced teachers who's aim is to create a generation in their own image.

[@veritas.liberabit]

Your insights highlight the need for ongoing dialogue about how best to shape educational systems to serve the diverse needs of students and society

[@stevejacobs9320]

There is a lot of diverse experience in the older generation talent that could be harnessed if HR could get past the 'only a Uni degree will do' mentality. I think it's important that teachers have more experience of the world before we give them control over the impressionable minds of our youth. For example: How well did they do with their own children, relationships, stability, etc. along with any track record of responsibility in the work place. Age doesn't only teach us wisdom but also the importance of patience. Education is a house of knowledge which requires it to be open minded to changes that will bring out the best of the students. Sadly it's become a very closed minded profession, led by many uninspiring people with Katherine being the exception rather than the rule.

[@altotiger7300]

I think there is a very good case to made against patriotism. It tends to have the effect of making us dogmatically back a single collection of people rather than have the moral wisdom to see and value humanity as the global whole we are. It has historically led to race and cultural superiority mindsets, and I hardly need to discuss the negativity that follows from such mindsets. Best case racisms/xenophobia, worst case genocide. Furthermore, patriotism allows people to justify what no reasonable person would be able to justify in its absence. It allows people to justify atrocities against other collections of people and it allows nations to medal in affairs they have no right to medal in. The US is the prime modern western example, but many nations, empires, kingdoms and city states have done this since the begging of civilisation. All of them following the same humanity denuding logic: doing bad things to others is okay if it benefits us, because we are better and more important… Therefore I can only see declining patriotism and nationalism as a positive for the world at large. Secondly, what are you on about with this Marxist plan nonsense? For one, most left leaning individuals are not Marxist. Those that are Marxists are most likely also socialists (Marxism is best defined as a tradition of critiquing capitalism, so in fact socialism is your gripe because that is the economic school that focuses on alternative economic models to capitalism) and modern socialists at that (do some research because there is a difference). And on what basis do you suppose there is some grand socialist plan (there’s a plan in the sense they want economic reform but other than that, I don’t know what you mean), and on what grounds do you hold that plan would be a negative one should it succeed? As a socialist I can tell you, most of us aren’t after major political reform or desperate for an ethical shift away from ‘conservative values’ (though some of us of course, incidentally disagree with some of the ethical stances of the average conservative) we are just convinced that there is a better alternative economic model to capitalism. We want it to be different from how it was in the past, learning from the mistakes of the USSR and other failed socialist states, placing democracy at the centre.

[@MattLindon-wv8jy]

At the end of day as long as you are promoting learning of a subject in a manner in which the student can show thorough understanding of the subject - patriotism means absolutely f&ck all.... The real issue in education is that schools decided it would be easier to promote "learning" by standardization and memorization rather than actually ensuring students understand topics. Pick any of the thousands of talks Richard Feyman gave on teaching and its better than anything that this teacher is talking about.

[@stevejacobs9320]

@@altotiger7300 I do have small c concervative views on life due to self reliance rather than depending on the state and believe we should be soveriegn independent people. I have lived my life by 'do not do unto others that you would not have had done to you' wise words indeed. However as such believe there are good people and bad people in life and those who want to impose their thinking on others. Socialism in general is group think that has morphed over generations from Engels, Marx, Post Modernism, Moaism and the latest rebranding of what some would call wokeism. See James Linsey who I believe knows more about this subject than anyone else I have seen. So yes, I know about the subject very well and know whilst the youth have the best intentions they are being misled just like chairman Moa's Red youth army was through education, history shows it didn't turn out quite how they hoped and China is still run with dictorial communist leaders today. A patriotic nation should strive to be better, and want to show the world how they can also live harmoniously not through force but by co-operation and multiculturalism that enables opportunity for all but what I see is a decline in the cohesiveness with divisive cultural meddling from the left. Education or should I say indoctorination is rife in schooling which by the way originated in Poland before being brought to the west in the 19th century by capitalists to prepare children for mundane jobs in the work place. I'm sure your views are meant with the best intentions and I'm sure by how politely you made your points you have a good heart. But beware, not everything you have read or believe to be true doesn't have hidden consequences. As you get older life teaches us many things, some more than others depending on the challenges of life itself and the willingness to build on the knowledge gained. Questioning beliefs is part of this wisdom process, questioning everything we see and hear to make sense of what's really happening in the world. Socialism has proved it works for the few at the expense of the many, this is a fact regardless of what you have been told to believe. Today we have crony capitalism which in itself I believe to be partcially fascist they just need to control society to complete this task, what better way to do it than through socialism. Millions were murdered and starved under Starlin, Hitler and Moa, need I say more other than they were all proud socialists? Free thinking, free markets, free people is what I believe to be a better option but with restrictions on corporations that should serve the people better, rather than the greedy rich investors who have sucked the life out of our ecconomies. Carry on researching but be open minded because the devil does exist in those who decieve.

[@user-wk9tg3ps1x]

Wow, we need people like you!! all politicians, school administrators, and parents should listen to this powerful and wise speech. Thank you ARC, Ms. Katherine 👍🏻👍🏻

[@Catherine-2008]

My admiration for, KB is endless. How refreshing she is. Nothing but respect, Katharine!

[@Catherine-2008]

@@martin00095 They are probably thankful that there are normal adults in their lives giving them discipline, boundaries, stability and security!

[@neglectfulsausage7689]

My disgust for her is endless. Why isnt she preaching multiculturalim in iran or palestine? why isnt she saying palestine should be more open to having other cultures in it and deprive itself of a state religion and make itself secular and democratic?

[@Catherine-2008]

@@neglectfulsausage7689 Maybe she is afraid of being raped and murdered. They won't listen to the American President so you think they are going to listen to Katharine? She is British and her focus is the betterment of Britain What an odd comment!

[@vmcl5330]

@@neglectfulsausage7689 exactly. Reminds of the brainwashing the Germans performed to an entire generation decades ago...

[@0num4]

Taking personal responsibility, rejecting victimhood, and to have a sense of duty toward others...those should not be considered "conservative values."

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

They are. How is that an issue?

[@de5ertscorpion]

@@robertortiz-wilson1588 He/she is saying that it should be "assumed" or go without saying. But since we've rejected even foundational ideas, and become an irrational society, any rational idea is looked at as "conservative."

[@tamashumi7961]

Agreed but progress nowadays is not understood as advancement but as change for the sake of it. So when we keep progressing, it means we need to keep changing. This way anything eventually becomes conservative as it becomes the subject of change.

[@de5ertscorpion]

@@tamashumi7961 It's worse than that. It comes down to a lot more than new technology or fashion. We're talking about moral underpinnings and what it actually means to be a civilized society. We conservatives would look at so called "progress" as *regression* , *corruption,* and *decay.* Because it *is.*

[@katedegroot7605]

Noted. ! Values. We need them. That's the point where all the problems arise.

[@marionbacon5821]

Glad Katharine Birbalsingh was included in ARC. She is an education rockstar!

[@arc_conference]

“Education Rockstar” - we’ll use that ;)

[@vmcl5330]

Rather a nightmare that trains children to be regurgitating one-trick-ponies rather than Socrates' pupils. But then, it's so much easier to milk the population if they are trained that way 😉

[@brynleytalbot778]

Off their combined rockers, not rockstars.

[@furryfurnace9601]

I wish every teacher in the world would listen to this teacher, she knows what she is talking about and is passionate, everything that a parent would wish for in a teacher to teach their children! ❤️❤️❤️

[@mack63u7]

Haven't seen her before, but two thumbs up from me. Great speech.

[@robertthomas3777]

Welcome. She’s a legend. Lots of her stuff on KZbin.

[@JohnWilliams-iw6oq]

I love this lady, "it's about the journey, not the destination.". What a fantastic and uplifting message.

[@brynleytalbot778]

The typical meaningless tripe people hang on their walls.

[@wildmouse5888]

Kudos to this woman! Every good teacher should start out the class year by telling students "you will achieve or you will suffer" because that is the best training for the real world. Of course, we don't all have the same capacity for achievement but we do all have the same capacity to either push ourselves or to be pushed. I remember that some of the best and hardest teachers were not popular with some; but they tend to be the most highly-regarded in hindsight.

[@brynleytalbot778]

Everyone isn’t a success, even in education. She’s created a domineering culture akin to a prison term which questions what mindsets are being indoctrinated and the long term consequences on the children’s futures. Creating polite children with table manners and dinner conversation skills seems very middle class oriented.

[@em-dy3hn]

We desperately need this in Canada! Our schools are crumbling!

[@Sumbaddy129]

Especially in Ontario. So much for Doug Ford. I thought he would have been a better Premier. He has a great opportunity to fix the system.

[@robertthomas3777]

Here too. 🦘🇦🇺👍

[@cavendish009]

I love this teacher - she has all the right ideas and loves her children and so wants them to be the best and do the best in their lives !! She absolutely makes that happen !

[@brynleytalbot778]

Let’s see the longitudinal data a decade after they’ve left to see whether this educational system actually works. It’s only existed since 2019. Way too soon to herald it a success.

[@83eoco]

I am Maltese, I can relate to what she is saying so much! Without a sense of nationalism, tribalism is indeed taking over and it is not pleasant at all. What she is proposing makes a lot of sense!

[@brynleytalbot778]

She’s created a tribe within her school. Something divorced from reality. If the values she imposes were acceptable by all they’d be taught everywhere. They’re not. It’s a minority that wants the clock turned back who think you can do that without any impact on their lives. They’re delusional. Societies advance, prejudices form, values change, and in time they readjust, new prejudices form, and new values too. Nationalism must embrace all not just the successful who demand that their inequality must be emulated. We come together when we’re reduced to being equal. The bombs in WW2 on the cities were indiscriminate. That’s equality. That’s how life works. Not her delusion.

[@teresajohnstone7989]

We are in great need of more teachers like Katherine in our 🇬🇧 UK today …

[@irrigationpartspacks6259]

Stop thinking as a victim..., adopt conservitive values for hardwork, perseverance, and resilience. Love it! 👏💪

[@ThisIsToolman]

As I listened to Ms. Birbalsingh, the word “mother” continually came to mind. She surely must be an excellent mother. When I was growing up, it was not uncommon for a child to address the teacher as “mother” without thinking. Indeed, what she say describes is what a mother should do and, yes, what a good teacher should do.

[@brynleytalbot778]

Control freak, comes to mind, not mother. Absent mothers chasing career aspirations abandon children till they seek a substitute mother. Teachers, unfortunately, have to step up into that role. It’s got progressively worse with children turning up to school in nappies, the ‘mother’ not bothering to toilet train them. Children should be children not indoctrinated into middle class polite values of submissive behaviour to the ‘team’. She’d be an absolutely awful mother, much as Peterson’s train wreck daughter illustrates the consequences of his awful parenting based on his ridiculous conditioning ideology for infants.

[@ThisIsToolman]

@@brynleytalbot778 I will take serious exception to “controlling”, however, you’re right on with respect to the career seeking woman having children. “Mother” is a full time career and just in case I wasn’t clear in first post, in olden days when the mother did stay home, a kid was still likely to inadvertently address his teacher as “mommy” because that was her demeanor. She taught from the perspective of a mother, not a union member. We learned a great deal more then than kids do now.

[@brynleytalbot778]

@@ThisIsToolman My niece inadvertently called me daddy before correcting it as I was able to spend more time with her than he did. Maybe that’s the reason for the child using that term. The UK uses Primary schooling as day care to release mothers back into economic productivity, something some European countries abhor, realising the futility of early years ‘education’. They probably have better behavioural outcomes than our education system has. I’ve commented that her obedience to authority model isn’t indicative of respect but instils the fear of punitive consequences for disobedience. Great teachers earned their pupils respect. Great mothers too. She’s too obsessed with fear as a control to have any true respect accorded her by her pupil intake.

[@ThisIsToolman]

@@brynleytalbot778 Unfortunate. For reference, I’m an old white guy in the US. The public school system here is an abysmal failure. Kids graduate from high school not being able to read and write, let alone think. That’s not in every case of course. This is done under the guise of “no child left behind” which is teachers’ union speak for “we’ll set the standard so low we won’t actually have to teach them anything”. In my experience private schools run by religious groups demonstrate a much better outcome which leads me full circle. My ornery 7 year old son went from not being able to do first grade work to being ready for third, all in the second grade in such a school. His teacher offered that one day at recess, he came running out of nowhere, hugged her legs, and tore off. You might suggest his mother didn’t give him enough attention but that’s not what I remember. I am certain the teacher was dedicated to each and every kid learning at grade level.

[@Imana23]

I’m not sure about that. I used to work as a teacher and now I have my own kid. I can tell 100% that being nice and kind and patient with other kids is easier than with your own. If you heard about Montessori(if you heard about Montessori method)she ended up giving away her kid to orphanage.

[@alieninbluepants]

This lady's teachings should be an example of how all schools should be run. Bravo from Canada.

[@beleloy808]

"A fulfilled life is one brimming with purpouse in helping one's fellow man"

[@brynleytalbot778]

Idealism, not reality. Orwell’s bleak dystopia meets Huxley’s nightmare utopia. Authoritarian figures over submissive serfs.

[@bagelm]

Katherine is just fantastic. She speaks common sense! The government must bring her in a consulstant!!!!!

[@earendil261]

Love this person.

[@MM-yi9zn]

Good for her. Society has broken down. Tragic for children. We need to listen & take action as it’s going downhill fast. Parents need to wake up!

[@pallavidawson7933]

It’s nice to actually listening to Katherine speak, away from sensationalist headlines. I couldn’t agree more with her speech and I respect her.

[@neglectfulsausage7689]

Thats because you have brain rot.

[@brynleytalbot778]

Sensationalist headlines? I’m guessing her methodology has been challenged and the potential long term mental health consequences for the children within it exposed. Sad weak people look like her, strong and controlling, but underneath it inadequate and insufficient. Perhaps her haughty superiority saw her picked on at school and this is her revenge. Submission and subservience in children doesn’t create strong characters. It’d be interesting to see how the children act away from the school environment where their feral suppressed side is exposed.

[@janetrichardson2644]

She is absolutely correct. I pray that the US would follow her lead too. This is the way I was taught and it seems now that most students have no moral values and don’t respect their own country.

[@estefaniasaldarriaga2565]

100% agree, I've seen it, experienced it and for this reason my children hear a conversation along this lines just about every day because to me it is extremely important that they appreciate what they have, be respectful and kind, and most importantly neither they nor I are the center of the universe but we find joy when we give and care for others.

[@ldevon2318]

I hope the children in her school will, one day, understand how truly fortunate they were to have her building the foundations of their lives in their most crucial years!

[@Mr.Goodkat]

She's continuously undermining them, demeaning them and making their lives much harder under the ruse that somehow it'll result in some greater good somehow down the line, even if she was correct it'd still be unjust and not "treating other's how she likes to be treated" the way I see it, the "moral golden rule" is king and claiming you're justified in breaking it for an alleged good down the road, has been used by sexist husbands in societies to justify hitting wives, Nazi's in murdering the Jews, in fact when you look out for it, it's used all the time to justify shoddy treatment of other's. Best not give it credence at all considering how much harm it's done.

[@jimmyjimmy7240]

She is absolutely amazing. I'm almost at a loss of words.

[@61lekker]

Just brilliant, every word a jewel of TRUTH

[@lenr7068]

I must say one thing about the British Empire, it allowed all peoples within its sphere to interact and build alliances. I am Guyanese, now American, and I am grateful my great grandparents risked the unknown to have a better life. And what was surprising to learn is that chicken Tikka masala is a British national dish.

[@brynleytalbot778]

The British Empire enforced the caste system, for ‘population’ accounting purposes, in India, when the indigenous population were abandoning it. The British ‘class’ system by Indian ‘caste’. British isn’t best. That’s the legacy of an Empire mentality. America threw out the British. India threw out the British. It says a lot about our imposition of our values. When the opportunity to break free, by war or voluntarily, the Empire broke its ties.

[@rakhimukerji7937]

​@brynleytalbot778 she is talking about z common.goal

[@patriciachura9320]

Twelve years with the Sisters of Charity on the East Coast of Canada. Most were great teachers, all were very good people and we left school with respect for each other and our country. It was not all sunshine and roses but I never heard anyone complain and I m grateful to that school to this day 60 years later. Today there is nothing remaining in schools that we experienced. Everything seems to have gone to hell in a proverbial handbasket. Sad, very sad!

[@dawsie]

I love this woman, I had a teacher like her back in the 70’s and as strict as she was we all loved her as a teacher. She got us to bring in the dish that was the most common made at home and bring it in for a class lunch where we all shared the meal, it was that meal that broke the barrier between us at school it was after that shared meal we were mixing and making friends. I grew up in a mixed family my Dad is Anglo-Indian my Mom is Scottish, we spent a lot of fun times doing family history specially on Dads side, it was so mixed with so many countries and cultures he is truly a child of the world. There are family’s whose history has stayed within their tight circle, then there are families like my Dad’s whose family spans thousands of miles around huge continents. If you truly want to brake the barriers do your DNA tests, this is what Dad and I did and his came back with so many shocking surprises we never saw coming. He knew he had mixed heritage he just did not realise how mixed it really was.

[@brynleytalbot778]

On the Wikipedia page there’s a criticism about her school meals system that those who didn’t comply and pay were isolated from mealtimes there. Hardly unifying and inclusive, as your meal example shows. It’s been corrected, now, but shows that flaws exist and questions how many others do. Parents of the excluded publicised this issue. I doubt flaws will ever emerge, now, as the schools draconian ethos will cause parents to self select for their children based on it emulating their styles. It’s academic success may be purely down to that highly selective nature, where parents impose similar ‘high achieving’ and ‘social moire’ at home. One must question how these pressure cooked kids let off steam outside of both insular environments. Or is it bottled up? With what long term mental health consequences?

[@IanBrodie-bg1lu]

We need many more people like this woman.

[@danieputter3601]

Eternally grateful to have come across this treasure, much appreciated Ma'am.

[@JSL177]

One of the best speeches I have heard in a long time. Agreed with every word. Shows how far our mainstream education system has fallen.

[@brynleytalbot778]

Has it fallen or adapted to an engineered society that thinks it’s entitled to everything without any true merit? Even the top private schools have changed from getting the best out of the child to focusing on exam results for entry to the top universities. The new middle, lower, and higher, want results based education with guaranteed success into university or better employment giving lifestyles they aspire to. The education system met the demands of its client base, much as university standards plummeted to facilitate absurd entry numbers, and polytechnics were abandoned to give the illusion of more universities when they had no research foundations to form their university status. For equality to return with equitable educations we need highly streamed selective education but that’s only possible when the entrance is tough and can’t be achieved by middle class better off parents using tutors for their child to pass such exams. They’ll submit their children to the draconian controlling school environment of this lunatic purely for the promise of good exam results. That’s all that maters, not children who will emerge with common sense and street sense into a hostile world far removed from the insular one she’s created.

[@gracie2375]

We need millions of educators like this amazing woman! What a gift to humanity she is!

[@vmcl5330]

That has nothing to do with education, but rather is mere training. The Germans were once good at this, they liked people to be proud of their nation, too 😉

[@brynleytalbot778]

Educator or indoctrinator? Obedient, subservient, and submissive. “1984” with a gloss of “Brave New World”.

[@HO-bndk]

​@@brynleytalbot778 As opposed to what? What values do you think are better for the kids and for the society they live in?

[@snugsonblitz]

Kindness alone creates brats. Strictness alone causes resentment. Tough love is the sweet spot for both educators and parents.

[@Mr.Goodkat]

This is what husbands have said for eon's in our societies and still do in some today like the middle east regarding their wives. If you look at the behaviour of women in the western world where they're allowed to do as they want, I bet you'll see higher crime with them and ill behaviour maybe wives need more "tough love" whether they want it or not?

[@mich1s]

Amazing, love Katharine Birbalsing - she should be the blueprint for educational establishments everywhere. Legendary!

[@brynleytalbot778]

They were called borstals. Prisons for youth offenders.

[@mattsteve7229]

I like what she says. Now, if we could get everyone on board with it .

[@brynleytalbot778]

The art of compromise toward consensus is beyond this head. It’s her way or no way. That’s why it’s impossible to get everyone on board. The aim isn’t to do that, it’s to form a consensus built around moderation that forges a sound middle ground free of extreme ideological bias.

[@thetraveller869]

A wonderful, proper, old-school, strict teacher. More power to you madam. ❤️

[@jellapiep]

I've been tuning in everyday, thank you guys for putting such a stunning event together!!❤

[@arc_conference]

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[@barb8255]

This was the original American dream and hw they were briefly "successful" at a melting pot.

[@scottwhat3362]

When the melting pot all came from very similar cultures you mean?

[@barb8255]

@@scottwhat3362 In the past when people came to America they became Americans. They learned English, worked to support their families, contributed to the wellbeing of their community, and enjoyed freedom and opportunities that were not available in their home country. They celebrated the 4th of July and were proud to be Americans.

[@honahwikeepa2115]

I asked our daughter's principal if she knew what Dialectical Methodology was. She said that she did know. I told her that our daughter also understood and would become problematic. This was why I was talking with her. She told my wife and I that we could take our daughter out of school and that she wouldn't tell anyone. She kept her word. Smartest teacher I've ever met. She knows that education is destructive by design.

[@RosemaryStudy]

Brilliant woman! Brilliant! she is 100% correct on every single point!

[@sonjaeriksson8742]

Love to you Kathrine

[@delaslight]

Finally a teacher that knows how to do her job. She should teach other teachers.

[@28102650]

@delaslight I wholeheartedly agree with you! Unfortunately, the institutions couldn’t cope with her ‘radical’ approach to education, not because they are radical ideas, they’re not. The institutions couldn’t cope because the students couldn’t cope because they have never been exposed to such basic values and the students would be leaving in droves.

[@brynleytalbot778]

Teachers inspire learning they don’t impose it. Her rote style fell out of favour centuries ago. She’s a dinosaur.

[@delaslight]

@@brynleytalbot778 ​​⁠ no, teachers dont inspire learning. They just teach . They teach reading , math, science, and self descipline. All the rest is waste of time and money.

[@mrssmithh]

What a powerful talk. Her words and ideas truly give me hope. We do have more schools opening around the US with a similar goal but she so clearly explains why structure and an over aching unity (a positive one) works. I was chatting at work with some coworkers and two of us mentioned that a public figure couldn’t comment on a certain subject, since they didn’t have the freedom to do so in their country. One coworker who is Black chimed in saying “like we have freedom here”. We both are from the same types of areas in South Florida. I am older than him but he sees everything through race and victimhood. I see no limits on what I can accomplish in my country since we enjoy so many freedoms. I told him he needs to travel and open his eyes to the rest of the world. But I notice people will cling to their victimhood to shield them for taking ownership for their own failings.

[@brynleytalbot778]

You capitalised Black as a label. That’s imposing it as a differentiator on their potential. We don’t need equality quotas. We need respect for each other’s diversity and cultural heritage. Once that’s achieved equal opportunity can thrive. But that’s not ARC’s aim. It’s highly middle class focused preaching them through indoctrination to retain its entitlements through obedience to its values favouring it’s moral code and ethics. It’s highly insular. I’ve not seen one audience interactive debate questioning the speeches. Maybe dissenters made good points and ARC wish to suppress such debate.

[@Borzoi86]

Recipe for success: (1) prepare for every new day; (2) always contribute to the team effort; (3) don't sweat things you can't change; and (4) NEVER give up! Works for school; works for life.

[@TRUEMIXEDBLOOD]

I could be misunderstanding, but isn't an overarching set of values and national identity with a respect for the rule of law easily described as a culture?

[@chrisquinn394]

Yes, a culture of country for that is your home and the people who reside there are of different cultures. No different than a United States where we have different States and different communities in them States but we all pledge allegiance to the United States of America..

[@thegeneralist7527]

It is. The difference is our culture respects and tolerates all people and all cultures as equals, protected under law. This is a unique condition in the evolution of mankind and civilization. It is what made the British Empire possible, and allows the Commonwealth to continue to exist. This should be the primary objective of any state, to preserve peace and promote cooperation and respect. Our culture will continue to evolve and we can only hope our society can adapt to the future.

[@richhahn2443]

Wasn't that her point? She is teaching the children an overarching culture that they all share.

[@richardmullens4707]

We will have to examine that one under the microscope

[@stephen6851]

That’s why she described the school as “ multi-racial, not multi-cultural”

[@wildwestjanbutcher650]

I remember one teacher from my high school years. Just one. Her name was Mrs Lang, and like Katherine, she was the head mistress. She was also a science teacher and the strictest teacher I ever knew. Students were always well behaved in her classes - they wouldn’t dare be otherwise - and yet I never knew her to raise her voice or lose her cool in any way. She had a way of gaining respect quietly and calmly. The same quiet and respectful students were absolute terrors in other classes! I often wonder how much more we would have learned about our subjects and about life had all our teachers had whatever it was that Mrs. Lang had.

[@brynleytalbot778]

Respect is earned not given freely. If respect is gained by forceful egotistical means it’s meaningless. If your teacher fostered respect in you all that ethos should have transferred to every other classroom. That it didn’t raises questions over what it really was, fear, not respect. You describe authoritarianism not earned respect. Obedience to authority. Eichmann used that as his defence at Nuremberg. He failed and was hung. Psychologists conducted extensive research into that phenomenon. It was as flawed in its methodology as this schools ideology is.

[@Mr.Goodkat]

Likely very little tbh as almost everything learned in school is forgotten and isn't useful in your life either hence why you forgetting most of it, hasn't impeded you in any way. All the student's too afraid to move in her class, is clearly a very bad (and sad) thing, not necessary and her failing to "treat other's how she likes to be treated" teaching people to feign respect out of fear and only follow rules when it'll save your own hide, are horrible "lessons".

[@Mr.Goodkat]

@@brynleytalbot778 Thank you, I don't know who you are but you're the most intelligent person in this comment section and it felt good reading what you wrote, refreshing to read good points for a change.

[@AlbertaRanch]

Brilliant!

[@Olivia-io9sb]

My own education was based on the same principles as Michaela ...... it's basically giving children a clear mental/moral space where they can learn to think and develop as creative, responsible citizens. We were not politically indoctrinated, as seems to be currently the case or taught to discriminate against any race, religion, or gender. This was fifty years ago and it was a Convent school in Africa. The other children were from African, Asian, and European backgrounds - we made friendships and support groups that lasted for years afterward based on mutual respect and companionship. Education has been deteriorating for many years now, and so has society. The notion that 'new is better' should be closely reviewed and re-introduce many of the values that worked so well from times past. Bravo Katherine Birbalsingh.

[@stevesmith3990]

Wow! What a brilliant woman - huge respect to her. Thanks ARK.

[@geraldhutchinson9541]

Keep the good work just hope the rest of them follow your lead.brilliant 🙏

[@is_42]

Look at Sweden and their school system used to be one of the best in the world

[@vijaykumarsingh1190]

Great teacher I salute your vision and values.

[@colleen412]

Such a wise lady!❤💯👏

[@nickshepherd8377]

Bravo! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@carlfrederickbowers]

Well done again for putting forward your common sense approach

[@TheMilitantPrayer]

Every school administration should be required to watch this video.

[@dotty3825]

Brilliant speech that really transmits what is most important in education. I wanted to be a teacher once but today when politics infiltrated school systems it is so hard to educate young minds properly. Wish every headmaster was so enlightened and so well spoken and educated like Katherine.

[@HeavyK.]

Adhering to strict academic excellence is a CULTURE. And this culture is paramount to peace and prosperity for everyone.

[@jonnyboy2128]

Magic! Her pride in the country is commendable. Towards the end could you hear the echos of Mrs Thatcher?

[@normanblake9729]

What an amazing lady & speech. Why can't politicians speak so honestly?!

[@pizaliasta8369]

Wonderfully eloquent and sensible. Thank you!

[@cyclesingsleep]

Thank you, Katharine and, thank God for you!!! If you haven't looked up her books and read them...excellent as entertainment, enrichment and guidance!

[@FosterYourAffinity]

Teacher here, 12 years. I want to see and hear more of this throughout the world. Well done. 🎉❤

[@penjim2013]

I wish Katharine was the headmistress of Britain and not just her very successful school. What an inspiring lady....she took me back to when I was at school in the late 50s and early 60s....when I was proud to be British. Penny from Christchurch. 🇬🇧

[@TheChippewa77]

Wonderful insightful commentary. I do believe following her principles will work 90% of the time in Great Britain as well in the United States. The case though of the orthodox Muslims who will refuse generation after generation to assimilate presents a special problem to both cultures. They all to often revel in their differences and their tribalism

[@thomasjorge4734]

This Is A TEACHER!

[@barbaramuller443]

Being a teacher myself I adore this speech and applaude this woman for her courage! Bravo 👏👏👏

[@rken3116]

We need more Teachers like her.

[@flymakena]

What a beautiful being❤

[@MsElke11]

Small C conservative values and rules are imperative for multiculturalism to work. I agree. We should all value our COUNTRY FIRST and then our unique cultures next.

[@exquisitecaribbeanqueen7198]

I would like to speak with her, please preeeach this message loud and clear...Shes bringing serious solutions to the problem...So shes Jamaican as well....beautiful. thats what we need....There are somethings i might disagree on her with, and thats because there are underlying issues culturally that needs to be addressed. But in a serious effort to win win...We need a serious moral compass.....Overall I agree with her, we must start somewhere

[@justynasalamon2658]

Thank you for telling the truth...from Polish teacher ❤️👏

[@michaelobrien6294]

So well said. Love her

[@excellentchoices]

Thank you for speaking up for children and for sharing your many excellent ideas in how to operate a thriving private school. Thank you

[@lynnedwards1727]

What a joy to hear from a confident, intelligent, successful educator. Ms Birbalsingh is a clear thinker, a practical example of an ethical, moral person who's not swayed by Marxist bullying and propaganda.

[@Ann12681]

Well said. Where has common sense gone. She is spot on. I am 80 years old and am astounded by what has happened to Europe and the US. Respect for tradition, love of country , civility, and just plain common decency seems to be out of fashion. This is the most self absorbed, whiny generation in my lifetime. The concept of doing for others seems to be an antiquated idea for too many today . Whatever was wrong with my generation, at least we engaged with those we disagreed with in a more respectful manner. In college we had debates and had to adhere to rules of order. Shouting down anyone you disagreed with was unacceptable . Today, it seems there are no boundaries to bad behavior. Whoever thought we would need a national guideline on proper behavior and values for both adults and children.

[@3po_Orisen_Sithappen]

Yes Finally someone is speaking out saying FACTS

[@brynleytalbot778]

Interpretations, not facts, a distinction many would do well to make. Educations are so lacking. We need to educate everyone in how to separate opinion from the facts that it attempts to interpret.

[@norbertrosa6560]

She said the team always trumps the individual. That sounds like collectivism to me. Every elite group shows its true colors eventually. What if the team is wrong. The truth is the truth, even if it's only spoken by one individual.

[@robertandersen6387]

I agree. I would take everything she said, except for this unalterable concept that nationality trumps everything. Hitler did the same. In the end, unless you admit your identity comes from God, then you are left with the secular view that there is only one thing, power, and those who have it. That doesn't mean that you can't assimilate those who have no religion. It means that every individual retains their unalienable rights everywhere, all the time, from here to eternity. Schools have lost the battle because they aren't teaching discipline, strictness, and content that is worth teaching. Teaching that content without God, however, is always going to end up bending toward Marxist thinking and power. Western Civilization history tells the most compelling story because it is grounded in freedom and laws that belong to a higher source. America may not survive unless it returns to those Judeo-Christian roots and reliance on those unalienable rights that precipitated what would eventually become the most powerful nation on earth. The absence of belief in God has brought on the secular belief in government. The vacuum of power away from the individual to government has been destructive beyond measure. I would challenge this belief in a nation being the supreme loyalty, etc., because whenever you take away the rights of the individual, or aren't willing to teach it, then it breeds trouble. Teaching individual rights doesn't mean allowing kids to run rampant doing what they want and allowing it. It means quite the opposite. We are the adults. We are the leaders. We are supposed to help them make better choices. God's truths can' not be changed. Allowing someone to go through school without informing them that the earth is round and that there are only two genders, for example, is inexcusable. Schools, however, aren't responsible for that. Parents are.

[@grant-grainer]

Excellent Speech. I have seen this Head Teacher before but this was so informative & well put. She has been persecuted but has Steel in her Veins & I am very proud of her courage 👏👏

[@karenbarker9474]

I went to a multi cultural school in the late 70's and this was implemented in our school. It worked! No discrimination and we were all respectful of each others cultures while at the same time all taking pride in our country.

[@ericferre]

What did it make multi-cultural exactly? Just tolerance of inmigrants or they were activly teaching other cultures values? (like dont eat cows or women must wear hijab?)

[@karenbarker9474]

@@ericferre We were taught other cultures values. We all sang hymns and visited the church for harvest but also we visited the Hindu temple and synagogue. I loved being invited to my friends birthday parties because I got to try sweets and foods from different cultures. They are all lifelong friends. We saw each other as just humans. All equal.