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And none of these qualities that I've just mentioned - none of these qualities that I prize so deeply, that have brought me so much joy, that have brought me so much professional success - none of these qualities that make me who I am - can be tested."

What a lovely young man. (Thanks @chrismoranuk for the spot.)

Two must-read blogs

• The behavior guru gets in last week 's report that fewer students are getting stuck excluded. The Guru, aka @ tombennet71 explain what 's really going on.

"I've been through all the [BBC] article, she shook her head like a cereal packet, and still couldn 't find anyone to say, obvious to the real state of things behind the numbers.

So I 'll say it: the reason why schools now include much, much less than before because a school' s exclusion rate is now considered in its assessment by Ofsted inspections and by the LEA. There is enormous pressure on schools not to exclude these days, and the easiest way to achieve this is by ... well, not excluded. Just do not.

Keeping kids in more and more arrests;. Giving Kids 'Time-out' in the radiator and "special 'up and down the country, from the books and off the self-evaluation form"

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