When I get to the end of a term and fall ill I always reflect on the control the mind exercises over the body. The fact that teachers can pull out all the stops in the usual water-down-the-plughole-syndrome of the end of term, only to fall ill the moment we stop goes to show that the brain is much more than just matter and chemistry.
Our consciousness often determines what we experience. That is, positive thinking exercises seem to have a positive effect on the body. This leads me back to the fundamental value of high expectations. The caveat being that we can throw rhetoric at our young people but it is meaningless if they do not feel that it’s for them.
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