mental-health – Maximising Student Potential

The Wellbeing Industry Has Eaten Difficulty: We promised students comfort and called it care.

Somewhere right now, a Year 9 student is sitting in a beanbag in a softly lit room because quadratic equations made him feel overwhelmed. Someone will record the visit as a wellbeing intervention, the relevant box will be ticked, and everyone involved will have acted with entirely decent intentions. The student was distressed, a teacherContinue reading “The Wellbeing Industry Has Eaten Difficulty: We promised students comfort and called it care.”