PRESENTATION OUTLINE
The care and treatment of Porcupines
Last year, 1.2 million U.S. students dropped out of high school.
Almost 2,000 high schools across America graduate less than 60% of their students.
A Few More...
- 3.45 million suspensions
- 130,000 expulsions
- 230,000 paddlings
In the U.S., high school dropouts commit about 75% of crimes
On average, 3,500 teenagers attempt suicide every day in America
Children haven't changed...
Childhood has.
“Love one another and you will be happy. It’s as simple and as difficult as that.” - Michael Leunig
What you tell me about a student tells me more about you than the student.
Students do as well as they CAN...
Students do as well
as they WANT
understanding porcupines
- Learn the porcupines warning signs
- Keep your quills in
- Respect the porcupines boundaries
- Consider the porcupines real needs and fears
understanding porcupines
- Find the soft spot
- Pay attention
- Try to speak porcupine
- Share with the porcupine
- Keep a safe distance
understanding porcupines
- Deflect an attack with kindness
- Learn when to back off
- Give them refuge
- Deal with feelings first, then the problem
- Don’t blame
- Abandon the useless ambition to be right
Proverbs 16:24 "Gracious words are honeycomb; sweet to the soul and healing to the bones."