Episode 2
Well done Jamie! After the last episode and the Dr. Starkey incident things have got much better. The way Jazzy B dealt with the young people was brilliant, he was firm but fair and inspired them to write music, great stuff.
But the start of the show was Rankin who had a class full of young people who all seemed to say to him “I’m not creative, I cant do art” but he helped and encouraged them and they came back with some amazing artwork. At that point the whole series got interesting as “the lights went on” and some of them realised that they could be creative and yes – they could achieve.
One of the most perplexing things about working with young people is that the “cocky” ones seem confident but in reality they often have low self-esteem – and so the outworking of that is that they would rather “mess around” and fail than “step up” and achieve.
It’s much easier to be invisible, than to put your head above the parapet and risk being slagged off by your mate or even (sadly) by adults.
Well done Dream School both the adults and the young people made big steps forward this week and even conflict was dealt with well and apologies were made. Great TV!
Now, I must go I’m off to speak to 200 15 year olds!
“Lee Jackson is the one of the UK’s most experienced school speakers and author of the book “”How To Be Sick At School” which help teens succeed in school – www.howtobesickatschool.com “
