From The Head - Friday 7th March
I stumbled across a statistic this week which cited that 97% of people in the world are good. Now, how you can carry out sufficiently probing research to come to this conclusion, I am not entirely sure, nor exactly what the thresholds for 'good' and 'bad' are. For the 3% of baddies in the world, are we talking serial killers or unpaid parking fines?! However, given that we seem to be surrounded by bad news and continuous doom and gloom stories of powerful people making dubious decisions, it is slightly heartening that it would appear that the world is in fact a place populated by predominantly good people.
Often, because the bad people invariably have power and control, and do not care what they destroy, it feels that they are the dominant and prevalent group, when in fact, the good people vastly outnumber them.
One of the reasons for the sharing of these findings by the researcher was to propagate the idea that if the number of good people significantly outweighs the number of bad people, then it is a very good sign for positive change taking place and improvements being made. In essence, if the good people stick together, they can overcome the bad.
If we are to have the type of world we would ideally wish to live in, it is important that children experience this in action on a smaller scale within the school environment which prepares them for life. Working as a team, calling out poor behaviour and understanding that choices have consequences, are just some examples of what is involved in living as a civilised member of society and how to make a positive contribution. Hopefully, one day, we will all get there!
As Desmond Tutu once said: 'Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.'
Enjoy a wonderful weekend.
Julia Langford
Headteacher