Comments by "Mark Welch" (@markwelch3564) on "Headteacher defends sending 50 pupils home for wearing the wrong colour socks | LBC" video.

Teaching kids that dumb rules need questioning, and that no authority figure is infallible is a valuable lesson 🙂
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But rules should be crafted to help things work smoothly. This sounds like a rule intended to let a mini dictator have a power trip
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Meanwhile, in the air transport industry, they've been working hard to create an environment of healthy challenges to authority, as they learned the hard way that letting senior pilots pull rank to avoid awkward questions from junior tower control agents lead to plane crashes Chaos is bad, but so is unquestioning obedience. A healthy balance is needed!
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That some authority figures have serious issues, and care more about their ego than being effective!
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It's almost like things are going horribly wrong and they want everyone to stop looking at the government 🤔
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...and it ends with government ministers who are immaculately dressed but chronically incompetent. Priorities!
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@jorose2460 order depends on consent - people stick to rules that inconvenience them, because they trust the rules as a whole work for everyone's benefit When you undermine that trust, compliance breaks down
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