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What is Professionalism?
Our Year 10 work experience student reflects on her 2 weeks working with Rebel Led and the lessons she has learnt about the world of work, professionalism and inclusion. Before starting work experience, I knew next to nothing about the working world, and had no actual expectations. Even though my school taught lessons about work, and the skills needed to work, my knowledge was still limited, as their idea of work was outdated, and did not account for the way companies work and function in the modern world. Needless to say, this was new territory for me, and there were a lot of things I had to learn whilst working there.
What is Belonging?
If we as students see teachers stand up for students more often, this will create a sense of acceptance, and the feeling that we have someone looking out for us, ready to defend us in the event that we become targets for ridicule. This creates a sense of trust between teachers and students, creating a closer relationship between the two groups, and making students feel more inclined to listen to and respect teachers, which in turn reduces the amount of students acting out in class, as well as improves grades. This will also cause students who regularly ridicule others to no longer have a platform to do such, which may lead to them picking on students less in general, not just in the classroom. This lowers the stress of teach