"I was under pressure, I was emotional," says Adam Voigt. "And in an emotional state, locating the right words from within our long-term memory is a task of significant difficulty."

Encouraging students to turn their homework into paper mache swords for an end-of-year comp: good idea or problematic? Adam Voigt explains...

I was recently working with some School Leaders and I devised a basic model on the run with them about School Culture.

was embarrassed. I was ashamed and I felt a little humiliated as the lesson finally drew to an awkward close at the sound of that blessed bell.

Adam Voigt: "What I think I got wrong is that this model is probably far more important for Classroom Practitioners than it is for School Leaders. Allow me to explain why...

Adam Voigt explains the majesty and 'teaching moment' potential of fake apologies. I think the shorry that made me laugh the most was perhaps both the most bizarre... there was a game of Fortnite involved.

If instead, we sought to create a culture where participants are geared or conditioned to help each other, rather than compete, then we might find that rules and laws become less relevant.

Adam Voigt writes: Rachael Robertson is a quite remarkable Australian. Inspired by little more than an ad in the local paper, this totally unqualified woman applied for a role on a 12-month Australian scientific expedition to Antarctica. She was not only accepted, she was made the mission leader – for reasons that even Rachel finds it difficult to explain.

Schools should have an entirely different purpose to court rooms and when we invite mechanisms from our courts into our schools, we’re asking for trouble. Let me explain why through a typical teacher anecdote.

If attention can be measured in dollars, we might consider that a student has gone to $1 worth of effort to get their attention pay-off. I’d contend that they’ll be disappointed if they only get 5c worth of attention.