What do you
call a teacher leading a group of 20 children aged 12 t o 13 on bicycles up a
one way street the wrong way in the middle of the rush hour.
Stupid? Highly
dangerous? Certifiable?
Actually the
term is ‘cultural difference’. That scenario is precisely what I’ve just
witnessed from my window in the medieval city of Bruges
in Belgium.
There, a law has been passed stating that rules applying to one way streets
apply to motorists not cyclists. Almost everyone cycles, young and old - a
different culture from the UK.
So what the
teacher was doing was clearly legal – if you still consider it unwise, then
that is your perception, and your attitude to the prevailing practices.
Research in your
Care Home can be conducted to understand better attitudes to and perceptions of
the prevailing culture within the Home. Is it friendly, professional, caring and
responsive? What to Residents think, or their families – what do staff think –
what do suppliers think – what does the local community think?
