Perhaps you have heard of this extraordinary educational initiative in the States -United ?
Last year, an American college decided to replace glue hours with hours of meditation !
The example snowballed and a French establishment decided to follow suit.
No more hours of glue, long live meditation! Explanations:
How was this extraordinary experience set up and welcomed by the students? You will know everything... But first an observation!
You may have experienced this... Glue hours have never been very effective.
The proof is that we often find the same students glued! And this, for generations...
So why not try other innovative experiences to help recalcitrant students?
Coleman Elementary School in Baltimore in the United States has just decided to look for an alternative to glue hours.
There, when a student behaves inappropriately for school life, they are not forced to sit for long overtime hours.
Instead, we direct him to a meditation specialist who advises him to calm down, be more serene and have better concentration.
We have to believe that it works, since, since the establishment of this system, no more student has been expelled from school. Incredible, right?
Moreover, other children benefit from this new device:stressed children, those who have a stomach ache or headache, those who are anxious...
Since then, a French school has been part of the same dynamic. In the North, the Charles-de-Gaulle de Jeumont college offers meditation as a new disciplinary measure!
A French teacher, Marie-Aude Lanniaux, is behind this initiative. She explains her approach in the newspaper La Voix du Nord:
“The goal is to bring something positive into this hour normally devoted to sanction (…) I noticed that students who were resistant to everything (learning, authority) turned out to be rather receptive. Some are more peaceful, relieved. And apart from a young girl who had trouble letting go, all the students get caught up in the game. As for the lesson, it's going much better. Students are more attentive. »
When a student is "punished", we simply put a small sign on the door of the room "Do not disturb, meditation in progress, happiness and well-being for download .
For 20 minutes, the rambunctious student who is assigned a meditation session feels less guilty. He doesn't spend his hours of punishment moping around in a corner.
But he learns to calm down and feel serene. The risk of recidivism is lower and that is already a good point for the student!
An approach that deserves to be more widespread in our schools, don't you think?
Because learning and performance at school depend above all on the development of children.
If you want to know more about the effects of meditation on children, I recommend this book to find exercises and ideas for practicing meditation with children and teenagers.
