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The 10 Priorities (from Biggest Job)
Anonymous:
--- Quote from: ""Ursus"" ---It would appear that the underlying reason for The Biggest Job is to provide a means of financial windfall regardless of what happens to the boarding schools. The beauty of TBJ, from Hyde's standpoint, is that it functions much like a diet guru's marketing of his/her tried and true methods of reaching the desired goal.
Despite the Gaulds' claim that TBJ is no quick fix, the structuring of the 10 Priorities would appear to serve exactly those ends. Why, they even call it "the ultimate recipe" themselves! Certainly this is why people opt for Hyde's version of the character shill game as opposed to any number of other varieties out there. It's packaged nice and neat, with a "paint by the number"... er, a "discuss by the priority," blueprint to follow to a happy ending for both parent and child.
From their website, emphasis all theirs:
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http://www.hyde.edu/podium/default.aspx?t=50310
The Biggest Job® - lively, interactive workshops for parents, professionals, and children ages 6-18
The creators of The Biggest Job® workshops found the ultimate recipe for reaching one's highest potential. Based on 40 years of experience, the workshop's compelling and oftentimes humorous content will focus on 10 Priorities outlined in Laura and Malcolm Gauld's book, The Biggest Job® We'll Ever Have: The Hyde School Program for Character-based Parenting (Scribner).
Parents learn essential skills, critical to shaping family attitudes grounded in strong principles - principles that instill high expectations and develop the necessary tools to meet them.
Educators learn how to create dynamic, character-centered learning environments, where their students develop skills that build confidence and distinguish them from others.
Professionals hone skills they need to place families on a path that will lead them toward reaching their immediate and long-term goals.
Students of all ages experience first-hand how their attitudes, level of effort, and character are the true indicators that will determine whether or not they reach their best potential.
Using the 10 Priorities introduced in the workshops gives astonishing results. Participants from every kind of background have succeeded far beyond any expectations, because of what they learn. If you're looking for the best resource to help you, your school, or community identify and accomplish personal and professional goals, contact Pam Hardy at 207-443-7302 or http://fornits.com/wwf/viewtopic.php?t=23657
Pam Hardy (contact noted above at Hyde for TBJ) is also the "Parent Seminar Facilitator" at the Civa School in Colorado Springs, where there is required attendance for these discussions of the 10 Priorities...
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This is one slick marketing job. I see that you can even buy your own Biggest Job fridge maganets!
When I was growing up, having "character" meant that you just did the right thing, even if it cost you some, monetarily or reputation-wise. Hyde just DOESN'T do the right thing at all! Simple as that! Where do they get off calling themselves the experts in the character business? Just because they trademark certain phrases they think they have a monopoly on it? You can't trademark character, and Hyde is the poorest example of it out there anyway.
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