LBE

One of the most fundamental tenets of leadership is Leadership by Example. If you have been through military leadership schools, you would have been exposed to this, either in a positive light, or negatively. We've all had our fair share of "Do as i say, not as i do" leaders. Bastards who tell us to do one thing while they skive off and go for extended lunch breaks. WTF listens to this people?! On the other hand, we respect those who feed us first, then feed themselves. "Take care of the troops first, ourselves second".
As we all know, there is this thing called the TAF program in schools, for the, ahem, un-thin. Of course, recently, it has been scrapped, in favour of a Holistic Health Framework. What baffles me is the kind of message we've been sending. Without a doubt, there are un-thin teachers in school, some even ... very un-thin. Aren't we subliminally telling the students that it is okay to be un-thin? That you can still be a functionally, patriotic, fully useful citizen even though you are, gasp, FAT? So why is there a need to torture these kids by stigmatizing them and making them come early every morning? If we are being principled about this, all these un-thin teachers should be made to come early everyday as well.