In the second focus group session of this research, each group of children
read the beginning of a book called Whiffy Wilson, the wolf who wouldn’t go to school.
In this chapter, children’s perceptions of the perfect school for Wilson are presented.
Children in both countries suggested a school where play time would be allowed a lot
more than in their schools. Sugar-based foods were more popular in Scotland than in
Greece, which disagrees with children’s right to healthy nutrition (article 24). Children
in all groups from Scotland discussed learning in terms of the education they were
being offered, and they wanted help for Wilson or no lessons at all nor a teacher for
him. On the contrary, most of the groups in Greece did not talk about learning in
school. Friendships were important to children in Greece only, even though all children
in both countries discussed classroom rules that would enable positive relations with
other children.
Keywords: Indulgence, Individualism, Power distance, Right to education, Right to participation, Right to play, Right to safety.
