Ds has been learning about famous scots at school he has really been enjoying it and coming home all excited telling us everything that he has been told.
Last night he came home and the conversation went like this.
Ds- You know there is a famous scot who is still alive.
Me- Wow who is that?
Ds- He plays tennis.
Me- ooh Andy Murray
Ds- Yes. You know he had to hide under a table mummy.
Me- What? (thinking surely this isn't going to go the way I think it is)
Ds- How did the man with the gun get in mummy?
Me- did your teacher tell you this?
Ds- Yes
Ds does not seem at all bothered by being told about this. It's just another interesting story to him it seems no different to him then when he was learning about William Wallace or Mary Queen of scots.
Maybe I am being a little sensitive about it but I just feel that 7 year olds could be really scared by this. I was in primary school myself when the Dunblane shooting happened and I was so scared that it could happen to me.
Especially since they are being told about it while sitting in a classroom in Scotland. I think they should be allowed to feel safe in their surroundings for a little while longer without learning this sort of horrors happen.
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To think this isn't an appropriate subject for a class of 7 year olds.
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HappyCria · 04/04/2014 14:32
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