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to wonder if secondaries are really this bad?

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is30tooyoungformidlifecrisis · 10/09/2024 21:45

I have heard such awful things about secondary schools these days and wonder if parents of teenagers can confirm or deny. Things like:

  • Not allowed to take off blazers without permission and kids getting too hot, or opopsite I saw earlier today, not allowed to put on jumper without permission
  • Toilets locked during lesson time
  • Having to walk in a certain way around the corridors, have heard some students have to walk in silence around school
It seems like secondary pupils are treated like criminals. I'm 30 so have been out of school over a decade but it was nowhere near like this when I was at school - are these just extreme rumours or are they true?

YABU - No they aren't usually like this, that's just a few extreme rules
YANBU - This is what secondaries are like these days

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Allfur · 10/09/2024 21:57

My kids have done very well at secondary schools, no school is perfect

Pinkyponki · 10/09/2024 21:57

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TealTraybake · 10/09/2024 21:55

There’s also this mixed sex or non gender toilet situation. My friends daughter hasn’t used the school toilets for a year, since they are now mixed sex. She doesn’t drink or eat much at school. Horrendous situation. People who enabled / enforced mixed sex toilets only, should be ashamed.

Spottymushroom · 10/09/2024 21:55

Not in my school. Blazers can be taken off whenever you want the same for putting a jumper on. The usual uniform rules apply though - shirts tucked in and skirts rolled down.

we do have a one way system in the corridors. It was brought in when we came back from Covid. It makes things so much easier and there is no manic corridors. They are also allowed to speak.

Toilets are locked straight after lunch for 10 minutes. This was to stop the vapers and boys messing around. If a child needs the toilet and can’t wait we have others they can use.

ShamblesRock · 10/09/2024 21:53
  • Having to walk in a certain way around the corridors, .....

In large schools this is often a safety thing.

Chichimcgee · 10/09/2024 21:47

Ds school has smoking areas for each year group including year 7s, the only rules seem to be smoke in the designated area and try not to shank anyone.