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It is the 21st Century. This is bullshit!

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Dinosaurshoebox · 05/09/2025 20:44

My daughter started a new school.
She has come home with 3 seperate sets of paper.

Each with 2 pages printed front and back.

2 of the are the exact same.

Why the fuck do I have to wrote out her address 3 seperate times?! Why do i have to wrotes my email 4 times?! Her name so many times..
And on and on.

Im not doing the duplicate one. They can look at the other one.

But seriously its 2025! There should be a better system.

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TheDandyLion · 06/09/2025 05:41

Maybe they think you need the practice.

JustReal · 06/09/2025 05:35

I can relate to the frustration but maybe not sharing it on MN.

Also, I admire the passionate opinion.

I do admire the passion.

Pigeonpoodle · 06/09/2025 04:48

MrsSkylerWhite · 06/09/2025 00:41

Lots of schools just don’t have up to date tech and still rely on paper.

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Up-to-date tech isn’t needed… just the ability to email and create a file, in MS Word if necessary. All schools can do that, and have been able to for at least 20 years.

Paper copies can be available for people with literally no access to any tech but they will be very few in this day and age.

Mydadsbirthday · 06/09/2025 03:19

TotHappy · 05/09/2025 22:40

I just don't fill them out. If they're important, they'll send them again. A lot of the time they don't so it's an easy win.

Wow. Great way to give your school extra admin and chasing when it would take you a few minutes to complete information that might be useful to them about YOUR CHILD.

Newrumpus · 06/09/2025 02:37

OonaStubbs · 05/09/2025 22:52

All paper should be banned from schools.

What on earth would be used as an alternative to paper aeroplanes?

Pickleoh · 06/09/2025 00:54

Oh love. You’re not a teacher. You don’t even have a grasp of English….

wrotes (autocorrect just tried to correct that to writes)

masterbates….

Ledwood85 · 06/09/2025 00:46

Dinosaurshoebox · 05/09/2025 21:06

Masterbate.

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Your phone autocorrect needs attention.

MrsSkylerWhite · 06/09/2025 00:41

Pigeonpoodle · 05/09/2025 23:19

Agree with you OP. Clearly some posters think we’re still in the 1990s with the “maybe different departments need a copy”… and have never heard of file-sharing…

Lots of schools just don’t have up to date tech and still rely on paper.

InMyHealthyEra · 05/09/2025 23:52

Dinosaurshoebox · 05/09/2025 20:55

Oh boohoo my phone auto corrects all the time.

Can I suggest you get a grip?

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Your phone autocorrected to a word at doesn’t exist? That’s impressive!

Pigeonpoodle · 05/09/2025 23:19

Agree with you OP. Clearly some posters think we’re still in the 1990s with the “maybe different departments need a copy”… and have never heard of file-sharing…

OonaStubbs · 05/09/2025 22:52

All paper should be banned from schools.

DramaLlamacchiato · 05/09/2025 22:46

I agree, boils my piss. When my kids started primary they told us the form covered their whole time at the school. They lied, every bloody year it came round. Secondary was the same but they went online last year at least. My youngest is in air cadets and every event I have to fill in 2 forms for him. The spaces are always tiny for the details they want and for normal sized handwriting as well. So I know it’s petty in the grand scheme but it annoys me too!

Crazycatladywithnocats · 05/09/2025 22:44

Gladysknightjustwalkinmyshoes · 05/09/2025 21:20

Master bates wasn't he in Captain Pugwash

😂😂

TotHappy · 05/09/2025 22:40

I just don't fill them out. If they're important, they'll send them again. A lot of the time they don't so it's an easy win.

Gladysknightjustwalkinmyshoes · 05/09/2025 22:26

Enigma54 · 05/09/2025 22:13

Definitely! I can even hear theme tune now! 😆

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I loved all those style of cartoon growing up in the 70s.

METimezone · 05/09/2025 22:25

Actually everyone else did get the electronic form, but they'd heard about your dodgy autocorrect...😉

Enigma54 · 05/09/2025 22:13

Gladysknightjustwalkinmyshoes · 05/09/2025 21:45

I know but still good fun 😊

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Definitely! I can even hear theme tune now! 😆

Charlize43 · 05/09/2025 22:04

Nothing that can't be dealt with by Prosecco...

Gladysknightjustwalkinmyshoes · 05/09/2025 21:45

Enigma54 · 05/09/2025 21:43

🤣 It was an urban myth I do believe?
Along with Roger the cabin boy and Sea men Staines!

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I know but still good fun 😊

Enigma54 · 05/09/2025 21:43

Gladysknightjustwalkinmyshoes · 05/09/2025 21:20

Master bates wasn't he in Captain Pugwash

🤣 It was an urban myth I do believe?
Along with Roger the cabin boy and Sea men Staines!

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Dinosaurshoebox · 05/09/2025 21:36

OnSecondThoughts · 05/09/2025 21:34

It would be better if they could just pop a VR headset on, swallow a few GCSE-ultra pills and let the AI robot teachers do the teaching.

I mean....can these robots do personal care and complete physio programmes because of so score!

Definitely be a way to save staff from the gouging and biting.

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OnSecondThoughts · 05/09/2025 21:34

It would be better if they could just pop a VR headset on, swallow a few GCSE-ultra pills and let the AI robot teachers do the teaching.

WaterfallSounds · 05/09/2025 21:27

Your comment about mothers in Gaza is beyond belief.

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Dinosaurshoebox · 05/09/2025 21:21

Bringmeahigherlove · 05/09/2025 21:19

Life is too short to be so bitter and angry. You’re only making yourself look like a massive knob. Go have a glass of wine and chill out. Bye 👋

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Im genuinely not bitter or angry.
I dont drink.
Just scrolling looking for something to watch with not a care what random names online think.
I could be one of your family, colleagues, your child's teacher and you wouldnt know.

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Gladysknightjustwalkinmyshoes · 05/09/2025 21:21

Bringmeahigherlove · 05/09/2025 21:19

Life is too short to be so bitter and angry. You’re only making yourself look like a massive knob. Go have a glass of wine and chill out. Bye 👋

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Or milk and a cookie 🍪