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why can't they take their blazers off

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catwoo · 05/09/2012 23:05

DD started at secondary yesterday.She said one of her teachers refused to give any of the children in her class permission to take their blazers off in class today.And it has been really warm here.

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CuriousMama · 05/09/2012 23:48

DSs school allow them to take them off in class if it's warm. How on earth they're expected to concentrate in the heat wearing a blazer? I'd nod off!

MaryMotherOfCheeses · 05/09/2012 23:45

Glad to read this thread. Glad it's not just my son's school! No blazers, jumpers there. So all the way round the body, can't even flap it about for air.

It makes me cross. I can't concentrate if I'm too warm. How on earth is my child supposed to learn anything?

Goldidi · 05/09/2012 23:43

I would melt if I had to wear a jacket all the time!! I already feel a bit self-conscious about BO by the end of the day even though I have a shower every morning.

armedtotheteeth · 05/09/2012 23:39

Is it an academy? Apparently at some academies even teachers have to wear a jacket at all times!

Goldidi · 05/09/2012 23:35

I have spent all day telling kids to take their blazers off as soon as they arrive in my classroom. Officially school policy is that they should take their jumpers off and put blazers back on unless they have permission to take blazers off as well.

My classroom is the hottest one I have ever been in (not helped by windows that don't open and my fan has gone missing over the summer Angry) so I really want the kids not to overheat as they then make my room hotter and I get hotter and sweatier. So taking blazers off is practically compulsory in my classroom.

Other teachers refuse completely to let anyone take blazers off because officially the blazer is the uniform and they don't want to ease up on any school rules until they have established authority with new classes.

imperialstateknickers · 05/09/2012 23:32

Permission to remove blazers has to come from head's office at ours. His PA is quite good at reminding him!

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catwoo · 05/09/2012 23:28

..and one girl fainted later at lunchtime.Makes you wonder if she had got overheated

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libelulle · 05/09/2012 23:25

Power trip. Why should kids have to put up with that kind of crap? From my own memory of schooldays teachers may get a superficial compliance from kids with that kind of attitude to discipline, but they won't get respect. I still think of the couple of teachers like that that I had at school with complete disdain. They had no respect for my dignity, so I repaid the favour. As opposed to the true disciplinarians, who I still remember with true regard 20 years down the line.

Nagoo · 05/09/2012 23:10

Because the teacher wants a reputation as a hard bastard.

DH doesn't smile until half term. I think they learn it in their training.

chocolatespiders · 05/09/2012 23:09

Same here.. very frustrating..