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Internet safety, homework - and Jack the Ripper

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PermaShattered · 07/10/2015 17:48

I have a few concerns about my daughter's homework from school - bearing in mind the of the internet for just about everything. In point form!:

  1. She is 13 (yr 9)
  2. Ethics homework last week: researching capital punishment, including famous murderers (amongst other things - she asked me what necrophilia is)
  3. History homework (project): research everything about Jack the Ripper. Detailed instructions here. Including researching the victims, evidence.....
  4. Reminder: this is for 13 yrs olds.
  5. It's constantly drummed into our children - and to us parents - about internet safety, etc. We try to protect them from images and other stuff.
  6. Then she gets this sort of homework.

What are you thoughts please? I'd be very interested....

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G1veMeStrength · 07/10/2015 19:49

I don't see how you can google this without some really awful stuff coming up. I would contact the school and ask wtf.

Stillunexpected · 07/10/2015 19:43

I am not seeing the connection between internet safety and researching these topics on the internet? Am I missing something? If she is in Year 9 at school, she will have heard about far worse in the playground.

IguanaTail · 07/10/2015 19:29

It's fine. It's not all fluffy clouds and butterflies on the curriculum.

NeedAScarfForMyGiraffe · 07/10/2015 19:27

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