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Outrageously harsh school reprimands pupils for forgetting a pen

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noblegiraffe · 04/10/2017 19:42

They're scraping the bottom of the barrel with these 'strictest school in the country' stories now.

www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-41496276

Are these parents serious? Kids crying because if they forget a pen 6 times they get a detention?

SEND YOUR KIDS TO SCHOOL WITH A SODDING PEN. AND A SPARE. AND AN EMERGENCY PEN IN A SECRET POCKET IN THEIR SCHOOLBAG.

And breathe.

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MaisyPops · 04/10/2017 21:40

Bring a pen to school.
Hardly rocket science.

Just waiting for someone to turn up saying 'you don't know every child's situation. What if they had no electric and living in a squat with a drug addict mother who is in a domestic violence relationship' / some other heart breaking potential story to detract from the fact that being equipped for school is reasonable

BikeRunSki · 04/10/2017 21:39

Penistone Grammar is a grammar school only in name. No 11+ in South Yorks/Barnsley LEA.

QuackDuckQuack · 04/10/2017 21:35

It’s not actually a grammar school - it’s just a legacy name as far as I can tell.

QuackDuckQuack · 04/10/2017 21:33

I have lovely memories of teachers lending pens to pupils in return for a shoe. The shoe was returned when the pen was.

6 times in a week sounds pretty lenient - it sounds like a fluffy school. It’s not like they’re being made to vom in a bucket in the corner.

Fromage · 04/10/2017 21:27

I am lolling that it's a grammar school.

If your kid is too dumb to remember a pen SIX TIMES then perhaps they cheated on the 11+. They can't all have a learning difficulty.

We are turning out the wettest generation since Noah. And he had the sense to build a fucking boat instead of standing there drowning going boo hoo, nobody told me rain was wet, whilst God rolled his eyes and said Me, these humans I've made will die out unless they belt up. Wankers.

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noblegiraffe · 04/10/2017 21:17

Pen. It's in the actual name of the school. If kids are worried about forgetting to bring a pen then perhaps they're not ready for big school.

The amount of kids that come up to me at the start of a lesson and say 'I haven't got a pen' like it's my problem.

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BikeRunSki · 04/10/2017 21:09

I could understand them being upset their school has penis in the name though.
We don't hear that, or similar, a hundred times a day. Pen-is-tun is my nearest town,

OuchBollocks · 04/10/2017 21:09

What the fuck is the point of rocking up to school without writing materials??

BikeRunSki · 04/10/2017 21:07

This school is local to me. A couple of weeks ago the local press was screaming about s differebt school being the strictest in the country. They are in different towns and counties (we live right on the border), maybe they are trying to outdo each other.

King James' Huddersfield

FrLukeDuke · 04/10/2017 21:06

Also their school motto emblazoned on the school is a bit embarrassing.

FrLukeDuke · 04/10/2017 21:04

I could understand them being upset their school has penis in the name though. Sad

FrLukeDuke · 04/10/2017 21:03

6 times is really lenient compared to dd's school. They sound like snowflakes.

Pengggwn · 04/10/2017 19:54

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TeenTimesTwo · 04/10/2017 19:52

I agree noble even though DD2 is costing me a fortune in pens at the moment

Saucery · 04/10/2017 19:48

Send them with a pack of pens so they can lend to friends so friends don't end up 'terrified' Hmm

KittyVonCatsington · 04/10/2017 19:45