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Furries in schools

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Jamfirstest · 29/04/2024 22:51

I have name changed for this. Forgive me if this isn't the right board but I need to talk this through to get my head around this.

Another parent has just told me there is a furry community of young people at her dc secondary school which is in my city and an ordinary comprehensive.

The school is humouring the accessories and so on and they now have a designated room in the school to congregate. Apparently there was a request for a litter tray in the toilets though this was denied (google tells me this aspect might have been a hoax attempt).

The secondaries around here are super strict with uniforms. How is this allowed???

So I'm told some children will only respond in animal noises.

I knew what a furry was before. What adults do for fun is none of my business. But this in schools???? Or have I been under a rock?

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ManchesterBeatrice · 30/04/2024 17:49

OutOfTheHouse · 30/04/2024 17:30

Given the number of teachers on MN I’m surprised that none have come onto this thread to confirm or deny.

I have heard claims of this from a friends son, but I also know that kids chat shit.

Same here! It would actually be really interesting to hear a teachers side.

Gumbear · 30/04/2024 17:47

ManchesterBeatrice · 30/04/2024 17:30

@Boombatty Still admiring the commitment 🤣

I don't get why people resort to this sort of stuff when they're losing an argument. Nasty and infantile.

HooverTheRoof · 30/04/2024 17:41

When I was at school I used to wear black nail varnish and a dog collar and no one stopped me....a pair of ears isn't that controversial is it?

GrammarTeacher · 30/04/2024 17:32

I am a teacher and have said repeatedly that a) wearing ears and tails doesn't make you a furry or mean you identify as an animal and b) nobody is pandering to litter trays etc in schools.

OutOfTheHouse · 30/04/2024 17:30

Given the number of teachers on MN I’m surprised that none have come onto this thread to confirm or deny.

I have heard claims of this from a friends son, but I also know that kids chat shit.

ManchesterBeatrice · 30/04/2024 17:30

@Boombatty 👋

ManchesterBeatrice · 30/04/2024 17:30

@Boombatty Still admiring the commitment 🤣

Boombatty · 30/04/2024 17:29

ManchesterBeatrice · 30/04/2024 17:21

Oh @Boombatty bless you.

You are committed. And you are making me smile.

Well yeah you essentially called me and my DD liars because I recounted DD's experience at school and then changed tack and said the stuff I described wasn't actually surprising after all. Then accused me of misquoting you while also admitting you knew it was clearly a paraphrase. If you get joy out of that then I wish you well but don't think there's any point engaging with you any further.

terriblyangryattimes · 30/04/2024 17:25

Allthingsdecember · 30/04/2024 11:11

Huh, is this why I keep seeing teens with random ears and tails out and about? I thought it was just a trend I was too old to to understand. Are they genuinely claiming that they identify as animals or is it largely a wind up/way of being 'different'?

My DC are preschool so teens are largely a mystery to me 🤷‍♀️. My local fb is full of parents complaining that their children have been sent home for wearing the wrong shade of black trousers to school so I doubt they are letting pupils dress as animals around here.

Thinking about it I saw a teenager (maybe 14?) with a tail and skirt on the other week, with a mask (a fabric COVID style one) with a nose and whiskers printee on. How very odd. Surely all these ears and tails fall foul of uniform standards?! Maybe if uniforms were less strict kids could express themselves more easily without having to resort to pretending to be an animal for attention

Boombatty · 30/04/2024 17:25

ManchesterBeatrice · 30/04/2024 17:18

@Boombatty But nice attempt to get away with it 😉

Not sure what you think I'm trying to get away with. What did I post that misrepresented you?

Boombatty · 30/04/2024 17:24

ManchesterBeatrice · 30/04/2024 17:17

@Boombatty Yes, I could tell but Twas my quote.

No one else would have known. 🙄

Huh? You could tell that I was paraphrasing because of the context but still went on to accuse me both of misquoting you and making up entirely new sentences?

And now Cazpar is saying that my post misquotes her not you 🤪

ManchesterBeatrice · 30/04/2024 17:21

Oh @Boombatty bless you.

You are committed. And you are making me smile.

ManchesterBeatrice · 30/04/2024 17:20

@Cazpar 🤣👏

Boombatty · 30/04/2024 17:19

Cazpar · 30/04/2024 17:15

You literally admitted your "paraphrasing" on the last page.

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It's blatantly obvious from that post that I'm describing general responses on this thread aka paraphrasing yes. I'm shocked if you can't tell that from the context.

Weirdly, both you and MancesterBeatrice seem to think I'm directly quoting you/them.

Underthinker · 30/04/2024 17:18

@Cazpar also you mean contest not contend, otherwise you're agreeing with the statement.

ManchesterBeatrice · 30/04/2024 17:18

@Boombatty But nice attempt to get away with it 😉

ManchesterBeatrice · 30/04/2024 17:17

@Boombatty Yes, I could tell but Twas my quote.

No one else would have known. 🙄

Underthinker · 30/04/2024 17:16

Cazpar · 30/04/2024 17:13

No I don't think the whole thing, as in the existence of furries, is fabricated.

I strongly contend that schools are allowing children to flout the dress code (where applicable), meow in lieu of answers in class, are installing litter boxes, giving children bowls to eat out of, or allowing children to scratch and bite others without challenge.

There will always be kids who follow alternative trends - emos, goths, furries. But the idea that they're taking over and can't be challenged because they're "special" is total crap.

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There were goths at school when I was a kid, and guess what? Some of them flouted the dress codes on make up and jewellery and got away with it. Why couldn't that happen now?

Cazpar · 30/04/2024 17:15

Boombatty · 30/04/2024 17:15

Do show me the post where I've made up quotes and attributed them to you and other posters.

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You literally admitted your "paraphrasing" on the last page.

Boombatty · 30/04/2024 17:15

Cazpar · 30/04/2024 17:10

I mean given you've made up quotes from me and other posters on this very thread, you'll forgive me if I don't lend complete credence to the second hand rumours you post.

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Do show me the post where I've made up quotes and attributed them to you and other posters.

Cazpar · 30/04/2024 17:13

Underthinker · 30/04/2024 15:45

@Cazpar
What would you say is going on?
Do you think the whole thing is fabricated and no children have adopted these animal personas to any degree, or just that the more extreme stories of litter trays etc are tabloid exaggerations?

No I don't think the whole thing, as in the existence of furries, is fabricated.

I strongly contend that schools are allowing children to flout the dress code (where applicable), meow in lieu of answers in class, are installing litter boxes, giving children bowls to eat out of, or allowing children to scratch and bite others without challenge.

There will always be kids who follow alternative trends - emos, goths, furries. But the idea that they're taking over and can't be challenged because they're "special" is total crap.

Cookiecoop · 30/04/2024 17:11

RufustheFactualReindeer · 30/04/2024 08:08

Do i believe these children are furries….no

do i believe that schools are on board with it…no

do i believe that some children are doing this to wind the teachers up and see how far they can push it….hell yes

Ahhh some sense - It is exactly this!

Cazpar · 30/04/2024 17:10

Boombatty · 30/04/2024 16:53

So you're now saying you're not surprised that kids are pretending to be animals in schools but when I and other posters mentioned that our DC have experienced this you didn't believe us and intimated that we are making it all up.

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I mean given you've made up quotes from me and other posters on this very thread, you'll forgive me if I don't lend complete credence to the second hand rumours you post.

Boombatty · 30/04/2024 16:54

ManchesterBeatrice · 30/04/2024 16:46

@Boombatty

Fascinatingly, you've actually misquoted me twice. On both occasions making up an entirely new sentence.

It's therefore really easy to see how this type of rumours spread…

Could you not tell from the context that it wasn't a direct quote but describing/paraphrasing yours and others responses? I thought that was entirely obvious.

Boombatty · 30/04/2024 16:53

ManchesterBeatrice · 30/04/2024 16:34

This is a more articulate version of what I was trying to say. If you show me a child pretending to be an animal, I'm hardly going to feel any type of surprise.

It's all in the reaction to it, and I still see absolutely no credible evidence of that.

Indeed, There are no credible sources, posting online, and some of the least, credible news outlets, such as Fox News, have even said it's BS

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So you're now saying you're not surprised that kids are pretending to be animals in schools but when I and other posters mentioned that our DC have experienced this you didn't believe us and intimated that we are making it all up.

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