to move my child to another school because of PJ wearing parents and other things.....

[fiftieslover]

Hi there, your views would be appreciated.

My ds is currently in yr 3 (8 yrs old) he is in a mixed class of years 3 and 4. Since Christmas I have had really serious doubts about the school he is in.

He has asked to move schools a couple of times in the past 6 months and I am seriously considering it. BUT I know at 8 this is a massive change for him. He is a social little boy who makes friends easily and can articulate his thoughts really well. The issues I have with the school are as follows.

1. Parents dropping their children off still wearing their PJs. I not talking lounge wear here, I'm talking fullish sheep adorned pink things. I turn up at school dressed for work, smart and ready for the day.

1. Leading on from 1 is the reason for the PJ wearing. There is a very high number of unemployed parents in the school. I live in a nice part of not a very nice area IYKWIM. Unemployment has always been a problem. I have lived in this area for over 30 years and alot of the children in ds class are 4th and 5th generation unemployed. So I assume the pj wearing is because they have nothing to get ready for? I need to add that sometimes the children are picked up from school at 3pm with said parents still adorning the sheep attire.

I have never been unemployed so struggle to empathise really with the other parents. I work in recruitment and know there are always things you can do to improve your chances but I have never been there so know I dont fully understand the effect unemployment has on you.

1. There are ALOT of kids in the class that are morphing into absolute horrors. The behaviour is getting worse as each school year passes. Once lovely little 4 year olds are now 8 year old swearing, disrespectful kids. My ds went over to one of them the other day to show him his homework. The other kid looked at my ds as if he were stupid and said I dont do homework - I wouldnt dare!.

1. I'm aware this is getting long so going to cut it short. The teachers appear to spend alot of time on discipline - taking actual teaching time away from the good kids.

1. In the past out of 26 kids, there are approximately 8 that behave really well. If the other 18 are playing up, the whole class has been punished. This really annoyed me.

I could go on and I think I have answered my own question seeing it in black and white but would still appreciate your comments.

Thanks fifties x

think that if you like

I'm not asking you if you liked it, I'm asking you why you wouldn't let your children mix with mine?

my neighbours stole pet rabbits and killed them and ate them - it was really nice.

Do you think that your children are going to go right through their school life without mixing with a child from a council estate?

bloody hell, I cannot believe someone would actually call children "trash". Would rather my child was educated with them than with the children of a hideous snob, tbh.

Oh lordy

Bloody rabbit killing council tenants

So the word trash is now being bandied about. Next it's scum. Then Chav.

And still they wont read the book Chav because it just might shame them into seeing exactly what they are doing.

I don't know you or your kids, but I would rather my kids did not go to school with the kids from our local council estate because many of them have behavioural problems and waste the teachers time.

And you referred to mine as bigoted, thats not judgmental ?

'speak as I find' ha ha ha fucking hilarious
Very good 10/10

1sassylassy sadly, no, I fear at 11, she will be mixing with them, but until then we are safe.

Recall, are you trash then since you grew up on a council estate?

You sounds like a parent that's going to give your children some really solid standards as they grow up

Signed
Council Estate Trash

*ohdoadmitmrsdevere" were you brought up on one ?

yeah, no doubt I am trash, this is where the social mobility comes in.

What do you think?

made me ambitious, thats for sure

dunno, can't tell without looking at your fingernails

it is probably better for them that she doesn't go there as undoubtedly she would look down on the other kids, having learned her values from you.

Why don't you send her to boarding school. Aren't you afraid you will taint her with you council upbringing?

did you have fag ash on your sarnies ?

TBH recall I think your blinkered, bigoted, small-mindedness is pretty trashy :(

I grew up on one and live on one now.

Oh what trash I am

My 2 year old is also trash, poor him.

I would send them private school if i could afford it

curryspice yeah, you can take the girl out of the council estate...