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

Ah thanks. I've not seen it MrsDeVere.

But it sounds about right for a whole lot of women doing the council estate hating on this thread.

Like I said somewhere on this thread, the recession cut a few snobs down a peg or two. Without money those Recall and her lot are lower than low. Not in what they have or don't have in life, but because of their shitty attitudes. Their ugly shines through.

I haven't followed the whole thread, and certainly some of the things the OP said were objectionable. But I generally agree that I would move my kids from a school with a discipline problem, where being enthusiastic about learning was exceptional rather than the norm.

poor recall. she thinks she's making decisions that will help her children. instead she's working hard to turn them into stupid nasty people, just like her.

I have to go now, I've got a baby rabbit to eat alive while the kids watch Saw IV with one of my boyfriends. Then we have to plan ways that my son can disrupt class when he starts school. Oh no, wait, he's actually a good boy. I hope to god he doesn't meet recall's children, they might ruin him. I don't like him mixing with children like that.

Mmmm you've made me right peckish now recall. Have you got the recipe for that fag ash sarnie?

pickle I believe it to be corn beef in very white trashy bread with hint of fag ash

Fag ash and red bull marinade for my rabbit it is then.

Well this is what happens when someone believes the hype about MN being all about leftie middle classes wringing their hands.
They come in to tell us like it is with their tales of someone they once knew who had a mum who smoked.
They think they can shock us with their stories of what life is really like on an estate.
And they fail.

So then it's back to the insults and accusations of low aspirations and jealousy.

And they fail.

I agree MrsD

They see an episode of shameless and think they know all about these estates.

But I can honestly say I love living here. Everyone's so helpful and the kids are great! Same can't be said for my uncle who lives in.a posh area where the kids are 'rebelling' and no one knows their neighbours

I went to a school in the middle of one of the largest estates in Europe in one of the most deprived areas of the uk that often tops the polls of the highest percentage of benefit payments and I didn't see any of the shit being bandied about on here.

I've nothing against people wanting better for their children, or moving if a school seems to be failing them

But what's the need of the vile snobby bollocks?

Well, the heading of this thread was screaming to cause contention. I do hope the OP is proud of herself. Her posting this was bogus. She had already made up her mind what she was going to do, but she thought she would bring it to mumsnet all the same.

And she got what she was looking for. Class wars.

Well done OP. I hope you are proud of yourself.

you don't own MN, and i haven't come "in" .You think you you belong to a pack of wolves, MN is open to anyone. I didn't attempt to shock anyone, I just said what I thought. It doesn't fit into your self made rules of engagement.

some people just don't like council estates - fact.

what do you mean my posting was bogus ?

you don't own MN

How old are you?

Five?

And Recall, you are not the OP. Or have you name changed?

I really can't stand it when people think they have the right to spew forth all the vile imaginings in their heads under the guise of just having an opinion, or just being honest.

Some things are best left in your head, such as calling children 'trash'

I struggle to find many people who deserve that label, let alone kids in a primary school.

I think recall is whats known on MN as a goader

I accept that labelling kids as trash is off side, I shouldn't have said that.

I'd rather my child hang round with trash then twats to be honest.

Im really not a goader. I don't say stuff to upset people on purpose, I just say what I think.

I am not into pretending to think something to keep the peace

Well you are now on my shitlist thats for sure

would you rather read stuff that was filtered so as not to offend ?

oh noooooo, I won't sleep now, thats for sure

You didn't offend us, it takes more than a few bigoted ramblings to do that