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Original poster

Was your daughter on a school trip at Alton towers today?

675 replies

Zzz1234 · 29/06/2018 18:42

Was she late for her bus? did the teacher lose his rag at her in the middle of the entrance area? If so is she ok?

Can’t believe what I saw today, two girls were 20 mins late back, yes they should be in trouble but they did not deserve some teacher screaming at them, I was 75 metres away and could hear everything I felt so sorry for the girls. I was in a queue and I wasn’t talking about it to the other people in the queue, I was about to go over, but another teacher did.

Would love the name of the school to make a complaint to. Heat is not an excuse, I have lived in hot countries and never saw a teacher lose it like he did.

I know it’s not Aibu but posted here for traffic....

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BoneyBackJefferson · 29/06/2018 21:44

qwertyuiopy

Ah, here we go. The crap teachers’ last stand... insult the parents.

I didn't insult the parents I pointed out that we don't hold them to such high standards.

But you seem happy to insult me.

NotTakenUsername · 29/06/2018 21:45

Jesus, where did that come from qwertyuiopy Shock

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Zzz1234 · 29/06/2018 21:45

beehive glad you deal with it different, my kids school does (thankgod).

I do know kids do this, wind teachers up, put themselves fiirst etc, also know I have never seen a teacher shout so loudly and that’s the bit that concerned me.

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RolyRocks · 29/06/2018 21:45

The teacher is an ambassador of the school and they made the school look shit.

The OP has posted this thread precisely because they don’t know what school it is.

mathanxiety · 29/06/2018 21:45

The fact that the teacher stopped shouting when the other teacher came over highlights the fact they they had not lost control. If they had, they would have continued. RolyRocks

Depends.

Maybe the second teacher outranked the first one? Maybe the mere presence of the second teacher (or was it head of year?) was enough to help the first one see the error of his ways and snap himself back into reality.

Maybe the second teacher had that professional icy demeanour that some experienced teachers can conjure up, as she reminded the first one that "Ehem, time is of the essence"...

qwertyuiopy · 29/06/2018 21:46

Thecrabbypatty The teachers at my DC’s schools don’t need “showing how it’s done”. They are professionals,

Thecrabbypatty · 29/06/2018 21:47

Well feel free to join them qwertyuiopy it would help the crisis a bit, and perhaps you could even show those champs a thing or two!

qwertyuiopy · 29/06/2018 21:48

Talk about shooting the messenger!

OP, if this had been any other profession, this would have been a different thread.

mathanxiety · 29/06/2018 21:50

BoneyBack
What is sad is that the teachers involved will have volunteered for this and due to the behaviour of the two girls will most likely not do another trip again.

That is speculation on your part of course, but taking your comment as it stands, it is no loss at all that the first teacher might not volunteer for another trip. Some people are cut out for dealing with whatever life throws at you on a trip to an amusement park with young teens, and some are not. Now the school knows to ask someone else next year.

RolyRocks · 29/06/2018 21:51

Depends

Yes. I agree. It was you who first posted with certainty that it was ‘significant it stopped’ when the other teacher came over. My point was there may well have been other reasons, of which you have confirmed.

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Zzz1234 · 29/06/2018 21:52

usernamenottaken oh the irony- however I was not a paid professional there, he was. When in my paid professional job I would have said something, I wouldn’t have been in a queue with my kids...

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ColoursOfRain · 29/06/2018 21:53

And what would happen if the teacher was late to pick their children up after nursery closing? What would happen to their children then?

(Made up scenario, but 20 minutes late has far reaching consequences)

I hope that teacher now just refuses to do trips. Why should they put themselves out? They won't get any overtime for being late, either.

bonfireheart · 29/06/2018 21:53

Haven't read the full thread, but DN went to a similar trip this week. three students were 45 minutes late back to the coach. This made the coach late and they all got stuck in peak time traffic. They didn't get back to school until well over an hour later than they were supposed to. The coaches came back to a lot of angry and annoyed parents who had to pick up other children/go to work/other responsibilities but thanks to the actions of a few were really inconvenienced. Not fun being the teacher who has to deal with all those angry parents.

NotTakenUsername · 29/06/2018 21:53

Zzz1234 And you are sure this was a teacher and not an unpaid parent volunteer...?

Thecrabbypatty · 29/06/2018 21:54

Who are they going to ask? You don't actually seem to understand that it's reaching a point where there are not enough teachers to staff the schools let alone the extra curricular stuff. You could always volunteer I suppose?

ImWorriedAboutThis · 29/06/2018 21:55

crispysausagerolls

Zzz1234

What would you have done though? Gone over and said “stop shouting at those girls!” ?

Book she would've sang HEY TEACHER...LEAVE THOSE KIDS ALONE Grin

BoneyBackJefferson · 29/06/2018 21:55

Thecrabbypatty

In fairness to the OP she has mentioned scouting trips.

ImWorriedAboutThis · 29/06/2018 21:56

Nooo not Book! Hmm

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Zzz1234 · 29/06/2018 21:57

Will say that about 3/4 think the teacher was right and I’m definetly wrong, the minority think I would be right to raise it for school to deal with. I’m off to bed and out with 100 kids tomorrow, pretty sure that whatever happens we won’t deal with I like the teacher today. And if I don’t reply to anything further please don’t say op never came back.

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qwertyuiopy · 29/06/2018 21:57

HEY TEACHER...LEAVE THOSE KIDS ALONE

😂

Thecrabbypatty · 29/06/2018 21:58

Totally different BoneyBackJefferson you would be booted out of the scouts for these shenanigans. The school has no come back on this and has to deal with tired kids and irate parents on their return.

SimplySteve · 29/06/2018 21:59

Having spoke to DD, I know the school, and the teacher. Said teacher is highly respected by all.

Teateaandmoretea · 29/06/2018 22:00

HEY TEACHER...LEAVE THOSE KIDS ALONE

Grin well yeah the alternative is simply that. As a parent I'd be lot more pissed off having to trek to Alton towers to retrieve them than they got a bit of a bollocking.

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Zzz1234 · 29/06/2018 22:01

usernamenottaken it could have been an unpaid volunteer (and school should never take him again), second person could have been a random bystanding, I don’t know, however would like to contact the school so that if it is an unpaid volunteer/teacher/whatever he learns how he dealt with it was not appropriate.

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qwertyuiopy · 29/06/2018 22:01

Zzz1234
Night, have fun tomorrow. Let us know your strategy if anyone shows up late! I somehow doubt it will involve a public bollocking!