School kids on the train

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I get the train to work and there is always a large group of senior school kids, and they just push past anyone waiting for the doors to open to get on. This is every morning! Well today I said something, I said that it was not a competition who can get on the train first. WIBU to write to the head teacher and say how undisciplined and that they have no manners?

Definitely email the school. I provided a photo of the unruly children who pushed each other and slammed into my car and laughed about it whilst looking directly at me.

When they walked past the next day they certainly looked sheepish.

When in uniform they represent the school. Our school tell us to let them know of any bad behaviour from their pupils. And it isn't the head teacher or principal of the school who deals with it but the head of year who is the same person from year 7-11 at our school so they get to know the children well.

Do email the HT. pupil behaviour on public transport definitely falls under the HT's remit. They are in uniform.

We have one local school that was the very definition of a sink comp before it was taken over by a (very hot on discipline and results) MAT. There is a really issue with their students taking over a local playground and engaging in anti-social behaviour. The school come down on it like a ton of bricks and have been known to send staff in hi-vis vests to keep an eye.

I'd call.

When I was in school (in the dark ages, it were all fields round here back then) there would have been hell to pay if we'd been misbehaving in public.

Ignore Longwayoff's childish posts. Definitely let the school know what's going on. They won't ignore your complaint and will get a sharp message across to these thoughtless youngsters that their behaviour is not acceptable.

Take a quick film of them bathing through the people.

Then send it to the head from a random email address not linked back to yourself - with the message “nice to see YOUR STUDENTS pushing people out of the way” signed a concerned member of the public

Barging” or however it’s spelt

A word of warning, OP. My child's primary has listed things that parents can and can't do (on school property) and one is approaching and/or telling off someone else's child as it might be seen as assault.

Shame you can’t do the same for adults who shove their way onto trains.

Far more prevalent around here

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It's not assault, though. And she isn't on school property.

Definitely email the head! They'll make it the schools issue if they were I assume they were. Don't you remember being a teen at all? They've probably already forgotten the comment of a stranger on the train this morning/literally couldn't care less

Sorry, that was meant to say:

Definitely email the head! They'll make it the schools issue if they were in school uniform, which i assume they were. Don't you remember being a teen at all? They've probably already forgotten the comment of a stranger on the train this morning/literally couldn't care less

I have done it myself .My car was in the garage and had to use the bus with my two then younger DC's the comprehensive in our next town some the pupils use the service bus ,they were swearing like troopers .Not only did I get put tell them it was wrong being completely disgraceful plus young children and bus full of people that I would also telephone the school .I did and my best friends DC was then at that school ,I was reliably informed that they got a major telling off in assembly the next day for putting the school's reputation in a bad light .So OP definately they need learn manners.

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Email the head at DS’s school they would get a real good bollocking for bring the school into disrepute.

Maybe your words will have had an effect. You can take a video of the incidents as well as further proof.

They were a bit sheepish after I said something, and it's not the first time I've had to step in too as they nearly kicked over a younger child with mum just getting on the train. I will be emailing the head teacher and giving them all the information on what their students are like in the mornings. Thank you for your replies though

Absolutely email the head. If they are in school uniform which can be recognised which school they go to the head will be interested as they represent their school.

From my personal experience, I say go for it.

I used to teach primary in East London and commuted to work by bus each morning, along with kids from two local secondary schools. Most of the time there was no trouble, but one year there was a group of 13/14 year old lads who became a pain every day, pushing on to the bus, shouting, throwing coins at each other and hitting other passengers, getting yelled at by the driver, etc. I knew who their head teacher was and sent him an email from my work email, giving him descriptions and names (they yelled at each other by name so they were easy to name), which bus route, etc, and politely saying that they were being a pain for other passengers and giving his school a bad name. I got an immediate reply back from the school office thanking me for letting them know. A couple of days later, I got a follow up message asking for my work address - because the headteacher had identified the boys, hauled them in, given them a bollocking and made them all write hand-written letters of apology, which were then posted to me at work. And for the rest of that academic year they were as good as gold on the bus, I had no trouble from them. I wrote and thanked the head for his actions.

So you see, it can work!

Oh do complain to the school OP, they will be in uniform and not representing their school well. The HT will want to know and I bet will be able to identify them if you can say where they get on, how many their are and approx which school years.