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To think this headteacher was wrong

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ellielong · 26/10/2018 10:54

story

Surely whatever the parent posted in her Facebook was her own private business?

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Thisreallyisafarce · 26/10/2018 17:01

Menolly

No, the child wouldn't suffer. I just wouldn't be going out of my way for the parent. Thanks for the unsolicited lecture, though.

FrancisCrawford · 26/10/2018 17:02

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Thisreallyisafarce · 26/10/2018 17:02

limitedperiodonly

I found that post quite incoherent. My post was in response to your - very strange - view that all teachers should know about the battle of Blenheim. I'm not sure what most of your post is in response to.

Jenny17 · 26/10/2018 17:10

There is no defamation. The claim was the school issued the homework. The head admitted the homework provided had errors.

Ofsted rates this school as good. The homework has competency issues that should be exposed. Is the head fostering good relations by allegedly making false accusations to perhaps intimidate and cover up incompetence? Clearly this is an isolated event.

limitedperiodonly · 26/10/2018 17:45

I found that post quite incoherent

This does not surprise me Thisreallyisafarce

Thisreallyisafarce · 26/10/2018 17:51

limitedperiodonly

Hmm
limitedperiodonly · 26/10/2018 17:55

You're going to have to do better than a humphy face if you want anyone to take you seriously

Thisreallyisafarce · 26/10/2018 18:00

limitedperiodonly

No, I think most people know what "incoherent" means, limited.

limitedperiodonly · 26/10/2018 18:09

I know what incoherent means but I am beginning to believe that incoherency is the first of many concepts that is beyond your comprehension

Thisreallyisafarce · 26/10/2018 18:10

limitedperiodonly

Are you Spock? You talk like Spock.

FrancisCrawford · 26/10/2018 18:10

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youarenotkiddingme · 26/10/2018 18:12

Massive generalisation here but the response to the parents post doesn't surprise me as is an academy.

Ime (which is a lot!) they tend to always go for the big words like defamation and data protection etc to sound like they know what they are talking about.

Even when they are totally legally wrong - they are more worried about their image and sponsors than the actual education.

Thisreallyisafarce · 26/10/2018 18:12

FrancisCrawford

Maybe so, but since teachers were not and are not appointed on the basis of their general knowledge, that is an irrelevance.

I agree this person's teacher sounds unpleasant, but that isn't what I was disagreeing with to begin with.

FrancisCrawford · 26/10/2018 18:16

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Thisreallyisafarce · 26/10/2018 18:18

FrancisCrawford

No, it wouldn't. That is what I am saying. Unless it is part of the process of assessing the teacher, it's just good general knowledge, or basic general knowledge. It is not "expected of teachers" unless it is part of their role to teach it.

FrancisCrawford · 26/10/2018 18:20

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Thisreallyisafarce · 26/10/2018 18:21

FrancisCrawford

Maybe so.

cl61reb · 26/10/2018 18:23

If the post was a screenshot of the homework (without opinion) then no issue - everyone can make up their own mind!!!

FrancisCrawford · 26/10/2018 18:23

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Thisreallyisafarce · 26/10/2018 18:26

FrancisCrawford

But that isn't what you meant (and therefore what I meant) by "expected of teachers". We were talking about the general knowledge of the battle of Blenheim, weren't we?

Fuck me, this is tedious. I'm off.

FireBright · 26/10/2018 18:38

This was the mum's post on Facebook.
The head sounds a bit dim to me tbh....it's not deformation- it's fact and there is no data protection issue.

To think this headteacher was wrong
MaisyPops · 26/10/2018 18:43

The correct response would have been to contact the school regarding errors in the homework.
Putting it on Facebook is not really an intelligent response
Summed up perfectly here.

Sensible people would contact school.
A certain type of person bitches on social media for likes because it makes them feel big and popular.

The homework is awful, but I don't have much time for people who take to Facebook because they've not got enough sense to resolve things a better way.

BoneyBackJefferson · 26/10/2018 18:45

"should have continued home schooling"

I bet that the school are thinking the same thing.

Mammyloveswine · 26/10/2018 18:48

I'm a teacher and I think that's a bloody disgrace... good on the mum! Although i think she should have spoken to the school first and then if the school continued to send such twaddle then go to social media..

AnnieAnoniMouse · 26/10/2018 19:00

Sethis

It's a joke, you precious darlings. Our sports teacher and I have good banter. I take the piss that he's not a "real" teacher, he takes the piss that I can't run more than 500m without falling over and dying. Fair's fair. Relax

What does your shitty comment [Even a sports teacher could do better than this] on here, Mumsnet, have to do with the (long suffering) PE teacher at your school?!

Nothing. Nothing at all.

You made a nasty comment. Just own it instead of trying to make out we are being precious.

...Relax? Do piss off with your patronising twaddle.