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to think that children don't need chairs that won't tip over...

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MaryAnnSingleton · 18/02/2008 10:49

someone has designed a new untippable school chair so that children can't tip themselves backwards when rocking - why can't they just properly in their chairs ffs ?

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southeastastra · 18/02/2008 10:50

lol because it's fun, you're no fun mary ann

MaryAnnSingleton · 18/02/2008 11:01

!

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Greensleeves · 18/02/2008 11:08

Quite.

pregnant schoolgirls - sod sex education, why can't they just keep their legs crossed?

mass murderers - no need for prisons, why can't they just keep their hands to themselves?

moljam · 18/02/2008 11:09

Greensleeves

Wisteria · 18/02/2008 11:10

swinging on my chair kept me awake in History

moljam · 18/02/2008 11:12

at a friends ds school a child was recently attacked with a chair-im sure if they were the non tip ones it still would have hurt..maybe they should do away with classrooms and have padded cells

AbbeyA · 18/02/2008 12:34

Really good invention and much needed!

Hassled · 18/02/2008 12:39

DS2 is Dyspraxic and swinging on his chair is what he does best at school. After a recent epic visit to A&E to get his forehead stitched up (corner-of-a-table-sized hole in his head from toppling forwards after he had swung back) I was delighted to hear of the untippable chair. "Just sitting properly" is a major achievement for some kids.
I think (may have imagined it) that some school was sued recently following a kid tipping backwards onto one of those old giant radiators, which may have increased interest from schools in these chairs.

MaryAnnSingleton · 18/02/2008 13:10

fair enough for dyspraxic children or other special needs

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