To think Miss Honey in Matilda is overly personal?

[JustAnInnocentQuestion]

I was watching Matilda recently (the better first one) and realised how overly personal Miss Honey is with Matilda. Firstly, she visits her parents at their home. Surely it would've been better to call them or invite them to see her at school? Later, she invites Matilda to her home. I know Matilda's parents don't care about her, but I wouldn't want a teacher to visit me at home without prior notice or take my child to their home.

You nip pout and try that, and the rest of us will try telekinesis?

Slightly outing, but we went to see the musical version with friends that included Miss Honey's (for that performance) aunt.

I do need to do some work on the gearbox in fairness. I don't think it could make matters much worse tbh.

Let me know how your telekensis goes. Start small, chalk, pencils that sort of thing. Work up to the water jug.

Oh dear did you think it was real

My 12 year old is laughing as I go cross-eyed trying to levitate a grape.

Did you have to analyse a Shakespeare play at GCSE?

Romeo and Juliet isn’t real either but writing about the plot, themes and characters is needed to get a grade.

I've always been much more irritated by the blatant lesbophobic coding of Miss trunchball.

Op isn’t doing a GCSE

I went to school in Johannesburg in the 90s and one of our teachers repeatedly had a group of the geekier boys rounds to play Warhammer. We didn't have OFSTED either.

I'm beginning to think that one or two of my local secondaries could do with such an authority figure.

I don't think you can fiddle the mileometer by attaching a drill to the car wheel like her father does.

I think back when these things were much more mechanical, running a car in reverse made the milage drop (at least for some cars). Not sure whether you could have the same effect simply by turning the wheels the wrong way but maybe?

Don’t even get me started on grandpa joe 😡

Apparently it makes any rattles quieter

Clear benefit fraud going on there.

The man who discovers he’s not bedridden and is in fact perfectly able to walk for miles when what’s on offer is a day out at a sweet factory rather than putting caps on toothpaste tubes?😀

The DWP would have been on his arse for that one. And it was all over the papers! That man had no shame.

Never mind the DWP - can you imagine the response if Charlie's mum had posted on mumsnet?

Get a higher paying job, LTBs, go NC and hire a cleaner to help out around the house. Problem solved!

My ds just started school and the teachers do a home visit to every child.

Yeah but it was a different kind of time back then. And she knew Matilda was neglected, and adopted her at the end.

But they warn you first, right? You’re not in the middle of eating dinner and watching Get Sticky with Micky when they show up at your door! 😄

Same. I used to go home to play with the teacher's kids in the 80s. Safeguarding wasn't a thing.

With his obvious coke nail 🤮

What about Swallows and Amazons?
Letting 4 kids go off sailing on a big lake, no lifejackets and staying over night by themselves on an island.

Social services would be all over that.

But on the bright side, they're clearly trying to save on the bedroom tax