Another school stabbing- Embarrasing

[Netcurtainnelly]

https://news.sky.com/story/teenage-girl-stabbed-at-school-police-say-13517653

Total embarrassment now.
Is anyone ever going to get a grip on this?

Has anyone become nervous or their children about going to school?

There was one the other day too. Boy was injured.

It's absolutely awful but why is it embarrassing?

Embarrassing isn’t the word I’d use.

Embarrassing would not be my choice of words tbh.

If you think this is 'embarrassing' you need to have a word with yourself. It's not England going out of the World Cup in the first round ffs.

I think “fucking awful” or “devastating” would be my first choice of describing words

Embarrassing is not the right world

Embarrassing?!
More like horrifying in my opinion.

I, too, am confused abput ‘embarrassing’.
It’s really very rare, which is why it’s news - this doesn’t make it less terrible, obviously, but it’s not something anyone has lost a grip of. I started teaching in the late 80s. There have been infrequent stabbings and attempted stabbings throughout that time that I’ve heard of.

I think we have a parenting crisis in this country.

Embarrassing? I can only assume that English isn't your first language.

The thing is what was she stabed with? The article doesn't say. Kids will and can get hold of a lot of things that could be used to stab someone with. It could be anything from a sharpened pencil to a screwdriver.

I'd only be really concerned if they had obtained a knife or scaple (yes we use scaples in school for science) from school itself.

I wouldn't be embarrassed.

Yeah, agree that embarrassing is an odd choice of word.

I am not at all nervous about my child going to school and this incident doesn't change that in the slightest.

I hope the girl is not badly injured, the report says minor injuries which hopefully means a quick recovery at least physically.

I think the country has become an embarrassment over stabbings.

A good way of looking at it too.

Embarrassing? Do you mean upsetting?

Yes of course, that too.

Could you explain more by what you mean by “embarrassing” and how you think knife crime could be addressed?

I find it deeply disturbing that anyone's first response to this story would be one of embarrassment. What an odd way of looking at it.

I don't feel the need to swear .

Not shocked at all. We have a generation who have been raised to do as they please. There is punishment at home nor at school. We have made our children entitled. They truly believe nobody has the right to chastise them.

Perhaps @Netcurtainnelly means ‘shameful’. They’re similar words. It’s a disgrace that our DC are attacking each other in schools.

That said, when I was a teen 30-rrghum years ago, a friend’s arm was broken during an attack by bullies. Kids have always had the capacity for violence. We weren’t armed, though.

Oh good grief why is there such misunderstanding of the Op. Of course a stabbing of a school child is devastating and all the other words. It really doesn't need to be said and I'm sure that those were the FIRST thoughts that the poster had.

But this post is about the embarrassment that this country should have over these things happening. Although I would probably have used the word shame.

It’s not a problem unique to this generation though is it? I thought rates of stabbings were coming down. Maybe that’s just London.

I guess teachers are the one to ask. But schools seem much more chaotic than when I was in school 20+ years ago.

Definitely, and more teachers leaving.