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Frenzied attack on teachers

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howmuchdidyousay · 03/04/2010 18:35

Several weeks ago I started this thread about a scheme the school were introducing whweby children who had not been absent in the half term were entitled to non-uniform on the last day of the half term and those that had been absent had to wear school uniform.
Well, Thursday was the last day and several parents really lost the plot!.Yelling and jabbing their fingers at teachers in the playground and in the classroom.One young teacher was in tears and another I saw was penned into a corner by a furious parent and looked absolutely terrified.The children looked frightened and I think everyone was very shaken up.It really was horrible to witness.
Much as I think this was the most stupid, unfair,ill thought out idea I have ever come across in a school.And I well understand the parents reactrion, I am not sure that there can ever be justification for treating teachers like this.

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lowenergylightbulb · 04/04/2010 00:32

Not to mention the excellent GCSE's/O-Levels and A-Levels that we have to have....oh and the fact that we are all CRB cleared and that.

lowenergylightbulb · 04/04/2010 00:34

Quattro, making a piece of carpet fit an improbable space is very similar to teaching on many levels!!

LOL again @ Tether - I think that I love you!!

Quattrocento · 04/04/2010 00:38

You can join the tethers appreciation society. I am a founder member. Entrance to the society is free but terms and conditions apply.

princessparty · 04/04/2010 00:38

And the fact that most of you don't understand piss-easy maths !

Quattrocento · 04/04/2010 00:40

Mathematical skills are not required for the Tethers Appreciation Society.

You are required to have a keen sence of irony though ...

Quattrocento · 04/04/2010 00:43

sense

lowenergylightbulb · 04/04/2010 00:49

I haz irny but no maffs

tethersend · 04/04/2010 00:54

Can I join?

titch7069 · 04/04/2010 05:37

Princess being in 'loco parentis' involves a signed legal contract between parent and school. This is a matter of course for boarding schools, is it now the case that state schools do this? I don't think so, the state schools are not in 'loco parentis' they are not there to parent our children, that is our job. This is now the problem, people have children, expect the state to pay for them & the schools to parent them, and then scream because it isn't being done the way they want. Meanwhile those who do parent their childen get pissed off that the state and the school are interfering. Poor teachers they are stuck in the middle and blamed for all.

tethersend · 04/04/2010 09:32

No titch, state school teachers also have a duty of care and act in loco parentis, by virtue of the nature of the job.

This term has legal implications and no written contract needs to be drawn up; more information here. Interestingly, you are acting in loco parentis even if your DC has a friend round to play.

titch7069 · 04/04/2010 09:38

tethersend, i thank god i no longer live in the uk and don't have to deal with this c**p on a daily basis and i feel for those that do, here we have zero interference in our daily life and there are no rules on how to bring up our children. downside is i have to teach the little monkey's myself as well as run a business.

Phoenix4725 · 04/04/2010 09:53

the behaviour of the parents no exscuse for that especially in front of children

But the policy yes I would been far from happy and since ds has medical appointkments i would have sent him in non uniform and would been end of
oh bar letter worded to the govenors and the H/t copied to the Lea reminind them about discrimination

tethersend · 04/04/2010 09:57

Are you on a desert island, titch?

titch7069 · 04/04/2010 10:00

yep, i live here www.mafiaislandtz.com

tethersend · 04/04/2010 10:02

Nice this time of year?

titch7069 · 04/04/2010 10:54

wet! rainy season has started

tethersend · 04/04/2010 11:07

How did you end up there if you don't mind me asking?

Goblinchild · 04/04/2010 11:27

'It started me thinking about jobs and what were and were not professions.'

Surely we all know what the oldest profession is?

titch7069 · 04/04/2010 12:16

tethersend, t'was a combination of a sense of adventure and incredible stupidity......

tethersend · 04/04/2010 17:24

I am in awe.

titch7069 · 04/04/2010 17:30

of what?

tethersend · 04/04/2010 17:40

Of throwing it all up in the air and moving somewhere remote... that takes guts.

titch7069 · 04/04/2010 17:44

nah, like i said, stupidity,but it does look like it might start to pay off from this year. but even if it doesn't, we've had an amazing adventure and at least we won't look back in 20 yrs and say 'if only' :-) mind you if there are any recently qualified teachers out there that fancy living on a beach for a year, not well paid, but board and lodging included, get in touch!

MrsVidic · 04/04/2010 17:53

The absentee policy was ridiculous.

Yet the parents reaction was simply unacceptable. What a good lesson to teach their children in communication/ bullying and dealing with authority figures. The parents have undermined the teachers now and the sad thing is the people who will suffer most will be their children.

OrmRenewed · 04/04/2010 22:12

How do you deal with the parents who can't be arsed to take their children to school when they are feeling a bit under the weather/have a hangover/it's raining? Who basically treat school as an optional extra?

Yes there are children with health issues that make life very hard, but not that many. And for every one who really can't get to school, there are several who can but don't.

That is a problem that needs tackling. Maybe schemes of this sort are ill-thought out and heavy-handed but it gives the right emphasis IMO.

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