now it sounds more horendous than the whole thing actually is - although i feel its horrendous.
boy goes to college (15yrold)one day a week. was washing out a tin that had been holding paint. the tin had a small amount of paint at the bottom.
teacher got son by scruff of front of t-shirt and had him up against the wall shouting " you takin the piss?"
lad said all the kids behing teach were laughing so he burst out laughing. lad said he wanted to hit him back. am i toldlad hes a good lad for not doing so.
lad has a college co-ordinator called Jenny. lad told jenny who is going to "sort it out"
now wouldn't you think this would be the first thing to greet me as i walked through the door.
i was home over an hour when i was told and i was told in a "guess what happened to me today" kind of way.
anyway - going to phone the college tomorrow. am sure there is a fuller story than this - come to think of it i'm the only one who seems appaulled by it.
on exclaiming my disbelief my youngest son slowly shook his head and said " oh dear they haven't met Northern parents yet!" i had to laugh.
i hate the thought that these kids are being treated like secod class citizens becuase they obviously on the "teach 'em some employment skills quick before they turn into complete dossers" course ( technical course name that!)
my son has an apprenticeship lined up and has done me proud around the whole working area actually - but the whole thing has pissed me off.
thoughts?
and BTW - i shit you not - i don't make this up!