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Rules for Secondary School

42 replies

MrsJAlfredPrufrock · 07/02/2012 17:58

If you were starting a new state secondary school from scratch and you were only allowed 3 school rules what would they be?

Mine would be:

Be civil.
Be on time.
Be well groomed.

OP posts:
corlan · 07/02/2012 18:07
  1. Put your phone away.
  2. Bring a pen to class.
  3. Don't call me 'Blood'.
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MrsJAlfredPrufrock · 07/02/2012 18:11

corlan - Big LOL at 'don't call me blood'

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TheOriginalSteamingNit · 07/02/2012 18:12

Yours sound fine, because everything I can think of basically comes under 'be civil' anyway!

Clary · 07/02/2012 19:45

YY bring a pen to class.

Don't throw paper aeroplanes.

But your blooing phone away. Please.

But yours are better really Mrs J. And also LOL @ don't call me Blood. No one calls me that thank goodness.

Clary · 07/02/2012 19:45

Gah, put not but the phone away, obv.

ShagOBite · 07/02/2012 19:47

Be respectful.

That's all.

Sparklingbrook · 07/02/2012 19:50

No phones allowed.
Have respect
Wear a coat if it's cold.

BrigitBigKnickers · 07/02/2012 19:51

Work to the best of your ability
Be respectful
Smile.

Dee03 · 07/02/2012 19:54

I thought it was 'blud' Grin
(but I may have got that wrong) lol

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MrsJAlfredPrufrock · 07/02/2012 19:54

Sparklingbrook - LOL at wear a coat. Grin Does that really matter?

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MigratingCoconuts · 07/02/2012 19:54

Grin at 'don't call me blood'

Sparklingbrook · 07/02/2012 19:57

OOh yes Alfred. This morning I did not see a single secondary school child in a coat at Ds's school. Tis not cool. Hmm DS wears gloves though so that's good.

seeker · 07/02/2012 20:01

The same as the rules we hqve qt home

Don't be a dingbat.
Keep calm qnd carry on (we hqd that bforenit became ubiquitous)
It's good to know stuff.

That covers everything. Oh, except possibly being well groomed- but I'm not so both about that one.

LaurieFairyCake · 07/02/2012 20:03
  1. don't interpret school uniform, you look like an eejit
  1. No electronic devices - and don't pretend you have any - you look like an eejit
  1. Stay vertical - horizontal poncing or any sort of weird swaggering which causes you to fall about in some fake gangsta way makes you look like an eejit
Denj33 · 07/02/2012 20:05

Of course they don't wear coats, I'm lucky if mine wear gloves and 14 y/I DD wears ballet pumps whatever the weather including snow

Lol @ don't call me blood, can I also add to the list of things not to call me- cuz or fam......why? Are we related? Do I even know you?

And another thing I hate-the use of the word link, as in "I'll link you later cuz"
What? What?

Oh god I sound like my mother in law

MrsWembley · 07/02/2012 20:06

Ah, now, you see 'be civil' and all that sort of stuff is great but teenagers just let kind of thing wash over them. They need specifics.

Always have a pen is a good one. (I would buy a big tub of biros at the beginning of the year and they would be gone before half-term. This would also stop the awkward buggers trying to 'borrow' off a mate. Soooo many arguments caused.Hmm)

Do not argue with the teacher, unless he/she has told you that is the object if the exercise. (So much time is wasted in lessons with one disruptive child starting up and his/her groupies following like bloody sheep.Angry)

Always have an answer, no matter how daft you think you might sound. (Some kids are so scared of being wrong/laughed at that they don't even try, or they wait for the bright kid to answer and then copy. I can't count the number of times I've had put up with 'don't know, Miss' or even silence. I love saying 'well done for trying'. If the answer given is not what I was looking for, I always used to say things like 'I like the way you've thought about that' or 'that's a lovely way of looking at it'. It does help that my subject's English, so there is frequently no 'right' answer.Wink)

Denj33 · 07/02/2012 20:07

No (fake) Gucci belts
No blackberry messenger whilst the teacher is talking
And no "nutmeg rush" which is apparently 13 y/o boys in a crowd chasing after 1 person in the playground( pls don't ask what they do when they catch him cos I don't know)

Sparklingbrook · 07/02/2012 20:08

Keep track of your belongings at all times. Angry

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MrsJAlfredPrufrock · 07/02/2012 20:16

Isn't it much better to have positive directions. NO this NO that is really awful.

I went to see a sec school in my town with DS when he was 10 and it was nothing but rules: DO NOT STAND HERE, NO LOITERING, NO RUNNING, NO TALKING IN THIS CORRIDOR, NO TALKING IN THIS CORRIDOR EITHER, DO NOT LEAVES BAGS IN THIS AREA etc. it was awful.

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Denj33 · 07/02/2012 20:23

So what would you rather they said?

Positive messages are great but if something is not allowed like no phones how would you like the school to express that?

Levantine · 07/02/2012 20:27

Lol at nutmeg rush. Wtf?

LaurieFairyCake · 07/02/2012 20:29

LOL at 'positive messages'

'Have a nice day' 'Don't worry be happy' 'No one ever died wishing they'd worked harder'

Is that the sort of thing you mean?

Denj33 · 07/02/2012 20:30

No idea, got an email from DS school about how it was not allowed in school, asked DS what it meant but still don't know what they do with the person of they catch them?

Thought it sounded a bit pointless really but most 13 y/o boys not know for imagination

Would love to know why it's called nutmeg rush tho :)

BornToBeRiled · 07/02/2012 20:30

Bring a pen, and also a ruler on a good day! Would save a lot of gagging and time wasting.

Be nice, not just to your mates.

Try a bit!

Levantine · 07/02/2012 20:32

They have those sorts of things written in the whiteboard in my local tube station Laurie Grin

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