In message , Graham P Davis
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"keith w" wrote in message
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i remember a long thread in 1998 with the anally retentive head of
Erith school saying may god daughter couldn't wear trousers in
winter....

When I was about 10 years old I was sent home from school in a raging
blizzard because my mum had insisted I wear trousers rather than a skirt
and ankle socks. I thought things had improved since those days. Evidently
not. (My mum didn't let me go back until the weather improved, and you can
imagine how furious she was that they made me walk home alone in a howling
blizzard!)



A few years ago, a school here sent a pupil home for wearing a white cotton
shirt instead of a white polyester shirt.

I'm astonished the teacher could tell the difference!


--
Surfer!
Email to: ramwater at uk2 dot net

Surfer! wrote:

In message , Graham P Davis
writes


A few years ago, a school here sent a pupil home for wearing a white
cotton shirt instead of a white polyester shirt.

I'm astonished the teacher could tell the difference!


If it was weather like this, he was probably the only child in the school
not drenched in sweat.

--
Graham Davis
Bracknell

Graham P Davis wrote:
Surfer! wrote:

In message , Graham P Davis
writes


A few years ago, a school here sent a pupil home for wearing a white
cotton shirt instead of a white polyester shirt.

I'm astonished the teacher could tell the difference!


If it was weather like this, he was probably the only child in the school
not drenched in sweat.

--
Graham Davis
Bracknell

There is something badly wrong with the education system if little
hitlers are imposing such stupid, petty regulations. A girl is cut
across the face by another with a razor blade, children are allegedly
taking knives to school and someone gets a detention for having their
top button undone in temperatures of 29/30C?

It really does beggar belief.

wrote in message
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There is something badly wrong with the education system if little
hitlers are imposing such stupid, petty regulations. A girl is cut
across the face by another with a razor blade, children are allegedly
taking knives to school and someone gets a detention for having their
top button undone in temperatures of 29/30C?

It's like they've given up tackling al the really important stuff and
are content with satisfying themselves with some illusion of
authority with these petty rules.

Col
--
Bolton, Lancashire.
160m asl.

wrote:


Graham P Davis wrote:
Surfer! wrote:

In message , Graham P Davis
writes


A few years ago, a school here sent a pupil home for wearing a white
cotton shirt instead of a white polyester shirt.

I'm astonished the teacher could tell the difference!


If it was weather like this, he was probably the only child in the school
not drenched in sweat.

--
Graham Davis
Bracknell

There is something badly wrong with the education system if little
hitlers are imposing such stupid, petty regulations. A girl is cut
across the face by another with a razor blade, children are allegedly
taking knives to school and someone gets a detention for having their
top button undone in temperatures of 29/30C?

It really does beggar belief.

My first reaction when I heard that 40% of children took knives to school
was "only 40%?". I presume the figures are for knives classified as
offensive weapons though I've heard no-one make the distinction. Fifty
years ago, nearly all of us took knives to school but these were mainly
penknives. I also used to take a razor-blade with me - one of the old
Ever-Ready single-edged sort. These were essential tools for school, the
same as pens, pencils, dividers, compasses, etc.

--
Graham Davis
Bracknell