From the sounds of things the visit took most of the staff and the students by complete surprise. Of course that was all carefully stage-managed for the news item. I think its pretty embarrassing to put the students in that situation to be honest. We are teaching them to blindly bow down to political authority. I know that the students at Kingsdale are bright and discerning and yet they did not seem to be given the chance to do anything other than ogle at a celebrity! As a parent I am furious and now feel that Kingsdale has declared its colours with even more pride than when they jumped on the dubious-academy bandwagon! I sincerely hope that, in the next copy of the school newsletter, the students are given the opportunity to debate the positive presence of their esteemed visitor. That is what I would recognise as education.
