likansuk269 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > my oldest daughter goes to harris girls in east > Dulwich and from what she tells me its not exactly > a great school as I was led to believe,bullying is > rife,there are plenty of trouble maker kids in her > class who constantly disrupt lessons and don't > care about the consequences or the other > students...she is in her last year after the > summer holidays and to be honest I cannot see her > getting any useful exam passes, her homework is > very intermittent and when she does get it its > done in less that 15 mins,also they constantly > send texts to my wife and I saying she was late > and that she will get detention for it.99% of the > time its not true,(last week I got a letter saying > that she had her mobile confiscated for using it > in class.....what mobile was that then...it mut be > the invisible type or stealth model because ive > never seen it,as she don't have one due to her > misusing the one she used to have and running up > bills in excess of a ?100...LAST YEAR THE SCHOOL > WAS VISITED BY OFSTED AND THE WHOLE SCHOOLS > ATTITUDE CHANGED A FEW MONTHS PRIOR TO THIS,AS > SOON AS THEY HAD DONT THE REPORT THE SCHOOL WENT > BACK TO ITS OLD WAYS AND THE RULES THEY CHANGED > WERE SOON BACK TO HOW IT WAS BEFORE THE > VISIT........NICE 1 ...... my daughter is always > telling me just how bad she sees the > school.........I personally feel that the school > is failing her,this is not just harris girls,this > applies to my youngest daughters scool as well > HEBER junior ...she is nearly 10 and cannot do > simple ADD up sums,let alone subtraction,her times > tables she just cannot do,and > screams,cries,argues,and has tantrums every time > we her parents try and get here to do them,this is > a joke concidering I had a letter saying ' all > students in her year MUST know their times > tables,basic fractions and percentages,and reading > a 12 and 24 hour clock.....HOW CAN WE HELP HER IF > SHE IS NOT GETTING IT AT SCHOOL....I PERSONALLY > FEEL THAT THE MAJORITY OF SCHOOLS ARE FAILING OUR > CHILDREN IN EDUCATION.....BRING BACK THE WAYS I > WAS TAUGHT IN THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES ,so I > don't think another privately run school is a > great idea......I say bring back the state schools > ......I have no complaints about my education,even > though a few people have commented on my unusual > user name,which I have used for various things > since I can remember....at least its more original > than say paul jones or Dorothy....wow...they must > have taken ages to think of......rant over...... Same problem at HBAED, it's ridiculous, the rules don't make sense and the students are like any other teenagers (trouble maker ones) - Lord Harris thinks he got it all, his academies arnt that good
