Haberdashers

[Earl Aelfheah]

If you support the creation of a new secondary school in East Dulwich, sign up here:

http://www.haaf.org.uk/New-East-Dulwich-Secondary-School-1

[edcam]

Encouraging ghastly children? No thanks.

[Earl Aelfheah]

I'm not sure that schools encourage children to exist as such.

[Zebedee Tring]

Why are children who go to a Haberdashers school automatically "ghastly"? We know several ex Haberdashers pupils who are perfectly nice and normal people. They were educated at a state school, not Eton or (dare I say it) Dulwich College.

[Millhaven]

An interesting concept. Perhaps hospitals encourage ghastly patients?

[edcam]

Zebedee Tring Wrote:

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> Why are children who go to a Haberdashers school

> automatically "ghastly"? We know several ex

> Haberdashers pupils who are perfectly nice and

> normal people. They were educated at a state

> school, not Eton or (dare I say it) Dulwich

> College.

Who said it's just Haberdashers children that are ghastly.

[Vik]

Apart from the fact there are several threads on this in the Family Room, don't forget Charter are also in the running.

http://www.charter.southwark.sch.uk/news/?pid=3&nid=6&storyid=168

[Zebedee Tring]

Edcam, you were the person who used the words "encouraging ghastly children" on a thread entitled "Haberdashers". It was therefore understandable that I commented on this.

Or would you like school children to be like the impeccably behaved children at the former William Penn School, if you can remember back that far?

[edcam]

Zebedee Tring Wrote:

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> are ghastly >

>

> Edcam, you were the person who used the words

> "encouraging ghastly children" on a thread

> entitled "Haberdashers". It was therefore

> understandable that I commented on this.

>

> Or would you like school children to be like the

> impeccably behaved children at the former William

> Penn School, if you can remember back that far?

I have no idea what William Penn school is or was but I bet those children were also ghastly.

[Zebedee Tring]

Edcam, since you are clearly a youngster and have no idea what William Penn school is or was, my ironic comment was lost on you.

Perhaps you could let us know the category of children whom you do not regard as "ghastly". Or are ALL children ghastly in your humble opinion?

[edcam]

Zebedee Tring Wrote:

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> Edcam, since you are clearly a youngster and have

> no idea what William Penn school is or was, my

> ironic comment was lost on you.

>

> Perhaps you could let us know the category of

> children whom you do not regard as "ghastly". Or

> are ALL children ghastly in your humble opinion?

All. Obviously.

[Zebedee Tring]

What about all those children who will grow up and pay taxes so that you can receive your pension and other benefits and be cared for when you become old and grey?

[edcam]

Oh I don't mind them so much when they're grown up (although many are still ghastly.)

[Rolo Tomasi]

I went to William Penn and yes sometimes we were ghastly.

[cordsm]

Weren't Haberdashers in the news a few days ago for having had ?4m embezzled by one of their accountants?