Truancy and the Curry Club

[Mick Mac]

Just heard on Radio5 that to deal with truancy, Glenfield Infants school in Southampton, is offering parents a free curry voucher in return for their children attending school.

Is this not a school that is rewarding parents for purely meeting their legal obligation. This is surely bad parenting being rewarded by poor logic from poor schools.

Management of children seems to go from bad to worse. When I was at school, our school had big walls round the outside and you had zero chance of either getting out or being allowed out during the school day.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Poor show Mick Mac. It's every school child's duty to tunnel out or at least build a glider in the fourth floor art room.

[bigbadwolf]

It's a sad story isn't it Mick Mac. Todays state schools just seem to be a stable of wasters for Jeremy Kyle.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Bring back the c...!

[Mick Mac]

My Dad taught at my school PGC - no can do for me I'm afraid or I'd have been toast.

[Mick Mac]

BBW - I found out only recently that kids were allowed out of the school grounds in lunchtime to do pretty much whatever they want - if you let them out halfway through the day its not surprising some of them prefer not to come back. Lock them in from 9am tp 3pm I think.

[bigbadwolf]

Mick - I agree entirely. School should be a place where the teachers are in charge and not having to constantly compromise with it's pupils. When I was at school (I left secondary in 2000) it went like this;

"Sir/Miss I need to leave school at lunchtime to go home."

"Do you have a note from your parents or any consent from a member of staff to leave the school grounds?"

"No."

"Then you will remain on the school grounds until it's time to go home."

I know I slag off the Irish a tiny bit but I count myself lucky to have had a strict but fair/decent Irish headmaster who knew when I was up to something. Peter Walsh, Forest hill boys. He's retired but I'll never forget him and I saw him in Forest hill last month and I still called him Sir.

[Mick Mac]

And more to the point, what did he call you BBW? Or did he just run away?

[bigbadwolf]

He called me by my first name. He remembers all of his flock past and present and he even asked after my brothers. When he was sworn in as headmaster when I was 13 he openly cried on stage but the school thought nothing less of him and the applause was literally deafening.

He wouldn't run away from me and whenever I bump into him I still feel as though I'm in uniform.

[Horsebox]

bigbadwolf Wrote:

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> He called me by my first name. He remembers all of

> his flock past and present and he even asked after

> my brothers. When he was sworn in as headmaster

> when I was 13 he openly cried on stage but the

> school thought nothing less of him and the

> applause was literally deafening.

>

> He wouldn't run away from me and whenever I bump

> into him I still feel as though I'm in uniform.

What kind of uniform?

A wolf in Sheep's clothing?

[bigbadwolf]

No Horsebox...he was the wolf in sheeps clothing, make no mistake.

[Horsebox]

Kinky.

Did you go to a public school?

[Mick Mac]

You are getting sentimental again BBW. My school had a headmistess, Sister Sheila, jeez she was a tough one. Not to be messed with.

My Dad was a teacher and in general he had the respect of most pupils - Its interesting when you leave school and bump into an old teacher, it seems they treat you as equal after you leave school, yet you feel the need to look up to them anyway, because you always did when you were at school.

Its good to see you respect your old head BBW. He sounds like an old Mr Chips.

[bigbadwolf]

"Did you go to a public school?"

Are you taking the piss Horsebox? When on earth would a public school have a bogman in charge!

Bloody cheek!

[Mick Mac]

Very good BBW - if you keep this up, we will ban you from drinking the black stuff.

[????]

yet more evidence that in his own manor BBW is a forum goody goody and teacher's pet

[bigbadwolf]

You'll be shocked to know that I was even a Prefect Quids. I was also on the inter-house Rugby and Cricket teams, never made it to the school teams though...far too clever for my own good.

[????]

Communion boy and Duke of Edinbrugh Award?

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Should think you were more the ScottBrough Award!

[bigbadwolf]

Neither I'm afraid Quids. I did get awarded the George Cross on a technicality though.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Blimey! That's impressive.

My hero!

[antijen]

Things have definitely changed since I was at school, couple of my teachers used to give me money to leave.

[Mick Mac]

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote:

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> Blimey! That's impressive.

>

> My hero!

Dont encourage him PGC, all of this is completely unsubstantiated. I suspect he dreamt the whole thing.

Bogman indeed.

[bigbadwolf]

Is that all they gave you money for eh Jen? No extra curricular perks or anything like that?

[antijen]

Funny enough bbw it was all male teachers, probably the tattoo sessions I set up at the back of the class, seemingly put people off learning.

[Strawbs]

I never played truant (or wagged as we call it in oz) besides the fact that my school would have brought the roof down upon me (strict catholic schooling my whole life) my mother would have made my life a living hell.. Twas far easier just to buck up and head to school every day..

I find it shocking that these kind of schemes even merit any thought..