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Topic Started: Jan 2 2009, 10:17 AM (15,550 Views)
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stradlin24,Feb 3 2009
12:58 PM
The bottom line is that schools are shut, that’s the bottom line…

Everyone else can make it in too work apart from those that come under a LEA because they told them not to go

. Is this what I pay my taxes for? Will I get a rebate?? Yeah right! It stinks. What a load of complete bullsh*t.

I’m sorry, this is no offence to teachers but the whole system is a complete shambles. I’m paying for these people to sit on their arse, what if I don’t pay, will the government accept that. No, I don’t think so…

Hope they enjoy my money, once again the working man has to pay so the elite can do sweet F.A

I’m going out now into the freezing cold to check on my lads and do some column testing

It’s work so I wouldn’t expect you all to understand

Since when have teachers, LSA's, School Matrons etc been part of the elite????? <doh>
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stradlin24,Feb 3 2009
11:58 AM
The bottom line is that schools are shut, that’s the bottom line…

Everyone else can make it in too work apart from those that come under a LEA because they told them not to go

. Is this what I pay my taxes for? Will I get a rebate?? Yeah right! It stinks. What a load of complete bullsh*t.

I’m sorry, this is no offence to teachers but the whole system is a complete shambles. I’m paying for these people to sit on their arse, what if I don’t pay, will the government accept that. No, I don’t think so…

Hope they enjoy my money, once again the working man has to pay so the elite can do sweet F.A


Hang on, I think you're being a bit harsh here.

The LEAs have closed schools for, from what I can gather, health and safety reasons. This, I believe, is to ensure that schoolkids don't spend all day in cold classrooms, or risk falling over in the playground and injuring themselves. Should kids injure themselves, the school runs the risk of the parents suing the school, which would involve costly legal fees, and ultimately compensation.

Where would the money for these legal fees and compensation come from? Your taxes. Therefore, is it not better off that the LEAs decide to not send their pupils and staff to the schools or sending the pupils to the schools, but run the risk of costly legal action (coming from the taxpayers) if things go wrong? From my point of view, I can see it makes perfect sense.

stradlin24,Feb 3 2009
11:58 AM
I’m going out now into the freezing cold to check on my lads and do some column testing

It’s work so I wouldn’t expect you all to understand


Funnily enough, I too am at work, hence I understand what work is. In fact, this afternoon, I shall also go out in the cold to help install equipment.
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Lord Tau,Feb 3 2009
12:06 PM
The LEAs have closed schools for, from what I can gather, health and safety reasons. This, I believe, is to ensure that schoolkids don't spend all day in cold classrooms, or risk falling over in the playground and injuring themselves. Should kids injure themselves, the school runs the risk of the parents suing the school, which would involve costly legal fees, and ultimately compensation.

Cold classrooms? Heating.
Falling over? Grit.
Parents suing? Tell them to sod off if thew above was carried out.
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Isn't it sad that the American 'blame and sue' culture has reached such epidemic proportions that schools are afraid to open because of a few inches of snow? All you need to do is put up a sign outside the school saying "Warning, slippery surfaces, take care!" and make a concerted effort to keep the main access points and playgrounds clear to avoid the possible risk of being sued for negligence. I used to go to school in the snow, we threw snowballs, made igloos and had great fun, even had snowball fights with the teachers. Did anyone get sued? Did they b*ll*cks, we had fun. I even had to walk home (two miles) next to one of the busiest roads in Sussex (A29). These days the cotton wool and laywers culture makes me sick.
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u4coffee,Feb 3 2009
12:01 PM
It’s work so I wouldn’t expect you all to understand

Since when have teachers, LSA's, School Matrons etc been part of the elite????? <doh> [/QUOTE]
Well, they get months of holiday every year, and I only get a few weeks, so they must be far more elite than me.... lol
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Norbert,Feb 3 2009
12:08 PM
Lord Tau,Feb 3 2009
12:06 PM
The LEAs have closed schools for, from what I can gather, health and safety reasons. This, I believe, is to ensure that schoolkids don't spend all day in cold classrooms, or risk falling over in the playground and injuring themselves. Should kids injure themselves, the school runs the risk of the parents suing the school, which would involve costly legal fees, and ultimately compensation.

Cold classrooms? Heating.
Falling over? Grit.
Parents suing? Tell them to sod off if thew above was carried out.

You know, in this day and age, telling somebody to "sod off" is probably harassment or infringement on their human rights.... <dunce>
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Probably. Let's face it, teachers aren't even allowed to tell off kids in case it hurts their feelings....

<roflmao>
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Norbert,Feb 3 2009
12:18 PM
Probably. Let's face it, teachers aren't even allowed to tell off kids in case it hurts their feelings....

<roflmao>

Or use a red pen in marking homework for the same reason. <doh>






I don't know exactly how many of these stories are true, to be fair.
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Bring back the birch. That'll get them some discipline. <devil>
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Lord Tau,Feb 3 2009
12:23 PM
Norbert,Feb 3 2009
12:18 PM
Probably.  Let's face it, teachers aren't even allowed to tell off kids in case it hurts their feelings....

<roflmao>

Or use a red pen in marking homework for the same reason. <doh>






I don't know exactly how many of these stories are true, to be fair.

Probably most of them - you can't say anything to them tbh.

I got a complaint from a parent for not sending her child home when he'd said he was ill.

He looked fine and had waited till the end of the hrs lunch break to tell me he felt sick after eating a pizza, choc bar and a cake!!! I told him to eat more sensibly in future and to get on with it and go to the last lesson!

Apparently I'd upset him by telling him to 'Get on with it' <doh>
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Lord Tau,Feb 3 2009
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Norbert,Feb 3 2009
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Probably.  Let's face it, teachers aren't even allowed to tell off kids in case it hurts their feelings....

<roflmao>

Or use a red pen in marking homework for the same reason. <doh>






I don't know exactly how many of these stories are true, to be fair.

Probably most of them - you can't say anything to them tbh.

I got a complaint from a parent for not sending her child home when he'd said he was ill.

He looked fine and had waited till the end of the hrs lunch break to tell me he felt sick after eating a pizza, choc bar and a cake!!! I told him to eat more sensibly in future and to get on with it and go to the last lesson!

Apparently I'd upset him by telling him to 'Get on with it' <doh>

You should have sent him to the school nurse and have him threatened with a nasty injection. It is amazing how quick kids get better when they hear about frightening treatments.
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fordprefect,Feb 3 2009
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Probably most of them - you can't say anything to them tbh.

I got a complaint from a parent for not sending her child home when he'd said he was ill.

He looked fine and had waited till the end of the hrs lunch break to tell me he felt sick after eating a pizza, choc bar and a cake!!!  I told him to eat more sensibly in future and to get on with it and go to the last lesson!

Apparently I'd upset him by telling him to 'Get on with it' <doh>

You should have sent him to the school nurse and have him threatened with a nasty injection. It is amazing how quick kids get better when they hear about frightening treatments.

I am the School Nurse - well Matron if you want to us my official title <roflmao>

Trust me what I really wanted to say to him would have upset him far more!!!

They all need to grow a back bone - they turn up for plasters for tiny cuts, wanting me to magically stop there bruised legs hurting when they've fallen over and cure all their ills!

They wander into my office saying...Miss I need to go home...I've got a headache - so I just reply 'Get in line - So do I' <roflmao> <roflmao>
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All the buses (well, one of the two companies here) have just been suspended due to 'icy roads'. Yet, the roads don't look icy, and the weather is better now than it was a few hours back.... idle buggers!! There's an amusing queue of buses a little way away from the office wondering whether or not to bother going to Poole, quite why people are still sat on them after an hour is beyond me!
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fordprefect,Feb 3 2009
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Probably most of them - you can't say anything to them tbh.

I got a complaint from a parent for not sending her child home when he'd said he was ill.

He looked fine and had waited till the end of the hrs lunch break to tell me he felt sick after eating a pizza, choc bar and a cake!!!  I told him to eat more sensibly in future and to get on with it and go to the last lesson!

Apparently I'd upset him by telling him to 'Get on with it' <doh>

You should have sent him to the school nurse and have him threatened with a nasty injection. It is amazing how quick kids get better when they hear about frightening treatments.

I am the School Nurse - well Matron if you want to us my official title <roflmao>

Trust me what I really wanted to say to him would have upset him far more!!!

They all need to grow a back bone - they turn up for plasters for tiny cuts, wanting me to magically stop there bruised legs hurting when they've fallen over and cure all their ills!

They wander into my office saying...Miss I need to go home...I've got a headache - so I just reply 'Get in line - So do I' <roflmao> <roflmao>

Sorry, I thought you were a teacher. <doh>

I tell you what, I'm suprise that sports haven't been phased out in schools because of fears of injury. In my day, I played rugby (in the loosest sense of the word, I was pretty crap) and we dealt with injuries if they happened. In fact one of the lads managed to put a finger through the teachers eyelid. I didn't know there was so much blood in them things.

I only ever really had to visit the first aider (we didn't seem to have a full time nurse) because I was prone to chronic indigestion, and only then for a Rennie, though I was once sent home with the flu.
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Norbert,Feb 3 2009
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All the buses (well, one of the two companies here) have just been suspended due to 'icy roads'.  Yet, the roads don't look icy, and the weather is better now than it was a few hours back.... idle buggers!!  There's an amusing queue of buses a little way away from the office wondering whether or not to bother going to Poole, quite why people are still sat on them after an hour is beyond me!

I once beat the bus across Leeds city centre when I got off and walked because it was stuck in traffic and I was late for my train.
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