Why? Because hundreds of schools have been closed due to snow that has prevented precisely no-one else in the area getting to work and has now almost entirely melted. However, teachers considered it too ‘dangerous’ to allow children to go to school, thus forcing god knows how many parents to either take the day off or work from home to look after their kids.
Teachers - like most in the public sector - really are idle, lying, workshy cùnts. :furious:
Health and safety, b. The parents are charging the gates with lawsuits if their kid so much as grazes a knee.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
That said, I am missing three staff today because of the ****ing schools....
Would never happen in "Europe", b ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Schools are hardly the only organisations in the country with a duty of care, are they, p? And yet they are the only ones closing. Hmmm. :rubchin:Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Also, how many independent schools are closed? Very few. And yet they also look after children and could potentially be liable.
You could also blame the traffic you usually experience on the middle class parents who choose to send their kids to superior schools that are a drive away, rather than settling for the one around the corner.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
I work in Enfield, m. I seriously doubt there are any ‘superior’ schools.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
THe other organisations arent full of kids, b. Unless the safety of our children isnt important to you? Hmm? Eh? Eh?Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Independent schools cant close- parents would ask for refunds.
Ahem- Excuse me!Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
I went to one of the top state schools in the country- in Enfield. Funnily enough, it is awash with kids from Muswell Hill, Highgate, the better parts of Finchley.
St Ignatius is ok, as is Southgate. The others are effectively borstals.
But - with respect - that was an awfully long time ago, wasn't it, p? :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
It's like me and Croydon. I was rather fond and defensive of the place when I grew up there. It's now a cesspit.
The safety of children is no more or less important to me than the safety of every other bugger. :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
It is still an outstanding school in every respect. And it still attracts kids from all over North London and over 3000 applicants a year. It isnt quite as good as when I was there, for obvious reasons :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
I dont know much about the others these days.
It's safer for kids in the snow. when you are a kid and fall over you get back up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
as I get older it takes longer to get up.
Fnarr fnarrQuote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
I cant believe you dont give a **** about kids.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
You monster.....
Whereabouts in Enfield do you work?
Just ask him for a date, you weird stalker.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
in Enfield? There are schools less than half-a-mile away from us which we've been told there's no point applying to as we don't live close enough.
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Originally Posted by Peter
Bush Hill Park. You could almost mistake it for civilisation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Ah.... never liked that part. As a rule I never went closer than Winchmore Hill if I could help it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
I think school's can decide their own catchment area- this one certainly can. They take pupils from every N postcode and most E postcodes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
Oh, and you have to pass the entrance exam and be good at maths, cricket or music (preferably all three).
Oh, no. It happens there all the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
According to my sons anyway :dubious:
Even more reason for making a show out of it by taking the day off of it, I'd say.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Indeed. A school nearby has been closed for two days. Several others in the town are all open. The reason. A hill leading up to the main school, which is within the school's land, is deemed too hazardous. The hill is really nothing to write home about and have none of these clowns heard of rock salt ? A call to the council perhaps ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Of course the decision to close the schools is made by the relevant Head or perhaps Government department at a local or perhaps national level, no decision regarding school closures is actually made by the teachers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
We had two days closure recently due to the storm Ophelia, wind essentially.
Head teachers are on a hiding to nothing, in the modern culture we live in if a child gets injured because the playground hadn't been cleared of forst/snow then the school would have a legal issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
In the olden days schools hardly ever shut as there was no social media to tell parents, so kids went to school, played in the snow and got on with it.