P.C. gone mad...AGAIN!

[wunt be druv]

My son,11, came home from school yesterday,a bit upset and confused,when I asked him what the matter was he replied that he had been told off by two of the teachers and had 20mins. golden time taken away (this is free time at the end of the week to play on computers etc..) It turns out that during a football match he was playing in,he kept scoring goals and subsequently had been told not to as it was unsporting and he should have been giving the other team more of a chance! I just don`t know what to say,needless to say I am going up the School to see the Headmistress to find out what the f*** is going on,but,what chance does this country stand if this is the type of total bollocks of an education our kids are receiving.No wonder the Country is in such a f***ing mess!!

 

[Dowling93]

Sign him up! but on a serious note that is bloody stupid

 

[Badger]

Could do a job?

 

[Acker79]

Political Correctness - A term often bandied about on here..

 

[Reinelt12]

My son,11, came home from school yesterday,a bit upset and confused,when I asked him what the matter was he replied that he had been told off by two of the teachers and had 20mins. golden time taken away (this is free time at the end of the week to play on computers etc..) It turns out that during a football match he was playing in,he kept scoring goals and subsequently had been told not to as it was unsporting and he should have been giving the other team more of a chance! I just don`t know what to say,needless to say I am going up the School to see the Headmistress to find out what the f*** is going on,but,what chance does this country stand if this is the type of total bollocks of an education our kids are receiving.No wonder the Country is in such a f***ing mess!!

Thats like the sports day at my sons school where there are no winners, and they won't correct every spelling mistake on any piece of work (because it would knock their confidence) - so instead they think lose is spelt like loose etc.

 

[Randsta]

Is that what we have been doing, giving the rest of the teams a chance?

 

[BHAFC_Pandapops]

Oh, I don't know...why can't they have another chance..it's a funny thing called competition.

On second thought, it's not related, but when my brother was in primary school, he played in goal for the school team, and at training they used to play against themselves. My brother never let a goal in and some chavvy burk kicked the shit out of him for not letting him score. I can't understand the logic of some of these people.

 

[Medwayseagull]

Are you sure the teachers weren't guest coaches for us on Tuesday?

 

[Chesney Christ]

Err, yeah.

I should probably let you know at this point that it has been known for 11 year olds to bend the truth SLIGHTLY. I am guessing that there may be more to this story than.... your son got detention for scoring goals.

When did the culture change in this country where every parent started believing every single syllable their child uttered, and when did we start taking their word over the authority figures paid to keep them in line?

 

[keaton]

What's this got to do with Political Correctness then?

 

[Bold Seagull]

That's like the sports day at my sons school where there are no winners, and they won't correct every spelling mistake on any piece of work (because it would knock their confidence) - so instead they think lose is spelt like loose etc.

If we are correcting all spelling and grammatical errors.

 

[Reinelt12]

If we are correcting all spelling and grammatical errors.

Thank you - fully deserved...

 

[wunt be druv]

Err, yeah.

I should probably let you know at this point that it has been known for 11 year olds to bend the truth SLIGHTLY. I am guessing that there may be more to this story than.... your son got detention for scoring goals.

When did the culture change in this country where every parent started believing every single syllable their child uttered, and when did we start taking their word over the authority figures paid to keep them in line?

I think I know when my son is lying,just as I do when he is genuinely upset by something,I also know some of the P.C. teachers at his school and this incident is just one of many similar ones experienced by other parents.

 

[Gwylan]

Err, yeah.

I should probably let you know at this point that it has been known for 11 year olds to bend the truth SLIGHTLY. I am guessing that there may be more to this story than.... your son got detention for scoring goals.

When did the culture change in this country where every parent started believing every single syllable their child uttered, and when did we start taking their word over the authority figures paid to keep them in line?

This. The never-ending set of excuses that we produced for not finishing our homework were mini-masterpieces. I don't think anyone was abducted by aliens but that was about the only thing that didn't happen.

I take with a pinch of salt, everything my kids tell me about school.

What's more scandalous in my mind is that if the kids want to do football at school then the parents have to pay extra - that's something that wouldn't have happened 30 or 40 years ago. When did that come in?

 

[Lady Whistledown]

I think I know when my son is lying,just as I do when he is genuinely upset by something,I also know some of the P.C. teachers at his school and this incident is just one of many similar ones experienced by other parents.

To be fair, I don't think the guy was suggesting your boy was lying, merely that there may be slightly more to it than he's told you, that's all.

 

[Hillian1]

I think I know when my son is lying,just as I do when he is genuinely upset by something,I also know some of the P.C. teachers at his school and this incident is just one of many similar ones experienced by other parents.

Would be interesting to hear the schools version of events after your visit.

It does seem a little far fetched but in this day and age, who knows.

 

[Bold Seagull]

I think I know when my son is lying,just as I do when he is genuinely upset by something,I also know some of the P.C. teachers at his school and this incident is just one of many similar ones experienced by other parents.

I don't think anyone was suggesting your son was lying, but if you fully understand the mind of a 11 yr old, you need to write a book as you will make a lot of money, and help an awful lot of parents, and awful lot! I'd suggest keeping an open mind prior to charging down the school, could well be a perfectly acceptable explanation.

 

[glasfryn]

when my son was playing for his school at left back the match had gone on a while without a goal so he moved up and scored a cracker only to be taken off for not playing in his little defensive square at left back the same teacher then took him off the cricket field for first bowling with both arms and then changing his stance from left to right when batting.

was this ungentlemanly conduct or just using the brain he was born with

 

[Storer 68]

the same teacher then took him off the cricket field for first bowling with both arms and then changing his stance from left to right when batting.

was this ungentlemanly conduct or just using the brain he was born with

If he did not tell the umpire first about the change, then that is not allowed and the teacher was correct to do it..........

 

[glasfryn]

If he did not tell the umpire first about the change, then that is not allowed and the teacher was correct to do it..........

Umpire ................what umpire?