One of my kids starts high school next term and I was at the induction evening. We had to fill in some forms and I was a little shocked to see how things had changed. Bearing in mind i have 2 kids at that school and had been to 2 induction evenings before and filled in forms, I was a little saddened with how things seem to have changed. In a nutshell it was the form that asked for parental/doctor/emergency contact details, in particular the parental bit. It wasnt simply 'parents' or mum and dad as in the past. This time it was quite a substantial section and asked questions like who do you live with are your parents together etc etc Anyway it just bought home to me how 'broken' we have become as a society and what was once the exception is now the norm. It took questions on a form to bring it home
Well given that you got booted out of the teaching profession for spying on kids in the showers then it's no wonder that so many questions are asked these days
I'm glad the school system have finally moved with the times. It shows they're sensitive to the feelings of those with a less traditional family circumstance by providing more options in regards to parental figures . How can that be a bad thing? please log in to view this image
He has a point though, for the first time for sure. On a need to know basis, why the hell does a school have to know the status of a child's parental circumstances. They need to concentrate on actually teaching the kid's rather than delving into the personal background and their status at home. If a child is playing up then do so, but not until.
So because a child plays up it automatically reflects badly on the parents and thats when they need to supply information? Crock of ****e.
Child protection begins at home. for every peado parent there is a ***** teacher, or priest, as in your case.
Nah cuckoo, being serious, some kids (as you well know) are battered to **** by 'Parents' at home.I don't blame schools for wanting all the info they can.
But what can knowing the status of said child's parents do for this situation? As I said earlier, if a child has behaviour problems then investigate. The fact that his /her parents are separated/ divorced/living with another is irrelevant.
Fact is cuckoo, the kids behaviour doesn't come into it but it's welfare does.If a child comes into school with a busted face then the school has a right to know what happened IMO.
ig look at the OP, you are stating irrelevant ...opinions, sorry mate but you have gone off at at tangent.
Child welfare is the most important thing for me too, but having information as of the child's parental status is not part of the curriculum. Schools/Teacher's have a hard enough task educating our children as it is, so. I would rather them deal with this than have to monitor their home life. There is a body of persons dedicated to protect children's welfare. But to imply that children with non married parents or any other guardian status is bad for said child is nonsense.
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