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2009-01-03 Britain

Word 'school' is out for Sheffield primary - has 'negative connotations'

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Posted by john frum 2009-01-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 If they don't call it a school it sure as H*ll won't be a 'place for learning'.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2009-01-03 00:44|| 2009-01-03 00:44|| Front Page Top

#2 oh, i think they will be learning. it is just that they will be learning all the wrong lessons.

Posted by Abu do you love">Abu do you love 2009-01-03 02:11|| 2009-01-03 02:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Where do they find these twats?

Posted by mojo">mojo 2009-01-03 04:26|| 2009-01-03 04:26|| Front Page Top

#4 "We wanted to de-institutionalise the place and bring the school closer to real life."

For these poor kids, maybe they should just put in some desks and screens and name it a 'Job Centre Familiarisation Experience'.

Posted by Bulldog 2009-01-03 05:11|| 2009-01-03 05:11|| Front Page Top

#5 Oh FFS.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2009-01-03 05:33|| 2009-01-03 05:33|| Front Page Top

#6 The term "teachers' salaries" is begginning to have negative connotations.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-01-03 05:49|| 2009-01-03 05:49|| Front Page Top

#7 Get with the program... they are "facilitators" working with their "customers/clients"

Posted by john frum 2009-01-03 08:19|| 2009-01-03 08:19|| Front Page Top

#8 Knives, Knives, Sheffield steel! All I can think of is Fairbairn Sykes. They've simply got to change the name of that town.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-01-03 08:24|| 2009-01-03 08:24|| Front Page Top

#9 Ms. Kingdon clearly wanted to be an artist when she grew up, so she's just re-defining her job so that she can be a sculptor of young minds instead.

And so she goes to work, with a hacksaw, hammer and chisel. Just cut out anything which isn't part of your work of art, Linda!

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2009-01-03 08:33|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2009-01-03 08:33|| Front Page Top

#10 If the parents are having a fit at the sound of the word "school", what chance for the kids?

Posted by Grunter 2009-01-03 08:35|| 2009-01-03 08:35|| Front Page Top

#11 How about calling it something closer to what it probably will devolve into.....like "warehouse for obnoxious gits", or "reformatory preparation centre"?

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2009-01-03 09:25|| 2009-01-03 09:25|| Front Page Top

#12 How 'bout 'madrassa'?

Posted by DMFD 2009-01-03 10:29|| 2009-01-03 10:29|| Front Page Top

#13 In a madrassa they actually have to learn things... and get whacked if they don't...

Posted by john frum 2009-01-03 10:39|| 2009-01-03 10:39|| Front Page Top

#14 They are just going back to the original meaning of school.
A school (from Greek σχολή (scholē), originally meaning "leisure", and also "that in which leisure is employed", "school")

Posted by tipper 2009-01-03 12:25|| 2009-01-03 12:25|| Front Page Top

#15 "Where do they find these twats?"

The New Europa. Utopia on steroids.

Posted by Poison Reverse 2009-01-03 15:22|| 2009-01-03 15:22|| Front Page Top

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