Exclusions

Well school is now officially over. The students were allowed to leave after assemblies this afternoon. And the staff all scarpered pretty quickly after that......not unusual.

I had to stay to get 9 (yes 9) exclusion letters done, all for 5 days each on return from school and all pending the decision to make them permanent. Bit of a disastrous end to a brilliant term.

The lads involved were slightly mixed in their reactions, 5 of them were regular offenders and couldn't have cared less, 4 of them were new offenders and absolutely terrified that their parents were going to be told - and so they should be.

All this political correctness and do gooding that goes on, means that some parents shirk their responsibility to discipline their child. By the time they get to secondary school they are beyond hope - they have no respect for teachers, their parents or anyone else, they always believe (and always do) get away with their actions because no-one is prepared to deal with them. The school therefore has only one option - fixed term exclusions. Then the parent has a responsibility, by law, to look after them, and if the parent works, this is a BIG inconvenience. Hopefully, they are inconvenienced to the point that they'll start taking their parental responsibilities a bit more seriously.

So anyway, thanks lads, everyone else left at 1.00pm, I'm still here sorting out the paperwork!

Happy Easter.