Legal Advice & Education

Originally Posted by Messie

'cos it's what I thought

Share it with the rest of the class....

[tinpants]

Originally Posted by Messie

Doh it means teaching people who are more than 16 years of age,.

My sig is an in joke, but you're not in so you won't get it

Wouldn't it have been better to have put " 20 years experience teaching over 16's"? Or is that not " right-on" enough?!

As for the joke, and not being "in", thats not a joke and therefore by definition, not funny. And I wouldn't want to be in anyway. So there. With knobs on.

Originally Posted by Miss Alpinestarhero

Yeah. She thought she only had to attend her actual lessons, not from 9am to 3pm. She first had knowledge of this 3 days ago.

Maria

As I said, if she was doing the same as the other 6th formers she'd not have been singled out.

If she was alone in not attending she should have noticed she was the only one and questioned the fact.

Originally Posted by Bellerophon

Wouldn't it have been better to have put " 20 years experience teaching over 16's"? Or is that not " right-on" enough?!

As for the joke, and not being "in", thats not a joke and therefore by definition, not funny. And I wouldn't want to be in anyway. So there. With knobs on.

Bellerophon you're such a twit sometimes, don't you know that middle aged teachers are totally "in" right now. For heavens sake man, get yourself a copy of the Guardian and get with it.

Better still

[tinpants]

Originally Posted by Xan173

Bellerophon you're such a twit sometimes, don't you know that middle aged teachers are totally "in" right now. For heavens sake man, get yourself a copy of the Guardian and get with it.

*snigger, snigger*

Originally Posted by Miss Alpinestarhero

Jamesrichardson: Yes there is a library but this isn’t adequate enough. There is no TV/DVD which allows her to play VCR’s or DVD’s in order to stop, rewind and pause them.
Maria

i think this is a point that needs to be addressed to the school. if they are not providing the correct services then that needs to be changed.

knowing how tight schools are, maybe some proactive work will get things going, e.g. try to get a small fundraiser for the media group, get a sponsored film event or something, tv/vcr/dvd combo things have come down in price a lot, might be able to get together some cash with the teachers help. This would soon get the school off you back and it will benefit everyone.

(sorry if someone has said this, i havnt had the time to read all the posts since marias reply)

Originally Posted by jamesrichardson

i think this is a point that needs to be addressed to the school. if they are not providing the correct services then that needs to be changed.

knowing how tight schools are, maybe some proactive work will get things going, e.g. try to get a small fundraiser for the media group, get a sponsored film event or something, tv/vcr/dvd combo things have come down in price a lot, might be able to get together some cash with the teachers help. This would soon get the school off you back and it will benefit everyone.

(sorry if someone has said this, i havnt had the time to read all the posts since marias reply)

The voice of sanity! You are welcome my friend.

[Messie]

Originally Posted by Xan173

Share it with the rest of the class....

Oi that's my line!

Originally Posted by Bellerophon

Wouldn't it have been better to have put " 20 years experience teaching over 16's"? Or is that not " right-on" enough?!
Nah sorry just the lanuage of teaching - sorry
As for the joke, and not being "in", thats not a joke and therefore by definition, not funny. And I wouldn't want to be in anyway. So there. With knobs on.

Originally Posted by Xan173

Bellerophon you're such a twit sometimes, don't you know that middle aged teachers are totally "in" right now. For heavens sake man, get yourself a copy of the Guardian and get with it.

Better still

Originally Posted by Bellerophon

*snigger, snigger*

And stay behind after school!

Originally Posted by Bellerophon

And, just for the record, I agree with Neio. Rules are there to be obeyed. Period. Get used to it. He could have been a bit more polite about it though.

Rules are for the guidance of wise men, and the obedience of idiots...

[Supervox]

Ok - so here's my 2p worth :-

Miss A*'s sister appears to have been unaware of the rules & regs regarding attendance at school - that's a matter that can be resolved by informing her of her responsibilities.
As for whether the facilities at school are sufficient or otherwise for suitable study, this is unfortunately immaterial - a school (or most organisations come to that, although The Anarchists Society maybe somewhat different !!) have rules - whether they make sense or not is not for the pupils / employees to judge they either accept them or go elsewhere.

I have to ask this & I don't wish to offend in any way but - what gave Miss A*'s sister the impression that the rules regarding 6th Form attendance may be different from other years ? Unless specifically told otherwise I would have though it reasonable to assume that the 'normal' rules apply.

However, regardless of the answer to my question, I would say that the school has been very high-handed in the way that they've dealt with this - especially if as has been mentioned - Miss A*'s sister has been a model pupil in all other aspects of her academic career.
I would hope that it could be resolved by a meeting involving parents / pupil & teachers; however, if said meeting does not go the way parents / pupil like (if the school refuse to bend on the attendance issue) then they will either have to 'lump it' or find another source of education.