Schools should be like safe families
Schools should be like safe families
What is it about schools? Why are they all such sick places? My kids’ infants’ school tries to create an image of a happy family, but every day my kids are coming home complaining about being tripped up, kicked and punched. Other kids have complained of being attacked with dinner knives and being strangled. The head teacher is baffled that this could be happening, but frankly I’m baffled that she doesn’t know anything about it until a parent informs her. Surely a head teacher should know what’s going on in her own school playground? If no-one’s telling her then there’s a problem with communication and accountability.
I know this school is no different to any other. It has unique issues but is also wonderful because of the amazing cultural diversity of the pupils. As an example of this, on the ethnic monitoring form there were two or three languages I hadn’t heard of, and I would say I’m fairly knowledgeable about languages. The head tries to use this as an excuse, but that is not appropriate or fair. Heads are responsible for creating an environment that is good for kids’ learning; in my mind that means a place of safety where the kids feel secure. But schools seem to be dangerous unruly places where kids have to learn to be physically tough, even to be bullies, to survive. This is all a distraction from their education, let alone the physical damage that can be done. My daughter particularly suffers from asthma as a result of stress, and has been suffering badly since being back at school. How is a loving parent supposed to send their daughter, whose very life they have fought for, into somewhere so brutal?
What is it about schools? Why are they all such sick places? My kids’ infants’ school tries to create an image of a happy family, but every day my kids are coming home complaining about being tripped up, kicked and punched. Other kids have complained of being attacked with dinner knives and being strangled. The head teacher is baffled that this could be happening, but frankly I’m baffled that she doesn’t know anything about it until a parent informs her. Surely a head teacher should know what’s going on in her own school playground? If no-one’s telling her then there’s a problem with communication and accountability.
I know this school is no different to any other. It has unique issues but is also wonderful because of the amazing cultural diversity of the pupils. As an example of this, on the ethnic monitoring form there were two or three languages I hadn’t heard of, and I would say I’m fairly knowledgeable about languages. The head tries to use this as an excuse, but that is not appropriate or fair. Heads are responsible for creating an environment that is good for kids’ learning; in my mind that means a place of safety where the kids feel secure. But schools seem to be dangerous unruly places where kids have to learn to be physically tough, even to be bullies, to survive. This is all a distraction from their education, let alone the physical damage that can be done. My daughter particularly suffers from asthma as a result of stress, and has been suffering badly since being back at school. How is a loving parent supposed to send their daughter, whose very life they have fought for, into somewhere so brutal?
posted by Firegoat @ 12:16 pm
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