100 school kids sent home for wearing the wrong shoes
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100?
Forget the parents & students for a second. If 100 kids aren't listening to the most basic of things like uniform, what does that say about the school and the way it communicates?
100?
Forget the parents & students for a second. If 100 kids aren't listening to the most basic of things like uniform, what does that say about the school and the way it communicates?
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Seems like overkill to send the kids home.
Your child is wearing the wrong shoes we are sending THEM home.
Your child? Them??
This is from a teacher and grammatically incorrect. Unless she meant the shoes...
Uniforms no more 'necessary' for schools than for universities. Academically the best state schools in my area have a more laid back attitude to the minutiae of uniform adherence.
So what was sent home?
You could argue that, unless they were barefoot, it was the pupil and their shoes.
When you send out a mass email or text, 'him/her' seems awkward so 'their' or 'them' can be used as a gender-neutral alternative. Not pretty, but it can work.
I tend to opt for 'their' or 'them' when I use 'person' or 'everyone'. I usually shy from using 'one' because it tends to put people off. "One doesn't smirk at one's dog."
Frankly, I can't believe the English language still doesn't have gender-neutral pronouns, especially with the popularity of unisex names and gender fluidity on the rise. Japanese language doesn't have a gender distinction in most of its pronouns. British Sign Language doesn't, either. Cantonese and Mandarin as well. Why can't English?
I can see the report now. Well Jimmy got a B on his maths test, but he was wearing black trainers. Had he been wearing black shoes he would have got an A.
Well, you can bet your ass he changed into trainers the second you weren't there.
Shouldn't there be a comma, or full stop, in there
"Your child is wearing the wrong shoes, we are sending them home."
"Your child is wearing the wrong shoes. We are sending them home."
Or even better perhaps.
"Your child is being sent home because they are wearing the wrong shoes."
But considering that it was only a text message, which is an informal method of communication, does it really matter?
^This^
My school was very strict over adherence to the correct uniform but any child not conforming was sent home with a letter. Mind, this was before everyone had a mobile phone. Still, it's a bit of a draconian approach.
But when a school has a uniform guideline in place the children should stick to it, whether it affects their learning or not.
So your one of them rules are rules and must be obey.
Fair enough, but a letter home warning the next time these guidelines are broken your child will be sent home, or even give them a few days grace so the shoes can be sorted this weekend, but to send the pupils home is way over the top, and really is a poor show from the schools head.
Wearing the wrong footwear will affect your education if it results in you being sent home from school. Perhaps the question should be, why didn't the parents send their children to school in school shoes ?
Kids can change shoes when they get out of the house.
in which case they would have had the correct shoes with them and could have changed. Either way, it's a parental responsibility issue.
Really, as long as the basic units of the uniform are present - same colour trousers, shirts etc - what's wrong with allowing a little creativity or comfort in the footwear....petty little people
cannot blame the parents if the kids change into trainers when they get out of the house can you.
would be good if all the parents their sent their kids into school in their trainers.