what is happening to standards?

[irocfan]

http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2014/02/11/mum-furious...

I've got to be honest here and say that I'm 100% behind the school and really can't see what the fk the mother was thinking... or am I misjudging her by deeming her capable of thought?

[Chlamydia]

Some people seem to actively try to be offended so they can go running to the newspapers to proclaim to the world how insulted they are. She's clearly an idiot; how she can claim she didn't think this would be a problem is beyond me.

[DeanR32]

Every school has rules you must obey. She's pushed hr luck and it didn't work.

I make the school right too.

I will say it's probably a bit harsh to judge the parent and child just by looking at them.

Thing is, I did exactly the same

[carl_w]

Mum's surname different from kid's. Five children. Do they all have the same father?

[pork911]

parentdish?

[Negative Creep]

carl_w said:

Mum's surname different from kid's. Five children. Do they all have the same father?

Didn't we all just know he'd have a stupid name and she'd look about 10 years older than she actually is before even clicking on the article?

[GWC]

What's stupid about the name Aidan?

[jeff m2]

Negative Creep said:

carl_w said:

Mum's surname different from kid's. Five children. Do they all have the same father?

Didn't we all just know he'd have a stupid name and she'd look about 10 years older than she actually is before even clicking on the article?

I say give the kid a break.
He is going to Wembley to watch his Mom wrestle, he is obviously very proud of her.

On a more realistic note, perhaps they should have made him just wear a hat and avoided the publicity.

[Baryonyx]

It's about time we started supporting schools taking stronger stances against idiot parents projecting their stupidity through their useless children.

[Pints]

Baryonyx said:

It's about time we started supporting schools taking stronger stances against idiot parents projecting their stupidity through their useless children.

And I'm sick of hearing how kids have a right to be unique by how they dress.

[greygoose]

Pints said:

Baryonyx said:

It's about time we started supporting schools taking stronger stances against idiot parents projecting their stupidity through their useless children.

And I'm sick of hearing how kids have a right to be unique by how they dress.

I don't know, it makes it easier to identify the moronic ones without the need to speak to them for both the public and teachers.

[Eric Mc]

GWC said:

What's stupid about the name Aidan?

I went to school with loads of Aidans.

[Pan Pan]

Pints said:

Baryonyx said:

It's about time we started supporting schools taking stronger stances against idiot parents projecting their stupidity through their useless children.

And I'm sick of hearing how kids have a right to be unique by how they dress.

This is just another facet of the insidious, creeping, guilt based form of oppression, we know as political correctness (the hall mark of which, is an inability to face up to the truth /reality)
If little Wayne or Waynetta, want to be scientists, pop stars, brain surgeons, or air line pilots, they can, because it is their `right' (Possibly why we have so many X factor type programs on TV these days?)
Their `right' it may well be, but if little Wayne or Waynetta, don't have any talent or a couple of brain cells to rub together between them, the truth / reality of the situation is that it is NOT going to happen.
If little Damian wants to be an Olympic hurdler, but is 18 stone at 14 years, and doesn't even get out of bed to get down to McDonalds until lunch time, it probably isn't going to happen either.
The problem is that political correctness doesn't let us tell children (or anyone) the truth of their particular situation.
I understood that part of the reason schools have uniforms was just that, to make children `appear' uniform, regardless of their background rich, or poor
(Children, like some adults, can be quite cruel, to those who appear to be `different') and like the armed forces the use of a uniform can help to develop a sense of cohesion, and belonging to an organisation (at least until they get older, when they can then start to understand, and find ways of expressing their particular individuality)

[Engineer1]

Eric Mc said:

GWC said:

What's stupid about the name Aidan?

I went to school with loads of Aidans.

I lived on St Aidan's street.

[Dog Star]

Chav Mum said:

She added: "I knew the school would have something to say, but I didn't think they'd be anything like they have. I think it's really over the top."

So she knew it would cause problems, but still did it anyway

One of the things children need to be taught is how to conform and obey rules; where has this "right" to express so-called individuality by looking a come from?

[John145]

Dog Star said:

So she knew it would cause problems, but still did it anyway

One of the things children need to be taught is how to conform and obey rules; where has this "right" to express so-called individuality by looking a come from?

mini-skirts?
mods?
rockers?
Any kind of fashionable trend in the past 50 years?

I'm not saying this particular case is cool, but since WW2 kids have been getting into bother for the way they look...

[Gargamel]

Dog Star said:

children need to be taught is how to conform and obey rules;

Possibly the most depressing thing I have read on here in a long time.

Children need to be told what the rules are, I agree.

Being conformist is a stifling of invention and ideas, a breaking of the spirit.

[Eric Mc]

Good

There's plenty of time for "spirit" later.

[AJS-]

Sounds like standards are going up. I had a stupid haircut 20 odd years ago and the school didn't say anything about it.

[Esseesse]

Gargamel said:

Possibly the most depressing thing I have read on here in a long time.

Children need to be told what the rules are, I agree.

Being conformist is a stifling of invention and ideas, a breaking of the spirit.

Rubbish, we're talking about obeying a dress code part time, for only 5 days a week with plenty of holiday. There are some things in society that people need to conform to, apart from anything else it shows respect for the school and the people that work there.

When you're at home (most of the time) you're free to wear and do what you want. Tinker in the garage, play with soldering irons, write music, read wikipedia etc etc.

FWIW at my school (not so long ago) the rule was 'No haircuts of a bizarre nature'.