Bloody communist teachers!

[andymadmak]

My eldest daughter is finding it hard to make her mind up about her choice of career. She's been wrestling
with all sorts of ideas but nothing really fired her imagination.
By chance she saw something about the new Type 45 destroyer being launched and she spent some time finding out about the Navy. This has got her interested.

So my daughter is at school today and one of her teachers asks her what she is going to do when she leaves school
and my daughter duly replies "I'm thinking of joining the Navy"

Cue commie bastard teacher ; "you don't want to do that, its all about killing people.........." and on and on and on, glaring looks, sarcy comments and such like all through the lesson.
My daughters confidence took a serious knock. Credit to her though, she's sticking to it so far.

Now, I'm an ex RAF man myself, but if any of you Navy bods would care to send a sea harrier or Lynx over to sort this low life idiot of a teacher out, I'll be happy to provide the coordinates for the air strike!
Honestly, do these people rally hate our country THAT much?

Andy

[Frik]

The teacher can have any view they want, but this sort of reaction really ain't professional.

[bluespanner]

Dont get me started on techers, please, id get sinbinned.

[Don]

andymadmak said:

Honestly, do these people rally hate our country THAT much? Andy

I often believe they do. Very, very strange.

Whilst that it is factually correct that the armed forces are about delivering controlled doses of violence to the right spot at the right time their role is somewhat greater than that. And even if it wasn't - there is a great deal of personal honour in performing that role in such a way that one's fellow British citizens get to live longer, happier, more trouble free lives.

Good for your daughter if she believes its "for her" she should go about it with a clear concience and her peers' respect.

That teacher sounds like he's got a chip...

[Petrol_noggin]

teachers are their to be used, to take their knowlege, get a piece of paper and leave. Just remember what he said for future reference, and when the opportunity arises, your daughter can write an essay against war, that way she'l get maximum marks. On the last day of school, your daughter can then go in full navy uniform and tell the teacher where to go.

[Parrot of Doom]

Tell her to point her teacher to this:

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/02/03/udrugs.xml&sSheet=/portal/2006/02/03/ixportaltop.html

[scorp]

Why would you equate a peacenik with a communist? You should tell your daughter a persons opinion is just that, an opinion, don't let one persons opinion influence her outlook on life.

[Marki]

My Niece has joined the Navy ,, she is loving it

[Matthew C]

My Dad was an engine fitter in the RAF, and one of the things he's proud of was that when he was sent out to a particular country, he was going there to keep the peace, not to instigate violence.

[eccles]

look at all the good the navy did after the tsunami!....oh yeah, its all about killing these days!

[scorp]

eccles said:

look at all the good the navy did after the tsunami!....oh yeah, its all about killing these days!

Not the Navy's fault is it?

[eccles]

my point was killing is probably way down on the list of things the navy get up to these days.

[andymadmak]

scorp said:

Why would you equate a peacenik with a communist? You should tell your daughter a persons opinion is just that, an opinion, don't let one persons opinion influence her outlook on life.

OK. good point. Perhaps the teacher (female) is not a communist.
However, I would have expected much more professionalism from the teacher. Is it really her job to foist her political or moral values and opinions on my daughter? I think not. If she could not say anything accurate then she should not have spoken at all.
Thanks POD, I have printed the article out and I'll give it to her when she gets back from walking Boris

Andy

[dirkgently]

Petrol_noggin said:

teachers are their to be used, to take their knowlege,

That should take about a week, and you’d have the afternoons off.

[Plotloss]

Andy, shes obviously ignoring community education options such as basket weaving, knitting your own awning out of tofu and how to macrame your arse into a sofa.

Astonishing.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

dirkgently said:

Petrol_noggin said: teachers are their to be used, to take their knowlege, That should take about a week, and you’d have the afternoons off.

[andymadmak]

Plotloss said:

Andy, shes obviously ignoring community education options such as basket weaving, knitting your own awning out of tofu and how to macrame your arse into a sofa. Astonishing.

[Balmoral Green]

I reckon a letter to the head, copied to the RN careers people, requesting that staff keep their own political agenda and indoctrination outside of school. Perhaps the silly cow would like to reflect that without the commitment of our young people to freedom, we would all be speaking German. I reckon that the silly bint can probably see no further than her own personal opinion on Iraq, and is projecting this upon your daughter, this is sheer lazyness in terms of targetting on her part, it is also unacceptable.

[NiceCupOfTea]

dirkgently said:

Petrol_noggin said: teachers are their to be used, to take their knowlege, That should take about a week, and you’d have the afternoons off.

[bluespanner]

NCoT a teacher? gettim boys!