Wha?! Give us �75 or you get a punishment exersize!

[jp_2031]

hello, sorry if this is wrong cat. but its education ( its in school )... i was wondering how many people agree with me on this one. but first, i must tell you the full deal. Today we have just came back to school ( high school ) and during asembly, the head teacher told us that we should all have blazers. ( which cost up to �110 for the correct one ) ( mine cost �80 )... so we are all like okay yea and so on, but then he says everyone with a blazer with them today may leave. so i leave with the rest of the blazers... little did we know, the people who didnt have a blazer with them were getting a punishment exersize! just because they eather didnt bring their blazer, or they dont have one! ... now for some people, they cant get one because they cant afford it.. thats no excuse! ... its sooo unfair, they are being made to do 1 - 12 times table in form of 1x1=1 1x2=2 1x3=3 , and they need to do it 6 times! now tell me... who thinks this is extreamly unfair, and who thinks i should go to the newspapers about this? ... if so, can you please help me in finding contact information for the daily record, the sun? and if possible because i cant find it anywhere, most likely to take my story the hamilton advertiser and motherwell times... Thanks very much
John Paterson ( 15 )

[saxy_jag]

It's not fair to penalise students if their parents plain can't afford to provide blazers. Many schools have a uniform exchange system for just this kind of situation, and if parents are having real problems then the school should be understanding and discrete about it.

It's different if pupils just can't be bothered to wear blazers, but your teachers should have ascertained this before deciding to punish everyone.

If you go your local paper, you'll find they have regular contacts with the nationals, and if your story is of interest then the nationals will take it up. If you don't want to wait, visit the websites of the nationals you want to contact and you should be able to find the various editorial contacts you need.

You might also want to contact your local BBC, and it would help if you could get other people behind you on this - other pupils, parents, maybe a governor (parent governors can be useful here).

Good luck!

[redcrx]

Its far from fair. Its not the kids fault they havnt got blazers. get the parents to take the punishment.
Plus, how is reciting times table a punishment anyway? Should be easy as anything at 15.

[saxy_jag]

In the 70s, we'd have gone on strike for it!! Kids don't seem to do that these days.

JP, you could set a precedent here. Let me know how you get on. ;-)

[Suzyboo]

How much notice were you given about the introduction of a blazer as a compulsory part of the uniform?

[jp_2031]

well last year they were kinda strict about it but no one said u had to have one, last year it was just dont wear jackets in school, carry them, but they took it too far this year... this story contunues after today though...

my friend today was expelled after her mum called the school and had an arguement with the head last night, she told him to f*?! off and slammed the phone down... now she has been chucked out of school!

My other friends mum also phoned the school, and she is a social worker, and nothing happend to him...

my friend whom is a year below me told me about the asembly they had... people without a blazer were given the choise to eather go home and get it, missing some school, or get a punishment...

my friend in a year above me, who is now a senior his year did not get any trouble or anything... and some of them are even PAIED with an ema or somthing like that to buy things like blazer and stationary!

Thanks for your comments all. im going to write to my local news papers tonight.