There is enough violence, without the need to play act it.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail....sick-hoax-lesson.html

What sick "liberal left" thinking went into planning this foolhardy scenario.

Head Teacher Terry Holland stated "It was one of the more popular teachers who played the victim, I don't think there would have been as much concern if it was one or two of the others"

Is this stupid person fit to be Head, or even a teacher for that matter?

[LoftyLottie]

What on earth has this got to do with politics and liberal left thinking. For God's sake AOG. You are ridiculous.

[LoftyLottie]

And by the way, yes I do lean to the left and I am liberal and I find it intolerable that this took place.

[Quinlad]

It's a cracking story. Just mental.

Doesn't sound typical of yoghurt-knitters to me though. The opposite if anything.

[LoftyLottie]

Exactly Quinlad!!

[R1Geezer]

sounds like the head's got no more sense than he was born with. Definately should not be anywhere near children.

[mike11111]

One of the most shocking things I find about this (apart from shades of Dunblane) is the Headmaster's remark: "It was one of the more popular teachers who played the victim, I don't think there would have been as much concern if it was one or two of the others" . How thoroughly unprofessional and derogatory to those other two teachers. That statement alone renders him totally unfit to occupy his post and I hope the the school governors will take swift action to remedy the situataion.

[dh001]

Good job an armed police patrol wasn't driving past at the

[dh001]

Opps sorry, I was meant to post the following:

Good job an armed police patrol wasn't driving past at the time. There is a Maximum Security Prison just round the corner, HMP Long Lartin with regularm police / prison security patrols.

[LoftyLottie]

Well Zeuhl that certainly wipes out AOG's statement that it was "liberal left" thinking. Fascist eh!

[LoftyLottie]

And these are meant to be intelligent members of society, who set examples to children. The whole episode is unbelievable and at the very least the Head and the members of staff involved need immediate suspension and hopefully dismissal.

[R1Geezer]

It turns out that the teacher was going to vote Tory, had it comming. As part of the subsequent exercise the pupils were asked to decide on a punishment for the Hoodie and to assist with that they were provided with the various facilities at the "prisons", they finally decided that he should go to a prison with Xbox facilities and en suite bathrooms.

[marval]

Words fail me, how could people be so stupid and thoughtless. They should be dealt with very severely.

[LoftyLottie]

But hardly a mistake or an accident was it Zeuhl, or even a teacher who was abusing children. It was all planned out by a group of staff and I can't understand that they all though it OK . It seemed pretty obvious that some of the kids, at least the younger ones, thought it was for real.

They do need to be suspended whilst this is sorted out. I for one would be a very unhappy parent if it had happened at my son's school (although he probably would have found it quite exciting! ;o) )

[jno]

ah yes, Zeuhl, I remember the school track and field tryouts that resulted in one kid being beaned by a discus. Thrown by, er, me. Five minutes later another would-be athlete did the same thing (though with a different victim); we've been friends now for about 50 years, as fellow assassins. Just think, if it hadn't been for the loony lefties running the tryouts, we'd never have met.

On a more serious note, I once took part in a similar exercise (when much older), but we'd been warned that it was a staged event. Witness testimony still varied dramatically, though, so the point was made without anyone being traumatised. This was a damfool thing to do, but what makes it 'liberal left' I am at a loss to say.