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Why Are Schools Doing This?
Just had my partners daughter ring her in tears because her daughter, partners granddaughter was susspended from wearing the wrong type of trousers. This I should add is secondary school.
This is just messing with the child's mental health. Besides the trousers she had on we're trousers of the right colour, and not leggings as the school was suggesting they are.
This isn't the first time I have heard of issues like this at secondary schools around here. One particular indecent was where the child was given detention for wearing the wrong brand of trainers, apparently it should have been shoes.
It beggers believe why are schools doing this to our children. No wonder they are growing up bitter and twisted or are suffering mental health issues.
Surely they are there to learn and get an education, it shouldn't matter what they wear.
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This child obviously thinks the rules don't apply to her and is supported by her family. Maybe when she starts working and her employer has some kind of corporate dress code or provides a uniform she can also complain, see how long she'll last there.
In employment, 'mental health' for many is the 21st century version of a 'bad back'.
//Schools should focus on education and behaviour rather than something this trivial.//
I'm sure they would be delighted to be able to concentrate on just education but the realism is that schools are expected to be social workers, marriage guidance, police, parking wardens etc etc.. They are expected to sort out arguments among pupils caused by their dozey parents allowing them unfettered internet access, all under the spurious heading of 'safeguarding', something that many parents fail to do.