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Re: Giving Blackburn + Burnley some respect?
Perhaps we should be proud that we aren't one of those singled out for this Government honour.
To be honest I can't see how these parenting classes are supposed to work unless they can be forced on people - even then you can take a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
Last night I went to a parents' evening where it wasn't so much the attitude of some pupils which left a lot to be desired - it was the parent of one which explained why the daughter has the attitude she has. A teacher was trying to encourage the girl to improve her attitude to school - the girl's response was "wha'evah!" then the mother started on the teacher, eyes wild and finger wagging and a voice that could have been heard in Rishton - "I dispute her staying back after school! I dispute it! I dispute her being detentioned!" The school is actually offering extra tuition for kids who need it as they approach their GCSEs and this mother sees it as her child being unjustly punished? Tragic isn't it?
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