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WillowTheWhisp · 12-05-2007, 08:10

Thanks TM for actually answering the question - and for putting a different slant on things. I hadn't seen it that way before. Of course my daughter aiming for a higher grade than the pass level she already has would reflect well on the teacher of that subject in the end wouldn't it? Excellent point which had not occurred to me.

In reply to Mallard's reference to 'what she should of been doing when she come,s to get a job' (sic) look at it this way:
You work in an office.
There is a manager and an assistant manager.
The manager says to you 'On Monday I want job A completed'
Monday arrives and the assistant manager says 'I want you to complete job B.'
You reply that the manager told you last week that he/she wanted job A finishing on Monday.
The assistant manager says that job B is now a priority and to get on with that. He/she will OK it with the manager.
Do you refuse to do job B?
Do you insist on speaking to the manager yourself?
Or do you accept that the assistant manager has authority over you and that he/she will speak to the manager and explain why you are doing job B rather than job A?
If you defy the assistant manager and carry on with job A you might not only risk the wrath of the assistant manager but also the wrath of the manager who may not actually be aware that job B needed to be a priority when he/she had previously asked you to do job A.
If you had followed the instructions of your immediate superior and then been sacked for failing to complete job A don't you think you'd have a reasonably good defence at a tribunal?

Just something to think about.

As I've already said the PE teacher (who did not actually owe me or my daughter an apology as she had only acted on the information she had at the time) subsequently cancelled the punishment and apologised to both of us, and followed up with a further phone call to check if the other teacher had apologised to me. Now that particular PE teacher has gone way up in my estimation because she was able to reassess a situation when she had all the information to hand and admit that her original view had been clouded by misinformation provided by others.

12-05-2007, 08:10	#7
WillowTheWhisp Resident Waffler Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Accrington, Hyndburn Posts: 18,142 Blog Entries: 14 Liked: 14 times Rep Power: 1062	Re: How would you define truanting? Thanks TM for actually answering the question - and for putting a different slant on things. I hadn't seen it that way before. Of course my daughter aiming for a higher grade than the pass level she already has would reflect well on the teacher of that subject in the end wouldn't it? Excellent point which had not occurred to me. In reply to Mallard's reference to 'what she should of been doing when she come,s to get a job' (sic) look at it this way: You work in an office. There is a manager and an assistant manager. The manager says to you 'On Monday I want job A completed' Monday arrives and the assistant manager says 'I want you to complete job B.' You reply that the manager told you last week that he/she wanted job A finishing on Monday. The assistant manager says that job B is now a priority and to get on with that. He/she will OK it with the manager. Do you refuse to do job B? Do you insist on speaking to the manager yourself? Or do you accept that the assistant manager has authority over you and that he/she will speak to the manager and explain why you are doing job B rather than job A? If you defy the assistant manager and carry on with job A you might not only risk the wrath of the assistant manager but also the wrath of the manager who may not actually be aware that job B needed to be a priority when he/she had previously asked you to do job A. If you had followed the instructions of your immediate superior and then been sacked for failing to complete job A don't you think you'd have a reasonably good defence at a tribunal? Just something to think about. As I've already said the PE teacher (who did not actually owe me or my daughter an apology as she had only acted on the information she had at the time) subsequently cancelled the punishment and apologised to both of us, and followed up with a further phone call to check if the other teacher had apologised to me. Now that particular PE teacher has gone way up in my estimation because she was able to reassess a situation when she had all the information to hand and admit that her original view had been clouded by misinformation provided by others. __________________