Truancy

[chav1]

i think it is disgusting that children are rewarded for good attendance at school

it should be expected that they turn up and not bought , come down hard on teh little sh1ts and each time they repeat teh offence come down harder every time

i know of one case where a pupil was so bad it was expelled from school for truancy , bullying and selling drugs at school

the pupil now gets a taxi paid for by the govenment to take it to and from school in osswaldtwistle and all the mother sees it as is a plus because she gets to spend an extra hour in the pub

mind you teachers cant even hand out lines these days without the parents charging into school to either have a go at them or punch them

its about time the government stopped been soft on kids and actualy made laws that allowed them to be punished propperly, i know for a fact that as a teenager i woulda simply rolled my eyes and said yes i wont do it again at a good talking to but the beatings i got from my mum sure as hell worked or at the least made me think long and hard before doing it again

 

[AccyJay]

It's about time that this government sat up & listened to what the public want. In my opinion, what is needed is some sort of American style boot camps. If a youngster continually "plays" (great choice of words) truant, or is a constant bully, then a much harded line of action needs to be taken. Rewards aren't the answer, nor is punishing the parents. It's the individual that needs punishing. Some will say that this is extreme, however, what they've got to realise is that the lack of discipline at a young age will inevitably lead to greater problems when they are older. i.e. street crime, car crimes, drugs etc etc. The govenment need to realise that "PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE".

 

[Neil]

I just got a message from Moorehead to tell me my daughter hadn't shown up for registration this morning.

Was it a text message Willow? The school's policy is to send a text message to a parent for any children who haven't registered unless the school knows about it beforehand. Even if they have been informed they still sometimes send a message if they are suspicious, maybe you have a young sounding voice Willow and they thought you might not have been her Mum.

 

[WillowTheWhisp]

I totally agree with Chav and AccyJay that we need to get tough and punish the truanters and knock some respect into them. I know someone whose grandson was on that Bad Lad's Army and she said it did him the world of good.

Boot camps. That's what we need. Never mind rewards and punishing parents who probably are at their wit's end anyway. What's punishment about expelling a truant? They've got exactly what they wanted then.

I remember a few years ago a bunch of would-be arsonists decided to burn down SpringHIll School because they fancied a holiday and they figured if there was no school they wouldn't need to go!