Absolutely fuuuuuuming!!!! (with school!) Have now calmed down ;-)

silvercar

How much of the headmaster's time can you justify wasting for the sake of £2?

I would say one note to ask for notice in future and no reply required would be the maximum.

galvanizersbaby

allIcouldwishfor wrote: »

GB, it's not worth getting uptight! Just press the ignore button - if enough people do, nobody will even get to see the inflamatory posts made by this individual.

Remember, don't feed the trolls!

Thanks for that - I didn't realise she/he it was a troll

PolishBigSpender

silvercar wrote: »

How much of the headmaster's time can you justify wasting for the sake of £2?

I would say one note to ask for notice in future and no reply required would be the maximum.

I can actually understand the way that they should've warned the parents in advance - but it probably was a genuine oversight and should be treated as such.

To spend so much time ranting on here and to the school about two pounds seems thoroughly ridiculous.

MrsTinks

moggylover wrote: »

Because most of those boys have worked especially hard at the sport to make it to the team, and luck has little to do with it;)

Sorry but I disagree with that... I worked very hard at school but I am just not gifted when it comes to sports - has nothing to do with not working for it. I and many of my peers were just not lucky to be gifted at sports no matter how much work we put into it.

I'm not saying they didn't work hard - being gifted is worth nothing if you don't work for it. I just don't see that the school should be paying the £2... (Still agreeing that they should definitely have informed the parents in plenty of time about the £2 charge and certainly shouldn't have been requesting the money from the children direct!)

MrsTinks

PolishBigSpender wrote: »

I can actually understand the way that they should've warned the parents in advance - but it probably was a genuine oversight and should be treated as such.

To spend so much time ranting on here and to the school about two pounds seems thoroughly ridiculous.

You don't have to reply to the thread if you think it's a waste of time you know...

galvanizersbaby

MrsTine wrote: »

Sorry but I disagree with that... I worked very hard at school but I am just not gifted when it comes to sports - has nothing to do with not working for it. I and many of my peers were just not lucky to be gifted at sports no matter how much work we put into it.

I'm not saying they didn't work hard - being gifted is worth nothing if you don't work for it. I just don't see that the school should be paying the £2... (Still agreeing that they should definitely have informed the parents in plenty of time about the £2 charge and certainly shouldn't have been requesting the money from the children direct!)

I think that the kids who make the team (whether through being gifted at sport/or just hard work and persistence) should have the privilege of getting the funding spent on getting them to the match to represent their school
(If there is no funding available then the costs should be notified to the parents up front - the school must know what games they have coming up)

I don't believe being gifted is worth nothing if you don't work for it - if you are gifted at something you are more likely to be naturally good at it without having to work as hard as the next person (be it sport, reading, writing, maths etc...)

I think that many people are gifted in some way shape or form - it's just that some gifts are more useful than others

Quasar

PBS why don't you get laid (which sounds to me you badly need), then have a child to occupy you a bit more? I've noticed you log in here several times a day (all the way from glorious Poland) so that you can tell the Brits how dire their child rearing, education and blah ... are, and offer your simplistic and inexperienced advice.

Who knows, maybe you will even learn that being a parent is not such a day in, day out clear cut decision making business.

In case you haven't noticed, this is a MONEY SAVING SITE, ie a place where most users are in financial difficulties. Coming in here and telling them that £2 is nothing particularly when a child is expected to fork it out without prior warning, just shows profound ignorance and lack of common humanity. And you call shellsuit's son stupid?

looby75

Quasar wrote: »

PBS why don't you get laid (which sounds to me you badly need), then have a child to occupy you a bit more?

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:I do love you Q

Quasar

looby75 wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:I do love you Q

Hiya looby.

Look - I am a foreigner too, and have no children either. I've just seen a very high horse trotting outside, in want of a rider, and I can ride horses so... well I wonder... would you still love me if... :think:

looby75

lol but you would never do that because you are far to nice