Blazer in this heat?

Person_one

chatta wrote: »

Poor little things, we are only asking them to do what we all did and survived.... It's character building !! No big deal...

You suffered, so now you want to spread the misery? How very vindictive!

Maybe we should send children back into factories and up chimneys, after all, our great great grandparents did it and survived, maybe that'd build character too!

Uniform fascism always baffled me when I was at school, still does. There'd be a teacher hovering just inside every doorway to ensure children didn't get more than 5 yards inside the school whilst wearing a coat. In what situation as an adult is it ever a matter of urgency to remove a coat the second you're indoors?

Savvy_Sue

pigpen wrote: »

DS2 has to wear a long sleeve shirts and a thick pure wool jumper.. and they are not allowed to take it off unless the individual teacher gives permission. They have to put it back on to go to the next lesson and request permission from that teacher ..

over 500 boys in woolly jumpers does not a pleasant working environment make!!

In years 10-11 they have to wear a shirt and tie, v-neck jumper and blazer.. unless given permission to remove any of it..

Yes it is cruel I think.. but teaches them discipline and builds character (so they say!).. but heck do they stink when they get home!

I was going to suggest that the people suffering the most from these rules are the staff: DS2's blazer used to be banned from the house, it had to live in the porch it was so ripe! And yes, I used to wash it weekly!

Penny_Watcher

Every now and then my children's school realises that extremely overheated children don't learn well because they've fainted or are having febrile convulsions (the latter having happened to my daughter). A memo goes round that it's now hot enough to remove blazers. High up in the Victorian part of the building there is no proper ventilation or air con.

seven-day-weekend

Imp wrote: »

It is fair as long as the school masters have to wear suit/jacket.

My husband's last headmaster used to tell the kids they could take their blazers off when he took his jacket off - and then never took it off.

tightgit_2

emsywoo123 wrote: »

Yup, I don't send my DD's in, as if it is there, they make them wear it.

Not there = can't wear!

But this school makes them wear one from lost property if they don't take it in, which is worse than wearing your own.

tightgit_2

Gingham_Ribbon wrote: »

Yes. Assuming you mean for prolonged periods.

Are you saying it is fair?

tightgit_2

chatta wrote: »

Poor little things, we are only asking them to do what we all did and survived.... It's character building !! No big deal...

Well I never had to wear a blazer.
It actually makes them feel ill because they become over heated. I notice the teachers don't have to wear jackets.

What is this character building C*** anyway?
It sounds more like bullying to me.

pigpen

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

I was going to suggest that the people suffering the most from these rules are the staff: DS2's blazer used to be banned from the house, it had to live in the porch it was so ripe! And yes, I used to wash it weekly!

But it is only their noses suffering the boys have their noses suffering and then end up with dehydration, heat stroke, fainting, seizures, vomitting and other such delights.. which means the staff have to deal with that too.

The worst teachers are the ones who go in wearing short sleeve cotton shirts.. a case of 'I'm alright Jack'..

Most of the classes are south facing so have the sun all day long and are absolutely boiling too.

tightgit_2

Imp wrote: »

It is fair as long as the school masters have to wear suit/jacket.

But in this school they don't.

tightgit_2

mikey72 wrote: »

It's a good lesson.
Life's not fair.

What's good about it?