Re: Headteacher Quits After Pet Lamb Slaughtered
 

And that caused her to resign. Not made of very stern stuff, was she?

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From the BBC link earlier in the thread.

My dietary habits are irrelevant, however my conscience is with the morals that protect children from losing a loved one, how about yours?

I was unaware of the number of parents who complained, but there have not been articles which I have seen that say how many, could you let me see them?

I agree, it is one of the worst feature of the internet and there many whom we both know who fit this profile, but surely that is a matter for the hosts and for the police. Why has there not been an investigation? As I do not subscribe to these sites, I must rely on your better knowledge that these threats exist. I cannot condone the behaviour of those who behave in this way and it saddens me, if the reports are true, that they had to resort to such methods.

Re: Headteacher Quits After Pet Lamb Slaughtered
 

I think it was a bad idea hand rearing the lamb..naming it and then sending it to slaughter... I know when I was that age I'd of been traumatised by such a thing... the children will have seen it as a pet, regardless. :soapbox:

She shouldn't have lost her job over it though.

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I would say if you are a vegetarian it suggests you might be against lambs becoming lamb chops regardless of whether the lamb was a pet or not.

A loved one? The school didn't get the kids to bring in their gran and have a human BBQ. It was a lamb, they don't run wild and free, they are bred for food and giving children an insight into where food actually comes from is a good idea IMO.

It's not like they took them on a school trip to see wee mint sauce or whatever it was called getting slaughtered in the abbatoir.

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Yes, what a softie - being upset and worried about threats of violence and death to her personally, and threats to set the school on fire, and animal excrement being posted to the school.:rolleyes:
Thank your for that - so, do you think the democratically elected representatives in this school, no matter what their age, should be disenfranchised - or only on matters where their views disagree with yours? (I wonder what your viewpoint/comments would have been if the vote had been 13 to 1 the other way - "a victory for democracy" perhaps?
imho, your dietary habits are extremely relevant, as they shape your world-view, and your comments upon others. And I do not regard a animal bred for food as a "loved one" (mmmm, 8/10 for emotive terminology). My children know where their food comes from, and have been educated in the food supply chain life-cycle.

If you look in the Independent article (and other local websites), you will see comments from local parents (Tedgar74) stating this.Thank you for your caveated comment - I do not subscribe to these sites either, but it only took me ten minutes to find this out; I suppose it depends if one is interested in finding out......

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In all of this you will find many children are far less sentimental about animals and their use as food than their parents.

These children have lost a great teacher and have learned the wonderful lesson that internet bullying is a highly successful way a few people can bulldoze over the wishes of the majority. :rolleyes:

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Seems to me this thread should really be called ;

I wonder how many of the posters even had a clue where the school is ...

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Or that the school was in special needs before this head took over, I wonder if some of the parents were quite so vocal then?

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You don't have to be vegetarian/vegan to be an animal lover though do you?

Re: Headteacher Quits After Pet Lamb Slaughtered
 

you dont have to be a vegetarian to be against this

see post #32

and loved one yes kids can become very attached very quickly

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I'm thinking of setting up a Save Andrea Charmin Facebook entry...

Re: Headteacher Quits After Pet Lamb Slaughtered
 

and i would be support that ....if someone tells me how use facebook:dunce:

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Created by her daughter by the look of that.

Re: Headteacher Quits After Pet Lamb Slaughtered
 

i am an animal lover..I love steak..chops etc

I prefer mutton to lamb..except if it's a woman..then the opposite :)

Re: Headteacher Quits After Pet Lamb Slaughtered
 

Didn't know that had happened and it is a dispicable thing to do, but again, I didn't read the right web pages. Or is this just a bit hyperbole?

Do you really expect a bunch of seven, eight, nine, ten and eleven year olds really understood what they were voting for? Surely no one is so naive to imagine, a strong minded head teacher could influence a vote by these little children (yes, they are just little children)? Which way do you think a vote to slaughter the class hamster would have gone? Were they asked to vote on whether the animal should be sold, or sold then slaughtered? It would be very interesting to know how the ballot papers were worded, if indeed there was an actual ballot, or was it just a show of hands?

[Obvioulsy I don't expect you to able to answer, but these are all questions that need to be asked]

Still, only one parent seemed to have felt strongly enough to post a message and they seemed to feel it necessary to post the same message twice and apparently the only source to the number of parents who complained. In the local press, it appears only two parents felt passionate enough to comment (one being the same from the Independent, I dare say), if they really are parents of children at the school. These sorts of things are hardly certain, are they?

I found this comment particularly interesting though; from a horse's mouth, so to speak:

You are very welcome. Was this just hearsay, or do you believe it to be accurately reported? When I did a Google search-"teacher threats sheep excrement", the only source to reports of excrement being posted, was from that paragon of truth, balance and reliability: The Daily Heil.