[Flyboy]

Originally Posted by martyh

flyboy , you keep denying the facts why?

the children DID vote

No, fourteen children voted. It is a lot easier to manipulate a small group of childen, than it is to control the whole school.

the children DID know what was going to happen to the lambs

And how do you know this for sure?

the parents at the school DID also know the purpose of the exercise

Apparently not all of them.

the schools governing body DID approve the exercise

Not relevant, seeing as it was unlikely to affect them personally.

these facts cannot be denied they did happen whether you like it or not

These "facts" can clearly be challenged, without any evidence to support them.

and what "extreme values"has the teacher got ?

The thought that she can ride roughshod over the feelings of seven year old children, is one extreme value I would have thought.

do you even know if their are any vegetarian children at the school and what has that got to do with anything anyway

Come on, out of two hundred and thirty-five there are bound to be some. But then, going by assumptions being made here, is that the mother of one of the pupils is spearheading the campaign and she has been classed as an animal rights nutter.

there are other lessons that the children are learning as well besides the food chain ,what about caring for animals ,the cycle of life and death ,basic principles of democracy .The children have learned these lessons in a real world situation not the wishy washy way taught in inner city schools

There are other more effective ways of teaching about the circle of life, it doesn't have to involve the slaughter of the animal they have come to love and care for. If you belive that they should be taught this, why stop at voting on a slaughter. Why not take them to the abattoir and watch the animal bleed to death. Surely that would abate your oppostion to wishy-washy teaching.