No, fourteen children voted. It is a lot easier to manipulate a small group of childen, than it is to control the whole school.
how do you know the teacher manipulated the pupils that's an accusation that needs some evidence
And how do you know this for sure?
other posters have supplied copius links for you to read but you continue to insert "
flyboy facts as appropriate"
Apparently not all of them.
most did a very small minority didn't and if they felt that strongly about it then they should have removed their children from school and made formal protests as is their right
Not relevant, seeing as it was unlikely to affect them personally.
how can the governing bodies opinion be "not relevant"
These "facts" can clearly be challenged, without any evidence to support them.
again...read the links from parents with children at the school ,i supplied direct quotes from 3 parents who all said that the matter had been thoroughly discussed in meetings BEFORE the lambs were bought
The thought that she can ride roughshod over the feelings of seven year old children, is one extreme value I would have thought.
"Ride roughshod over the feelings of seven year old children " where do get that from ,your not commenting on a pro tory thread now you know
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.
not sure about animal rights nutter but definately a nutter and even if there are vegetarians at the school, so what ,they are'nt the majority and have no right to enforce views on the majority who have democratically decided a course of action
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.