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Originally Posted by nffc
Bleh.... we don't know the history do we.
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No, but then you immediately go on to speculate...!
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They'd presumably also been told to wear full school uniform
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Speculation.
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and if they weren't, they'd be refused entry into exams!
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Speculation.
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And let's not forget he was also offered a choice.
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A "choice" that was not a reasonable choice at all.
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Spare shoes, that DID fit in the regulations- which he turned down for alleged "medical reasons".
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"Alleged", implying that there weren't really reasons. More speculation.
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He had the choice to take the exam in the spare shoes or to not take it in his chavwear,
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"Chavwear". Yet more speculation. (If they had been so blatantly "chavvy" I doubt very much he'd have got away with it for so long, but looking at the picture which, I presume, are the trainers in question, it's not as if they're bright white or similar.)
He was offered a "choice" between "wear someone else's shoes" (not something I would choose to do whether I had a medical condition or not) and "go home and come back", it isn't really much of a choice.
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Which provokes a few thoughts...
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Read "speculations based on no evidence".
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He may have also had warnings about not wearing proper uniform *not necessarily footwear* in the past,
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Any evidence of these? Nope. Just speculation.
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the school may also have a zero tolerance policy in exams.
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In which case it should have been made perfectly clear, which doesn't sound as if it was the case from what the article says.
And, frankly, having ZT policies in exams but not for the rest of the school year sounds a pretty silly idea to me.
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As it stands, we have a brief one-sided account of the incident.
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Yes, that is, at least, correct.
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It would be interesting to see detailed statements from both sides, and also if there's any history, because apart from what we know, there's little about the incident itself.
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I agree.
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Personally I feel the school were right sticking up for the rules but OK, if others feel Little Johnny is able to get away with whatever he wants to and has a right to sit exams regardless, etc etc, than that's fair enough- but boy, the PC brigade is really beginning to really **** me off!
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And boy, the "string them up brigade" are ****ing me off too.
Has *ANYONE* said that he should be "able to get away with whatever he wants to and has a right to sit exams regardless"? No.
Please don't try to put words into people's mouths it doesn't help your arguments.
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Originally Posted by paulyoung666
it seems to me the ones who do not have kids are the ones making the stupid opnions!
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Thank you for that constructive contribution to the debate.