F@$% and McF@$% !

The stupid ******* in charge of Weavers School in Wellingborough may be getting a lot of stick for his decision to allow pupils to swear up to five times per lesson, but he has support North of the Border.

Those ******* ***** at the Scottish Parent Teacher Council are right behind the ***** head and his ****** ideas.

Eleanor Coner, the spokeswoman for the SPTC, said of the trial in England: "I think it's sensible and would be good to try. It's about time we stopped over-reacting to things. A lot of the problems in classrooms have been from teachers overreacting to things like swearing".



UPDATE - Shuggy is back from his long holidays, with tales from the front line and comments on the education disaster.

Shuggy is a decent sort with a bee in his tam o'shanter about faith schools. He writes "There is less social mobility in the UK than there was thirty tears ago. A large part of the problem is our school system that is run by people who think the school can't help being a repository for the prevailing culture, rather than being what it is: an institution capable of setting and maintaining its own norms and values."

This is all true (except I've never understood the difference between a norm and a convention) - but the faith school is the best at "setting and maintaining its own norms and values". If you take a look round a private school - say an old grammar like those in Gloucester or Worcester - you'll immediately be aware that the culture is not that of the street outside. In too many comprehensives street culture is in the playground and the classroom - to the detriment of the children's education.