School rules and chav haircuts again. Let’s see what the papers say, shall we?
Ms Burgin, 31, of Netherfield, said she had been told Jake could return to school, but would be placed in isolation until his hair has changed in accordance with school policy.
"I'm not sending him to school to sit in isolation. I don't see that he has done anything wrong. Yet he is being punished for it," said Ms Burgin, who has three other sons, Chace, eight, Che, six, Gage, three, who all go to Netherfield Primary School. The family say they have met representatives from Carlton le Willows but they haven't been able to come up with a solution.
Translation:
‘It’s so unfair! They ain’t backing down, like they oughta, innit?’ Jake returned to school on Friday after his dad Andrew Hayday, 37, of Colwick, met head teacher Craig Weaver to discuss the issue. Ms Burgin then received a letter from Mr Weaver on Saturday.
Translation:
‘Psst! Commenters! Look, father & mother have different names! Feel free to speculate…’ Jake's grandmother, Lynn Loach, 51, of Gedling, added: "Jake wears the uniform properly every day. He's had a difficult time in the last couple of years. Now he has been sent home for doing nothing wrong."
Translation:
‘I’m alluding to some ‘issues’ in the family to gain sympathy, but I’m not telling the papers just what they are, in case the commenters go against us.. ’ In a statement, Mr Weaver said: "It is entirely appropriate for Carlton le Willows to have a uniform policy. Our policy on uniform, by its very definition, requires pupils to be generally 'conventional' in terms of their dress and appearance. This high standard helps to set an appropriate tone at the academy.
"The vast majority of parents ensure that their child or children come to school in accordance with our requirements.
"However, parents, of course, do have freedom, under the School Admissions Code, to send their children to a school of their choosing, assuming that is the school is not full, where different procedures apply.''
Translation:
‘Here are the rules you signed up to. Fit in, or f**k off!’
I have to say that in this instance the haircut isn't too bad
ReplyDeleteChace, Che, and Gage.
ReplyDeleteOh dear.
Jake, Chace, Che and Gage?
ReplyDelete*shakes head*
I like the comment by Alfred Jingle under the original article:
ReplyDelete“She is 31, he is 14. Conceived when she was 16. Says it all really.”
*w/v=scraf!!*
"Translation: ‘Psst! Commenters! Look, father & mother have different names! Feel free to speculate…’ "
ReplyDeleteNow now Julia, you missed the other bits between lines...
"Jake's grandmother, Lynn Loach, 51,"
A third surname.
And the ages?
Granny is 51. Granny was either 20 or 14 herself when she had her sprog. Care to speculate which? (Since the article didn't see fit to mention which parent she's the mother of.)
And Mummy is 31 and darling Jake is 14, making mummy - what - 16? 17? When Jakey-boy popped out?
"who has three other sons, Chace, eight, Che, six, Gage"
What enchanting names (odds on any two sharing the same father?)... I'm only boggled by the fact there's only three younger siblings....
You're right - there are some fine examples of subtext here.
ReplyDeleteYou might add that giving the mother's age in the original article (I've never understood why they always do that) allows the reader to deduce that she became pregnant at 16 by a man six years older - not a promising start to a parental career.
Oops! beaten to it by the previous two comments - must type more quickly!
ReplyDeleteselsey.steve, I rather like Alfred Jingle's previous comment too:
"I think Donna wanted to get in the papers because she is on the lookout for boyfriend number 5. She wants a daughter. Wonder what that sprog will be called? Rainbow, Crystal, Angel? Got to be a chav name like that surely.”
The man is obviously a gifted cynic.
My kids go to Carlton Le Willows. It's a big school, has a lot of pupils from both rich and poor areas and is rated as being outstanding.
ReplyDeleteLet standards slip so that the kids decide what is acceptible and the school could fall apart.
The uniform code is not difficult to adhere to and neither of my kids have had any trouble with it.
I don't know about this lad at all but the "difficult time" presumably means that he doesn't like the school rules and likes to push things. If that's the case then the teachers can't let him get away with things.
I'm all in favour of the school's action. maybe it will teach some of the kids not to push things.
Good on you, Mr. Weaver!
She's not exactly a, er, young 31, is she?
ReplyDelete@"She's not exactly a, er, young 31, is she? "
ReplyDeleteThe caption might be wrong, and it might be Granny Loach?
Absolutely nothing wrong with having short hair ..
ReplyDeleteBut that looks as if it was cut by an epileptic chimp, using a broken bottle ..
If the kid, or his chavvy mother don't like the school rules .. the simple answer is to find a school with fewer or no rules .. not go whingeing to the local rag & making total prats of yourselves ..
"She's not exactly a, er, young 31, is she? "
ReplyDeleteIf she's only 31 .. she must have had a damned tough paper round .. ;)
Ooh, ooh, ooh... Just been reading *all* the comments, and found this one:
ReplyDelete"by itisthetruth - Friday, January 20 2012, 12:59PM
http://tinyurl.com/829qd6k
caring mother.....i dont think so...all of you commenting need to live in the same community of this family of bullies to get the full story - What goes around comes around thankfully.”
And that URL leads to another story that says:
"Ms [Donna] Blood, a 30-year-old mum-of-four, of Deabill Street, Netherfield, had seven-and-a-half hours of surgery at Nottingham Queen's Medical Centre after suffering severe facial injuries.
Her mother, Lynn Loach,.... "
Another surname. Apparently this attack was "motiveless":
"...Ms Blood added [bearing in mind this happened after a night out in the pub, on the way to another pub]: "I saw my friend's mum getting pushed into barriers and my friend went to help her and was hit.
"I went running over and got punched. Then I was on the floor getting hit and I can't remember anything else"."
It would appear the 'Blood' family around there have form, judging from other comments.
Chace, Che, and Gage.
ReplyDeleteOh dear.
As for Carlton le Willows...
WTF?
Generally the rule is that all the members of the "family" have different surnames.
ReplyDelete"Generally the rule is that all the members of the "family" have different surnames. "
ReplyDelete.. but surely not different from the ones they had the year before...?
I learned a new term in the comments:
ReplyDelete"trophy names".
"Chace, Che, and Gage."
ReplyDeleteAnyone remember "Frank Chalk"'s game of "Top set, Bottom set"? :-)
"I have to say that in this instance the haircut isn't too bad"
ReplyDeleteI have, indeed, seen far, far worse. Perhaps this is merely a pretext to bring young Master Whatevernameshallwehavetoday to heel?
"I'm only boggled by the fact there's only three younger siblings.."
Me too!
"Let standards slip so that the kids decide what is acceptible and the school could fall apart."
Indeed!
"It would appear the 'Blood' family around there have form, judging from other comments."
That's why I do so love the comments... ;)