I posted this all on another forum I use, but figured, you guys are far more intelligent than thier users, and wanted your opinion. I know i'm being a bit dramatic here but, heck, its seriously pissing me off now. Anyway; here I go:
Anyone who knows me knows that I hate my School, however in this last week it has pushed me too far.
The first incident occured a about a week Monday ago. A boy in my class sent an e-mail to All Pupils and Teachers with a picture of a monkey wearing glasses. It was a silly, yet harmless picture. He got put into isolation and had letters sent home informing his parents.
My question is, why is it, within about 20 minutes they had punished him, yet when someone is reported for bullying, physcially assaulting (With evidence), verbally assaulting it can take up to a month to be looked at? I know several people who have reported bullying, and no care is taken whatsoever during the process. In some cases the people who were being accused got to read the witness statements, and saw who signed them, and 90% of the time they get off free. Maybe a day or two in isolation. Is this adequate punishment? I'd say not. They repeatedly offend (and have been for the past 5 years) yet still, only now have they been excluded from school (for about 2 days).
Whats sickening is the people in question above, I over heard have special treatments due to thier mothers attitude. Normally thier mother turns around and basically says "**** you" to the school when they get in trouble, however, the school negotiated to not put htem in any trouble if she was willing to come on the premises and listen to what they say. (May I note hear, she doesnt have to take any action upon what they say).
Also; it took about 2 weeks for this to take action. 2 weeks after my friend reporting he was pinned up against lockers, threatened, and my other friend had been hit (He left the fight with a bleeding nose but the Deputy Head deemed 'No one was hurt enough to warrant discipline'. An interesting note is, my friend who was bleeding is Asian, whereas the boy who is renowned for causing trouble is British.) To me, all this says they encourage small fights? I don't think thats the way forward, somehow.
Now, the thing really pissed me off was, a boy get sent to the headmaster for not putting the "Mister" infront of a teachers name. He was told he was disrespecting the teacher. Now, i'm sorry, I think it's more disrespectful to ignore a pupils plea for help from bullies, than to forget a 'mister'. I am not lying when over the last 5 years, me and my friends have reported the same bullies countless times.
Now, for incident 2. The schools lighting. The headmaster announced that due to our energy bill being too high, he wanted to leave classroom lights that weren't being used off, and keep doors shut in the hallways to preserve heat. Seems tight, it was funny. I laughed. However, one teacher who is an arselick to the head, has taken this further. She makes us turn off the lights during Form Period and Lessons claiming the natural light from outside is adequete. Now, the Education Standards say 300lux on every surface is the minimum. Im sorry, 9am overcast is not putting 300lux to every surface in her room, when its a large room too. We're using striplights for ***** sake, they are energy efficient.
She also doesn't allow us to have the hallway lights on. May I add, the Education Standards say hallways are included in the minimum lighting rules, as eyestrain can be a problem if your left in badly lit environments all day.
What pissed me off big style? Today at break, she hounded me for turning a hallway light. I can't quote exactly but it was something like this;
The bold part is hilarious, is it not?
Oh the irony in that speech. For one, she works in the school, meaning she gets paid. Paid valuable money that could be used on the schools lighting. However, as a pupil, the school get paid for keeping me. I'd say I have more of a right to have some lighting, as apossed to her. Also; its kinda hypocritical since she leaves her laptop on all the time, isn't it?
Now, in responce to this, I said "Whenever I try explaining my thoughts on how the schools run, the school never listen". She replied;
That makes no sense to me, and during this she was shoving her finger in my face. I then asked "Who should I speak to then, since I do have a problem with how the school is run", to which she replied;
I will make it clear here, everything she said was shouted very loudly. Overreaction, if I say so myself.
In conclusion, I think it's ridiculous how the school is being run. They want us to save energy by keeping doors closed in the hallway, so we dont waste heating, however, we're banned from wearing coats indoors? All those energy saving campaigns, don't they always say "Instead of turning the heating up, put on an extra layer". Obviously, not those exact words however, its something similar.
//Rant over
Anyone who knows me knows that I hate my School, however in this last week it has pushed me too far.
The first incident occured a about a week Monday ago. A boy in my class sent an e-mail to All Pupils and Teachers with a picture of a monkey wearing glasses. It was a silly, yet harmless picture. He got put into isolation and had letters sent home informing his parents.
My question is, why is it, within about 20 minutes they had punished him, yet when someone is reported for bullying, physcially assaulting (With evidence), verbally assaulting it can take up to a month to be looked at? I know several people who have reported bullying, and no care is taken whatsoever during the process. In some cases the people who were being accused got to read the witness statements, and saw who signed them, and 90% of the time they get off free. Maybe a day or two in isolation. Is this adequate punishment? I'd say not. They repeatedly offend (and have been for the past 5 years) yet still, only now have they been excluded from school (for about 2 days).
Whats sickening is the people in question above, I over heard have special treatments due to thier mothers attitude. Normally thier mother turns around and basically says "**** you" to the school when they get in trouble, however, the school negotiated to not put htem in any trouble if she was willing to come on the premises and listen to what they say. (May I note hear, she doesnt have to take any action upon what they say).
Also; it took about 2 weeks for this to take action. 2 weeks after my friend reporting he was pinned up against lockers, threatened, and my other friend had been hit (He left the fight with a bleeding nose but the Deputy Head deemed 'No one was hurt enough to warrant discipline'. An interesting note is, my friend who was bleeding is Asian, whereas the boy who is renowned for causing trouble is British.) To me, all this says they encourage small fights? I don't think thats the way forward, somehow.
Now, the thing really pissed me off was, a boy get sent to the headmaster for not putting the "Mister" infront of a teachers name. He was told he was disrespecting the teacher. Now, i'm sorry, I think it's more disrespectful to ignore a pupils plea for help from bullies, than to forget a 'mister'. I am not lying when over the last 5 years, me and my friends have reported the same bullies countless times.
Now, for incident 2. The schools lighting. The headmaster announced that due to our energy bill being too high, he wanted to leave classroom lights that weren't being used off, and keep doors shut in the hallways to preserve heat. Seems tight, it was funny. I laughed. However, one teacher who is an arselick to the head, has taken this further. She makes us turn off the lights during Form Period and Lessons claiming the natural light from outside is adequete. Now, the Education Standards say 300lux on every surface is the minimum. Im sorry, 9am overcast is not putting 300lux to every surface in her room, when its a large room too. We're using striplights for ***** sake, they are energy efficient.
She also doesn't allow us to have the hallway lights on. May I add, the Education Standards say hallways are included in the minimum lighting rules, as eyestrain can be a problem if your left in badly lit environments all day.
What pissed me off big style? Today at break, she hounded me for turning a hallway light. I can't quote exactly but it was something like this;
The bold part is hilarious, is it not?
Oh the irony in that speech. For one, she works in the school, meaning she gets paid. Paid valuable money that could be used on the schools lighting. However, as a pupil, the school get paid for keeping me. I'd say I have more of a right to have some lighting, as apossed to her. Also; its kinda hypocritical since she leaves her laptop on all the time, isn't it?
Now, in responce to this, I said "Whenever I try explaining my thoughts on how the schools run, the school never listen". She replied;
That makes no sense to me, and during this she was shoving her finger in my face. I then asked "Who should I speak to then, since I do have a problem with how the school is run", to which she replied;
I will make it clear here, everything she said was shouted very loudly. Overreaction, if I say so myself.
In conclusion, I think it's ridiculous how the school is being run. They want us to save energy by keeping doors closed in the hallway, so we dont waste heating, however, we're banned from wearing coats indoors? All those energy saving campaigns, don't they always say "Instead of turning the heating up, put on an extra layer". Obviously, not those exact words however, its something similar.
//Rant over
