Well it's finally happened, Nanny has "flipped her lid".In what can only be described as the most ridiculous and daft of edicts to have ever issued forth from Nanny's troubled mind, Nanny has decided to ban pencil cases.
Pencil cases?
Yes, pencil cases!
Nanny's chums at St Anne's Primary School in Denton, Greater Manchester, have banned pupils from taking in pencil cases; after one of their pupils was accidentally stabbed with a letter opener, by a fellow pupil, who had concealed the opener in a pencil case.
Glenys Dyer, head teacher at St Anne's, said:
"We have banned all pupils from bringing pencil cases and their contents into school to prevent any other potentially harmful instruments being brought into the classroom."
She said the decision to exclude the child sent a:
"clear message to both the child and the school community that this is unacceptable behaviour which we take very seriously."
No Glenys, what it says is that you and Nanny are idiots.
What about compasses?
They are dangerous, are you going to ban geometry lessons as well?
What about cutlery, used in the canteen?
Cutlery can be used as a weapon.
Are you going to ban lunch?
Oops, sorry, I forgot that Nanny has already banned metal cutlery on planes. Ever tried eating a steak with a plastic knife...thanks a lot Mr Bin Liner!
At the end of the day, banning pencil cases is utter bollocks.
What a sorry state we are in.
That's why I'm glad we moved to the US; we're allowed to run with scissors over here~
ReplyDeleteStuart that is a totally reprehensible attitude. I do hope that they are those safety type scissors that can't cut rice paper. Mind you i never use scissors at all so i may be shooting off without fully understanding the issue. I mean i always use the bowie knife i conceal up my backside for cutting things in general, but that's okay because i'm the head teacher. Wibble Wibble.
ReplyDeletePencil cases should really be banned because the only people that use them are wimpy boys and drippy nosed girls.
ReplyDeleteOkay, well organised wimpy boys and drippy nosed girls.
Nanny'd better be prepared to search harder than that. Here's what the FBI reckons she's up against:
ReplyDeletehttp://datacenter.ap.org/wdc/fbiweapons.pdf
"Come along now, children. You know the rules. No playtime until you've had your strip search."
Nanny'd better be prepared to search harder than that. Here's what the FBI reckons she's up against:
ReplyDeletehttp://datacenter.ap.org/wdc/fbiweapons.pdf
"Come along now, children. You know the rules. No playtime until you've had your strip search."
Well i personaly said that its stupid to bann pencil cases.
ReplyDeletea) in strict schools thats the only way you can express yourself-like in mine for example
b) for some children it may be uncomfortable not to have a pencil case with them
When I was in grade school in the late 80s/early 90s in the US, having a super cool pencil case was a status symbol, especially the ones from the Sanrio store in the mall that had Hello Kitty or some other uber cute character and lots of compartments to hide all the matching stationery goodies. Nowadays it seems if you want a nice pencil case (that is, other than red, blue, green, pink, or black single compartment plain plastic) you have to order them online and pay a hefty price.
ReplyDeleteBanning pencil cases? Seriously? That is just sad. I suspect there will be a 200% increase in messy desks.