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Thursday, May 19, 2016
The Dangers of Mortar Boards
Oh dear, as a result of some alleged occasional injuries, students at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have been urged not to throw their mortar boards into the air when they have their graduation photos taken.
Instead they have been asked to mime the throwing action instead, and have hats added digitally to the photo after. Oddly enough, it will cost an extra £8 to have a digital mortar board added to a photo!
The BBC reports that a university spokeswoman said injuries caused by falling mortarboards posed an "unacceptable risk".
Unacceptable to whom?
The students are the ones doing the throwing, and are in the line of fire. Let them determine if they want to take the "risk".
The spokesman went on to say:
"We want to ensure no student's graduation day is ruined by the potential for avoidable injury.
This has been agreed by our academic dress suppliers who often receive back damaged mortarboards, and our photographers."
The university said it had not introduced a specific
policy banning the throwing of mortarboards, but instead had "asked our
photography supplier not to encourage it during large group sessions".
The
university spokeswoman said: "The university accepts some people may
still throw their hats. This is their choice and nothing will happen if
they do."
Hah!
So the university agrees with what I just said about letting students make the decision!
Just to remind you of a key point here, third and fourth-year students had been
sent instructions from a photography company telling them hats could be
added to the photo digitally for £8.
The Health and Safety Executive said the chance of being injured by a flying mortar board is "incredibly small".
"When the concern is actually about the hats being returned in good condition, it's time to stop blaming health and safety."
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Perhaps, Tonk, because a "spokesman" would either be thrown fully clothed into the nearest lake, pond, river or whatever body of water happened to be convenient, or, possibly debagged and then thrown in!
""We want to ensure no student's graduation day is ruined by the potential for avoidable injury.
"This has been agreed by our academic dress suppliers who often receive back damaged mortarboards, and our photographers."
Are the photographers damaged too? I'm intrigued to know how! lol
"Instead they have been asked to mime the throwing action instead, and have hats added digitally to the photo after. Oddly enough, it will cost an extra £8 to have a digital mortar board added to a photo!"
Kerching! Call me cynical, but I can't help thinking that this might be the real reason!
I hope the students carry on with their tradition and figuratively say "Up yours!" to the elf'n'safety fascists!
Why does it all too often seem to be a "spokeswoman" making these daft announcements?
ReplyDeletePerhaps, Tonk, because a "spokesman" would either be thrown fully clothed into the nearest lake, pond, river or whatever body of water happened to be convenient, or, possibly debagged and then thrown in!
ReplyDelete""We want to ensure no student's graduation day is ruined by the potential for avoidable injury.
"This has been agreed by our academic dress suppliers who often receive back damaged mortarboards, and our photographers."
Are the photographers damaged too? I'm intrigued to know how! lol
"Instead they have been asked to mime the throwing action instead, and have hats added digitally to the photo after. Oddly enough, it will cost an extra £8 to have a digital mortar board added to a photo!"
Kerching! Call me cynical, but I can't help thinking that this might be the real reason!
I hope the students carry on with their tradition and figuratively say "Up yours!" to the elf'n'safety fascists!
After ex-wife twattend herself on the head, she probably would appreciate this.
ReplyDeleteAfter ex-wife twattend herself on the head, she probably would appreciate this.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I read about universities and their students these days, perhaps they haven't mastered the art of catching the boards on the way down.
ReplyDeleteJay