Open Days - where have all the children gone?
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Open Days - where have all the children gone?
Anyone else noticed the lack of kids in the classrooms?
I have seen a lot of neat and tidy empty classrooms and a lot of 6th formers.
Very occasionally I have come across an 'ordinary' class and everyone is paying attention and smiling sweetly.
No bad behaviour anywhere, no crushing in manic corridors, no litter.
What's going on? Have the kids all been given the day off?
I have seen a lot of neat and tidy empty classrooms and a lot of 6th formers.
Very occasionally I have come across an 'ordinary' class and everyone is paying attention and smiling sweetly.
No bad behaviour anywhere, no crushing in manic corridors, no litter.
What's going on? Have the kids all been given the day off?
I'm miffed why they do that, do they actually think we are stupid enough not to notice. I'm cross that when I asked a teacher where the students were I was told, everyone was in school... which was a total fib unless they were hiding in the cupboards... another parent on the tour said her neighbours children go to St. C. and they weren't going in till 11.00am!
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They must either expect to be embarrassed by the pupils or by their own failings or both.
I've worked for companies who when expecting a visit clean obsessively for a week and then start a process or even rework something just before their visitors arrive,so that everything is perfect and nothing can go wrong. It happens everywhere and leads to the rumour that the Queen thinks everything smells of fresh paint!
In the end it comes down to a lack of belief in their methods and a lack of trust from the top down. Often those at the sharp end would be quite happy to present a "warts and all" picture only to be prevented from doing so by those in "higher management".
I've worked for companies who when expecting a visit clean obsessively for a week and then start a process or even rework something just before their visitors arrive,so that everything is perfect and nothing can go wrong. It happens everywhere and leads to the rumour that the Queen thinks everything smells of fresh paint!
In the end it comes down to a lack of belief in their methods and a lack of trust from the top down. Often those at the sharp end would be quite happy to present a "warts and all" picture only to be prevented from doing so by those in "higher management".
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