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Originally posted by SallyAnne View PostWhat if one of your little mates had split his head open as a kid and died though? You'd want stuff like this in place for your own children now.
I get why they're so anal about protecting kids...and I remember that it wasn't like that when we were kids and "didn't do us any harm" etc.
Getting a happy balance is a tough one.
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostWas watching BBC News this morning and it was denied that any of those listed are official policy and its down to people misinterpretting the rules. Which I dont believe.
Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostWhy do we need rules in the first place? What happened to common sense?
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Originally posted by snaw View PostIt's all a bit mental.
As a result schools have to be extra-stupid-paranoid about H&S.
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Originally posted by snaw View PostI know it wouldn't tread water in a public debate, but to me that's all being part of being a kid - you do dumb tulip and sometimes you get your head busted open ... and I wouldn't have changed it for the world.
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Originally posted by snaw View PostWas reading this article and gotta say I'm impressed.
I do think we could take it a step further though, why don't we come up with some kind of isolation cube thing, lock our kids in them in some sort of oxygen jelly compound and feed them sterilised nutrients. They'll be really safe then.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8107858.stm
Some highlights
FFS, I lost count of the number of times as a kid I split my head open, scrapped the skin off knees and elbows or burnt myself. HTF do we end up at the point where health and safety dictate all this bollocks to us?
H&S, PC, fun hating spoilsports.
It's all a bit mental.
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Originally posted by snaw View PostI know it wouldn't tread water in a public debate, but to me that's all being part of being a kid - you do dumb tulip and sometimes you get your head busted open ... and I wouldn't have changed it for the world.
I get why they're so anal about protecting kids...and I remember that it wasn't like that when we were kids and "didn't do us any harm" etc.
Getting a happy balance is a tough one.
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Originally posted by snaw View PostI know it wouldn't tread water in a public debate, but to me that's all being part of being a kid - you do dumb tulip and sometimes you get your head busted open ... and I wouldn't have changed it for the world.
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Another nail in the coffin for my profession...
The people that come up with these STUPID rules should be sacked!
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Originally posted by SallyAnne View PostNot really a good counter argument
I get your point though!
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Health and safety at schools
Was reading this article and gotta say I'm impressed.
I do think we could take it a step further though, why don't we come up with some kind of isolation cube thing, lock our kids in them in some sort of oxygen jelly compound and feed them sterilised nutrients. They'll be really safe then.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8107858.stm
Some highlights
Wearing goggles to put up posters
Five-page briefing on the dangers of glue sticks
Ban on running in the playground
Wet grass stopping PE lessons
Ban on playing with conkers
One person at a time in staff kitchen
Ban on sweets because of choking risk
Buoyancy aids for capable year 11 swimmers on a school trip to France
H&S, PC, fun hating spoilsports.
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