World cup Head-teacher dilema

[Gwadien]

It's the World Cup - but hey, you're the head teacher of a primary school where most of the kids are fanatic football fans, and they love football, There's a match on during the normal school day, It's your call to let the kids have the day off or not to watch the match, Do you? or do you not?

What would your response be?

The reason I asked is because I was listening to the radio, where they came up with this question and a Head-teacher rang up and said No chance would I let my kids have the day off for a football match, whereas if it was the Ashes, or an important Tennis match, I would, Selfish peice of *****


Anywho's, give your answers!

 

[Dukat]

It's the World Cup - but hey, you're the head teacher of a primary school where most of the kids are fanatic football fans, and they love football, There's a match on during the normal school day, It's your call to let the kids have the day off or not to watch the match, Do you? or do you not?

What would your response be?

The reason I asked is because I was listening to the radio, where they came up with this question and a Head-teacher rang up and said No chance would I let my kids have the day off for a football match, whereas if it was the Ashes, or an important Tennis match, I would, Selfish peice of *****


Anywho's, give your answers!

Would it not be common sense to have a normal school day - just set a projector up in the main hall and call a break when the match is on, the kids go in to watch the match, have a short break after to let them get the chit-chat out of the way, then resume normal lessons afterwards?

The whole day off for any kind of sporting event seems a bit excessive to me.

Tempted to add the words "particularly when the people playing it act like unpatriotic, petty, childish, spoilt fucktards" - but i guess thats a bit of a big can of worms to open

 

[Gwadien]

Would it not be common sense to have a normal school day - just set a projector up in the main hall and call a break when the match is on, the kids go in to watch the match, have a short break after to let them get the chit-chat out of the way, then resume normal lessons afterwards?

The whole day off for any kind of sporting event seems a bit excessive to me.

That's what I sort of meant - I meant the Heads that said no completely, I remember once that my Primary head-teacher wouldn't let us was a England match, so all the kids didn't go school, and he had a school empty, after that he allowed us to watch the matches

 

[eksdee]

The reason I asked is because I was listening to the radio, where they came up with this question and a Head-teacher rang up and said No chance would I let my kids have the day off for a football match, whereas if it was the Ashes, or an important Tennis match, I would, Selfish peice of *****

what a complete and total ****.

the local schools here showed the match on a projector and the kids just missed part of lunch + 1 lesson. seemed a reasonable enough compromise to me.

 

[Dukat]

At the end of the day though, surely its just a sporting event? I dont remember having ever missed a lesson to watch a sport, worldcup or otherwise.

Surely this kind of thing is a priviledge to be granted or denied by the people at the top, not a right? After all, they're there to get an education.

 

[Bahumat]

Yeah show it on projector. Its unfair if the head master does not like football and you dont get to see it, but he likes gay sports *cough*rugby*cough* and lets you have the day off for that.

 

[Punishment]

what a complete and total ****.

the local schools here showed the match on a projector and the kids just missed part of lunch + 1 lesson. seemed a reasonable enough compromise to me.

This !

 

[cog]

A lot of schools where my mates are working clsoed at 2 for the match, ours didnt though. And then we had a meeting til 5 that we were required to attend. Hooray

 

[Roo Stercogburn]

Shoot the head teacher.

Kids watch whatever they want.

Sorted.

 

[ECA]

When england were in euro something or other we got to watch the match in the assembly hall on a projector.

 

[Ch3tan]

I don't see how it's a problem, the kick offs from now on in are all 3pm or later on weekdays.
School finishes at 3.30. No Headteachers should not be closing school for this.

 

[Lightfighter]

I remember when I went to school there was a World Cup, might've been 2002, and Sweden was playing vs Argentina/Serbia or something. Normal classes got screwed and all students were assembled in the P.E.-hall to watch it on a big screen ;D.

 

[ilaya]

i heard a similar thing on jeremy vine show on wednesday.. kids being let out early or they showed the match in school.

some schools in my area been showing the games but kids gotta pay a quid to watch it and the quid goes to charity. now u may think.. what about the skint kids? well.. sorted... coz the kids had to pay a few days beforehand and all the ones who couldnt pay a quid were told... dont worry you can watch it anyway, just dont tell anyone

football transcends all boundaries.. in what other world championships would serbia play ghana in south africa with the world watching? hehe.

tennis si a single person game.. pile of wank tbh... the ashes.. only 2 teams.. and who is to say when the exicting bits are? do you gives the kids 5 days off? nah... coz kids would be bored by it.. test cricket is an acquired taste. teacher is being selfish.

 

[Huntingtons]

Shoot the head teacher.

Kids watch whatever they want.

Sorted.

that will turn into Lord of the Flies!

 

[Influenza]

One of the head teachers near where i live let the kids go at 2.30pm on wednesday (an hour early) so the kids could watch the match. Some of the parents (mostly female) were up in arms accusing him of harming the kids education lol

 

[megadave]

they usually allow it because they know that otherwise attendnce ratings will drop

 

[cHodAX]

At the end of the day though, surely its just a sporting event? I dont remember having ever missed a lesson to watch a sport, worldcup or otherwise.

Surely this kind of thing is a priviledge to be granted or denied by the people at the top, not a right? After all, they're there to get an education.

We missed an entire day to watch the raising of the Mary Rose, it was the most boring day of my life and to this day I don't really see what the fuss was about. England making progress and stimulating the economy in the process is far more relevant.

 

[Edmond]

The projector in the main hall is the answer, they could let the kids go home but that would screw up most parents child care situations. Its all very well shuting up the schools, but what about the parents who could'nt pick their kids up at 2.30 cos they are at work

 

[Marc]

Our youngests school let them leave at 2.30 for the england game on wednesday

 

[Everz]

I have fond memories of 2002 World Cup, watching it at a projector at our school at 7am in the morning. That win vs Argentina, so sweet.