Comments | isil_helyanwe: THAT'S MY SCHOOL

isil_helyanwe

THAT'S MY SCHOOL

Jan 10, 2009 10:35

LOLZ my school on the BBC... We suck so hard.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7821358.stm

(I wasn't in the group by the way.)

internet, school, bbc, news, facebook

Comments 8

mikaverleth January 10 2009, 16:06:44 UTC

....Daaaaaamn.

My school somehow gets in the Providence Journal every time a class graduates. I'm not sure why, but it's nice.

isil_helyanwe January 10 2009, 20:26:21 UTC

Yeah, a slightly nicer reason to be in the news... Apparently the teaching body has no idea who leaked the story. I'm frankly astonished that the papers were even interested... It's hardly breaking news.

laliandra January 11 2009, 01:21:47 UTC

THE NEWS QUIZ! I TOO AM LISTENING TO IT!

*ahem*

Anyway, that's mildly hilarious. Facebook, good or eeeevil?!

Also, your school's aim/motto/founding thing is hysterical. My friend's school's was "to produce young ladies of grace and integrity", which we of course mock her about all the time.

isil_helyanwe January 11 2009, 14:54:23 UTC

The News Quiz is amazing. Sandi Toksvig is brilliant.

Facebook is indeed a tool for great evil, but the fact that because of this the school's going to be stalking our Facebook accounts... The really jokes thing is that most of the teachers think that the school's blown this way out of proportion too, and they make these snarky little asides about it ("Well, I'd love to give you my opinion about the whole situation girls, but I'm afraid it might end up on Facebook.")

The motto is hilarious, we sound like such a finishing school.

skipity January 11 2009, 15:10:36 UTC

I'm still utterly pissed off at this whole thing - it's totally ridiculous and the media have kinda sided the school, which annoys me even more. Well, it's mainly that the school have blatantly lied. And covered up the expulsion. And I'm sorry, but counselling? More like anger management training to stop her from getting herself in such a situation again because of the amount of yelling she does! And I probably shouldn't be writing this so publicly, but I no longer care. LET THEM DO WHAT THEY DARE.

Haha, the motto thing is because it was stolen from Westminster (but they've retained the Latin: deus dat incrementum). XD

isil_helyanwe January 11 2009, 15:39:59 UTC

I know - it was WAY more than 29 people that got suspended wasn't it? Plus the people who got permanently excluded. And that thing with the school banning Rachel's dad from invigilating in exams - it's just ridiculous.

I doubt they'll run across this, TBH. LiveJournal isn't exactly where they'd look for people from our school.

shinabu January 11 2009, 15:22:56 UTC

I was in that group and damn proud.

The newspapers completely take the school's side.

It was the 'I hate Miss Pickard Society', the I inferring opinion. And it was just people saying 'Yeah, she shouted at me and made me cry'.

The newspapers also haven't mentioned the unlawful suspensions of Rachel's brother and father just for being related to her.

isil_helyanwe January 11 2009, 15:47:02 UTC

I mean, I don't think she deserved it, but it was certainly justified. I mean, no one is really questioning why so many students are saying she's an awful teacher and hates children.

Plus, the school has completely overreacted - especially when it comes to Rachel's family...