I bet the name is accurate. Education is probably pretty absent there.

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Well we certainly dont want to offend anyone, that would be terrible if someone, anyone, anywhere, ever, was offended about anything...

unless they are brown of course.

Arguing semantics right now is like fighting over the last turkey leg on the Lusitania.

FTA: I'm always open to new ideas but the reality is education is about preparing young people to live in the real world.

wait...what?

Somebody kill these people.

What negative connotations?



/You can't have any pudding if you don't eat your meat
//just sayin'

I don't like to refer to bills mailed to my house as "bills"... so I call them "junk mail" and throw them away.

Also, the instead of refering to something as a "bank foreclosure" I like to call it "Happy Poop Smiley Buttons."

AspectRatio: Somebody kill these people.

Evolution is on the case.

So, what is the negative connotation? I don't get it. If the word "school" has acquired one, maybe they should look into the reason why. Until then, they are just renaming South Central.

I'll be in the bladder and bowel evacuation room while the debate goes on.

AspectRatio: Somebody kill these people.

You know who tried?

FTFAThis is Watercliffe Meadow, a place for learning. One reason was many of the parents of the children here had very negative connotations of school. Instead we want this to a be a place for family learning, where anyone can come.

"We were able to start from scratch and create a new type of learning experience. There are no whistles or bells or locked doors. We wanted to de-institutionalise the place and bring the school closer to real life.'

First school in UK to have Mandatory Random Stabbing as a class.
Pre-requisite: Nanny State Bedwetting Entitlement class.

many of the parents of the children here had very negative connotations of school

Translation: The parents of our pupils are thick as mince.

Rename them day-care centers, let those who want to learn go to a real school, and then those who might not like the idea of being in "school" can hang out in a state sponsored day-care facility until they are old enough to go get a job. Then those people can do manual labor or make my french fries.

mmm french fries

I prefer the term re-education camp; has a fun ring to it.

Richard Saunders: I prefer the term re-education camp; has a fun ring to it.

I agree. However, I don't like the sound of these here "Boncintration Camps".

Gumercules: FTFAThis is Watercliffe Meadow, a place for learning. One reason was many of the parents of the children here had very negative connotations of school. Instead we want this to a be a place for family learning, where anyone can come.

"We were able to start from scratch and create a new type of learning experience. There are no whistles or bells or locked doors. We wanted to de-institutionalise the place and bring the school closer to real life.'

So why don't they call it Whee-Zip Zing-Pow Dingadingadinga-loo? Cuz that seems about the level of reality they're working on.

How about this word?
gymnasium |jimˈnāzēəm|
noun ( pl. -siums or -sia |-zēə|)
1 a room or building equipped for gymnastics, games, and other physical exercise.
2 |gimˈnäzēˌoŏm| a school in Germany, Scandinavia, or central Europe that prepares pupils for university entrance.

They should call them Centers For Kids Who Can't Read Good And Wanna Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too

jdmac: Rename them day-care centers, let those who want to learn go to a real school, and then those who might not like the idea of being in "school" can hang out in a state sponsored day-care facility until they are old enough to go get a job. Then those people can do manual labor or make my french fries.

mmm french fries


mmm.. astronaut

is this a home school?

I wonder if they have Dictionaries there?

school - /skul/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [skool]

1. an institution where instruction is given, esp. to persons under college age: The children are at school.


I wonder how they will reconcile their stupidity with their students?


wait....is the word " student " a demeaning term?

Now that I think about it, the word " teacher " has an authoritative and therefore intimidating tone that would very well squash the little ones fragile self esteem.

Councillor Andrew Sangar:
"How a school chooses to manage and refer to itself is a matter for the board of governors and the community it serves and we're relaxed about that."

This has got to be a joke. This reads like something out of a Douglas Adams book.

scwewywabbit: They should call them Centers For Kids Who Can't Read Good And Wanna Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too

What is this??!

Jesus Christ, the Nanny State articles have gotten worse and worse in the last year.

Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: the Nanny State articles have gotten worse and worse in the last year

Nanny State, eh?

Councillor Andrew Sangar, Sheffield City Council's Cabinet Member for Children's Services and Lifelong Learning, said: "It's a school, we consider it a school and that's how we refer to it. How a school chooses to manage and refer to itself is a matter for the board of governors and the community it serves and we're relaxed about that."

You fail at Reading.

Oh my god! A headline about the UK without the words Nanny state or precious snowflake. Has Fark turned a corner? Is it finished with these tired unoriginal cliche's and catchphrases?

OH THE HU-CATURDAY your dog wants cliche, cause there is still "Nokia phone" cancer. Libtards rejoice. EVERYBODY PANACEA!

I'm renaming cancer.
from now on it will be called "alternatively-focused cell differentiation"

see?
now it's fun (AND diverse!)

libbynomore2:

Rote learning carries its flaws like a speedboat and a water skier.

I attended Catholic schools for most of my youth. I had exactly TWO teachers who taught.

One very religious and Catholic.
One very religious and non-Catholic.

Want to know what each one did (without knowing the other did it)?

Walked the class to the library and showed everyone how to RESEARCH topics.

Not memorize. Not submit to the loudest. Not agree to anything.

They showed their students how to QUESTION.

Question who they were.
Question how they got to be where they were.
Question the government.
Question the world.

If there is one lesson I have learned in life, one thing I would pass on to anyone who would listen, it would be this:

Question the ones who only provide answers. Answer the ones who only provide questions.

Only through dialogue can we know ourselves, our families, our culture.

Skinner! The little urchins feel stigmatized by an over-authoritarian environment and hope to remedy the situation by re-designating a common noun!

Katolu: I'll be in the bladder and bowel evacuation room while the debate goes on.

the B.a.B.E Room?

gwowen: Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: the Nanny State articles have gotten worse and worse in the last year

Nanny State, eh?Councillor Andrew Sangar, Sheffield City Council's Cabinet Member for Children's Services and Lifelong Learning, said: "It's a school, we consider it a school and that's how we refer to it. How a school chooses to manage and refer to itself is a matter for the board of governors and the community it serves and we're relaxed about that."You fail at Reading.

At reading what? I didn't even click on the link. I was referring to the frequency of the Nanny State article appearances on Fark.

Get your head out of your ass

Dumb country is as dumb country does.

Headteacher?
obscure?

I don't see the problem here - I don't think they have an official policy of denying that their institution is a school when asked, they're just not using the word school as part of the name.

Of course, they seem to have quite an erm... 'progressive' attitude to education in general which some people might disagree with, but if that's the problem then you probably ought to call a spade a spade rather than criticising the name of the place.

gwowen: You fail at Reading.

I don't see why that comment means he's automatically going to fail when visiting a particular town between London and Oxford.

Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: At reading what? I didn't even click on the link. I was referring to the frequency of the Nanny State article appearances on Fark.

But this is in no sense a Nanny State article. You fail at Thinking, too.

A Kindegerten is a school, but we call it a Children's Garden - in German.

Not defending the fools in the article, just pointing out that naming things does play with the psychology at work.

rhalst: Oh my god! A headline about the UK without the words Nanny state or precious snowflake. Has Fark turned a corner? Is it finished with these tired unoriginal cliche's and catchphrases?

OH THE HU-CATURDAY your dog wants cliche, cause there is still "Nokia phone" cancer. Libtards rejoice. EVERYBODY PANACEA!

Lawl


toonz: Katolu: I'll be in the bladder and bowel evacuation room while the debate goes on.

the B.a.B.E Room?

I am so using that.

pjc51: Of course, they seem to have quite an erm... 'progressive' attitude to education in general which some people might disagree with, but if that's the problem then you probably ought to call a spade a spade rather than criticising the name of the place.

I'm offended by that remark. You should write, "Call a digging implement a digging implement."

AspectRatio: Somebody kill these people.

Don't worry. Economics and history have a way of eliminating people and places like this.

gwowen: Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: At reading what? I didn't even click on the link. I was referring to the frequency of the Nanny State article appearances on Fark.

But this is in no sense a Nanny State article. You fail at Thinking, too.

Everything regarding to England with the tag Asinine, Dumbass or Stupid ends up as a Nanny State thread. It's inevitable.

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Yea, you definitely have your finger on the pulse of the Fark community.

The problem is, as retarded PC and bureaucratically retarded England has become, the US is only a few years behind them. Modern liberal rhetoric doesn't allow homework, or kids to fail projects, or grading in red ink, or scores to be kept in soccer or now people even using the word 'school'.

/Awesome. Our kids are doomed.

I wonder if they'll learn any Shakespeare at this new "school". "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2). And shiat will still smell like shiat.

that word may have "negative connotations"?

At this point, so does the word "England"...

/Blimey!

Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: Everything regarding to England with the tag Asinine, Dumbass or Stupid ends up as a Nanny State thread. It's inevitable.

This. It's not a matter of there actually being a Nanny State issue, it just devolves there, much like science threads always end up arguing about Creationism and Evolution.

Argh2: Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: Everything regarding to England with the tag Asinine, Dumbass or Stupid ends up as a Nanny State thread. It's inevitable.

This. It's not a matter of there actually being a Nanny State issue, it just devolves there, much like science threads always end up arguing about Creationism and Evolution.

That's where religion threads go. Science threads go to global warmingtown

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How the crap do you remember your own handle when you're not on your home comp?

Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: Everything regarding to England with the tag Asinine, Dumbass or Stupid ends up as a Nanny State thread. It's inevitable.

Yes, because of dullards like you who'd rather repeat a tedious cliche than read the article, engage your brain and formulate an interesting and novel response... Well done you.

/ really, mocking someone's "Links greenlighted" statistic? That's your best comeback? That's how you demonstrate your intellectual prowess? Wow.
// You are so hardcore.

Bring-out-your-dead: Headteacher?
obscure?

I miss Chief Big Wheel.



/and Big Wheels
//hot Wheels