Posted on 05/31/2011 2:04:46 PM PDT by marktwain
Staff at Nathaniel Newton Infant School in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, reprimanded the two boys after they were seen making pistol shapes with their fingers.
Teachers broke up the imaginary classroom shoot-out and contacted the youngsters’ parents, warning them that such behaviour would not be tolerated.
The school, which caters for around 180 pupils aged four to seven, said the gun gestures were “unacceptable” and were not permitted at school.
However, parents have described the reaction as “outrageous”, while family groups warned that “wrapping children in cotton wool” damages their upbringing.
Defending its policy, a spokesman for Nathaniel Newton Infant School said: “Far from stopping children from playing we actively encourage it.
“However a judgement call has to be made if playing turns into unacceptable behaviour.
"The issue here was about hand gestures being made in the shape of a gun towards members of staff which is understandably unacceptable, particularly in the classroom."
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Time for the Germans to get frisky again; no more fortress Britian. They’ll walk right in this time!
Except that Germany has more than their share of namby pambies who espouse all that Liberal PC pablum. Not as bad as the UK but they are a different breed than was the norm 60 years ago.
Aw, nevermind.
The two world wars killed off all the manhood in Europe.
That assumes that you believe the idiots who did this. Sounds more like they are claiming anything to draw heat away from themselves.
I would have been put in jail for being a kid!....We divided ourselves up into two groups. All of us had plastic machine guns, grenades, rubber knifes and ammo belts. One group of kids would take off into the woods and the next would wait about five minutes then take off after them. If it wasn’t raining we would be out there til mom’s came yelling.....What a damn pity for todays kids...
Yeah, those were the days. May their like come again soon, for our sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons, unto the generations...
the infowarrior
If Britain really was just a nation of pussies, this policy wouldn’t even be controversial, and wouldn’t even warrant a newspaper story. Maybe it is just a few liberal idiots trying to impose their beliefs on others, as is the general norm everywhere these days?
How do we send this kid a history of the American Revolution?
Seriously, I think we have some brothers and sisters that were left behind.
The proper, complex and fascinating one OR the simplistic one that most people believe?....
We shall follow in their footsteps. A friend of mine volunteers at his son's school. He was informed that he can no longer push the children on swings or chase them, as it is a sign of aggression.
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