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[Amigo]

Some friends who are Mums are talking about school closures on f/b. Immingham is flat as a pancake. An Ordanace Survey map would be devoid of contour lines so no excuses. I understand there are some guidelines as to whether schools open in certain temps. Bollix. I was walked to & from school a mile each way in shorts in all weathers from the age of 5. The teachers got in & school went ahead.
    No wonder we can't win a war without help, win the footy or anything else nowadays. Folk have no gumption & are too full of excuses.
   Tommorow i'll be in the yard for 5am, diesel up & be in Nottingham for 9am. I'll then reload @ Chesterfield & go home. We need to stop being pansies & bringing our precious little cherubs up to be the same. UK should be ashamed of itself.

[fiend61]

totally agree 

[Richie London]

i never missed a day in the 70s cause of the weather. or work when i left school. there is no excuse for closing schools unless its been blown up

[Vamps]

Don't even go there Guy, Miss Vamps school was closed on Thursday lunch time and Friday....   I could not get away from work on Thursday so swmbo had to......
At 1.20pm when I range home from a now sunny Stockton it was the same at home.....most families are mum and dad working what do they expect us to do.
Work wise I was warned on Thursday that as long as I got in the office that was OK, could leave early but would have to take holiday or unpaid leave if did not get to work, and could not work from home.....

Like you I walked to school in wellies and shorts, given that the weather is worse now than on Thursday we are expecting the school to be closed for some time, why???

I could rant for a while on this, but best not....

[PhilRich]

Agree totally Guy, we are breeding a Nation of wimps who can't  aren't allowed to look after themselves!

[tidla]

What's the difference between a snowman and snowwoman?














Snowballs.    
   

sums up us current brits

courtesy of kneepad

[Varche]

I never missed a day of schooling either despite living somewhere akin to Debs rural location. many a time I had to walk 3 miles to the nearest bus stop because of the snow. On one occasion I missed the school bus and was consequently late. Got caned and detention. So missed the school bus home. had to walk four miles for the service bus then three miles home in even deeper snow drifts. 

That wouldn't happen today.

[Vamps]

I never missed a day of schooling either despite living somewhere akin to Debs rural location. many a time I had to walk 3 miles to the nearest bus stop because of the snow. On one occasion I missed the school bus and was consequently late. Got caned and detention. So missed the school bus home. had to walk four miles for the service bus then three miles home in even deeper snow drifts. 

That wouldn't happen today.

Rightly so, but your point is valid.....

[CaptainZok]

Seem to remember the last time this came up someone saying that when a school closes due to adverse weather they get credited 100% attendance for the closed days.
Pressure on the Head to close and improve on the attendance targets?
Also when we were kids most teachers lived within a couple of miles of the school they taught at so worst case they could walk into work. We are now a commuter society with people taking jobs anything up to a hundred miles from home, can't see you walking to work in that case wether it has snowed or not.

[Vamps]

Seem to remember the last time this came up someone saying that when a school closes due to adverse weather they get credited 100% attendance for the closed days.
Pressure on the Head to close and improve on the attendance targets?
Also when we were kids most teachers lived within a couple of miles of the school they taught at so worst case they could walk into work. We are now a commuter society with people taking jobs anything up to a hundred miles from home, can't see you walking to work in that case wether it has snowed or not.

Not quite so sure of that, however there is a rule that teachers report to the nearest school, if they can not get to their own, the idea is that all schools would be covered......swmbo is a cover supervisor and works about 6 miles away but could easily walk to our school in the village..........

The rest of us have to go to work and teachers can go home in daylight.........

[Kevin Wood]

When I was at school, even if there were hardly any staff in attendance something useful was done. They may have sent home some kids if their parents were home but for those where both parents worked, the staff recognised that they had a duty to care for them until the normal end of the school day. There was no question of demanding their parents down tools and collect them.

It's just an excuse for a day off for the staff now, not to mention 'elf and safedee not wanting to take any responsibility for little johnny getting a snowball in his face in the playground.

We will have a whole generation who are a waste of space if we're not careful.

Kevin

[Mr Skrunts]

Only time we got off school was if the boiler broke down.

These days I reckon they shut schools to keep the heating bills down.

[geoffr70]

As soon as we rid of the health and safety culture, and 'where there's blame there's a claim' rubbish, it might get a bit better, but Britain is too far gone now. Too much freedom, too much money, too many comforts have turned us into what we are.

[Auto Addict]

I can remember 1947

 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1242189/Cheer-At-1947--winter-power-cuts-TV-baths-children-sent-bed-dinner-wasnt-food.html

Still went to school.

[Kevin Wood]

I can remember 1947

Still struggling with last year's OOF christmas party though? 

Kevin