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The new 4.7m school that won't call itself a 'school'... because it has 'negative connotations'
It has 500 pupils, scores of classrooms, a headmistress, staffroom and playground. But woe betide anyone who refers to Watercliffe Meadow as a school. The word has been banished since it opened in September - because of its 'negative connotations'. Instead it is to be known as 'a place for learning'. Its head hopes the change will help 'de-institutionalise' the school.
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Posted in: News on January 6, 2009 @ 12:00 AM
Tags: School
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This is like that comment about Sarah Palin. "You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig."
"Marie Clair, from the Campaign for Plain English, said: 'It's laughable...'Using unfamiliar words instead of a simple one, like "school", will get in the way of children's ability to learn.' "
I thinks she's one of the many who gave that word a negative connotation.
Apparently this f-wits didn't read this:
http://www.snipeme.com/archive...
Meh, this is just Britain acting crazy again. I think it's less about school and more about British oddness. They've got some crazy shit going on over there.
sweet article from SNIPE ME, btw.
yeah this is kind of weird. i mean, it's good that they recognize those connotations and strive to make an independent school, but really...
I don't quite get why you guys are dissing this. They're helping out kids who'd otherwise be trapped in a conventional "education" system, they're literally saving lives.
I support them, and think we, who haven't done much to further our cause yet, shouldn't be throwing the rocks at someone who has achieved something as great as this.
i think puchiko is right their finally starting to notice that school is not working