Teachers - "British values" and all that

[spanglechick]

Year ten are just about my favourite year group. For balance. Y10 and sixth form. And year seven.

 

[Sasaferrato]

It's appalling.
The answer I suppose is education - of staff and students alike.

The answer is that criminal behaviour is reported to the police for proper investigation.

I can understand why schools don't want to do this, reputational protection etc, but failing to report criminal activity is beyond deplorable.

 

[Steel Icarus]

The answer is that criminal behaviour is reported to the police for proper investigation.

I can understand why schools don't want to do this, reputational protection etc, but failing to report criminal activity is beyond deplorable.

Tbf I think it's more that victims of harassment don't report it, but certainly educational establishments should ensure their "culture" is one where pupils feel able to report abuse and that they will be supported when they do.

 

[Sasaferrato]

Tbf I think it's more that victims of harassment don't report it, but certainly educational establishments should ensure their "culture" is one where pupils feel able to report abuse and that they will be supported when they do.

I appreciate that the first couple of cases would have national exposure, but the knowledge that you will get your collar felt is a great incentive to behave.

 

[chilango]

I appreciate that the first couple of cases would have national exposure, but the knowledge that you will get your collar felt is a great incentive to behave.

I dunno. My own direct experiences of this is that it is all far more complicated and messy.

 

[Brainaddict]

I dunno. My own direct experiences of this is that it is all far more complicated and messy.

Makes me think of the school flashback in I May Destroy You. Messy indeed.

 

[Sasaferrato]

I've been scratching my head until the splinters flew, but for the life of me, I cannot define 'British Values'.

There is no virtue that I can define as purely British.

 

[Ax^]

natural polite queing etiquitte is the only purely british trait i can think of


don't even have to tell you guys to do that

 

[Argonia]

I've been scratching my head until the splinters flew, but for the life of me, I cannot define 'British Values'.

There is no virtue that I can define as purely British.

Frequent cups of tea. Nobody else in the world does that, particularly not the Indians.

 

[Orang Utan]

Frequent cups of tea. Nobody else in the world does that, particularly not the Indians.

It’s not universal though. Also, other nations drink a lot of tea

 

[Ax^]

Frequent cups of tea. Nobody else in the world does that, particularly not the Indians.

being irish i can tell you that we out do you on the tea front

 

[Argonia]

It’s not universal though. Also, other nations drink a lot of tea

Do the Chinese drink tea? Or is it green tea out there?

 

[Orang Utan]

Do the Chinese drink tea? Or is it green tea out there?

Yes, and the Russians

 

[Argonia]

being irish i can tell you that we out do you on the tea front

My mum just told me on our daily pandemic Zoom calls that she's on her sixth of the day. I'm on two so far but I've got some apple and mango juice to mix it up a bit.

 

[Ax^]

oddly turkey is the biggest drinkers of tea in the world

 

[Orang Utan]

The Irish drink tea more than us and so do a lot of Middle Eastern countries

 

[maomao]

Do the Chinese drink tea? Or is it green tea out there?

Green tea is tea. They're don't put cow pus in it either. Or make constant mugs of it, much better to stew the same jar of leaves all day and just keep topping up.

 

[Ax^]

milk standards in china are terrible so that not surrpising

that and almost the whole country being lactose intolerant

 

[JimW]

The Chinese Internet and social media are rotten with handwringing articles about how their education system is robbing successive generations of a childhood by the way, before we start putting schooling here on a pedestal. Also recall a load of multinationals backing programmes to encourage thinking in university students because they'd become so inured to rote learning everything and treating tests as thing to just get by however that they were not much use in any problem solving roles out in the corporate world.

 

[Sasaferrato]

being irish i can tell you that we out do you on the tea front

I've drunk maybe ten cups of tea in my life.

Didn't drink either until I was about 13, then opted for coffee.

 

[Argonia]

milk standards in china are terrible so that not surrpising

that and almost the whole country being lactose intolerant

I've drunk maybe ten cups of tea in my life.

Didn't drink either until I was about 13, then opted for coffee.

When I was about ten (influenced by my evil tea drinking mother) I made a chart of how many cups of tea I drank per day in an effort to increase Stakhanovite efficiency.

 

[Sasaferrato]

When I was about ten (influenced by my evil tea drinking mother) I made a chart of how many cups of tea I drank per day in an effort to increase Stakhanovite efficiency.

If I can be arsed, I make Lavazza espresso, otherwise Gold Blend Intense. I put two (used to be three) spoonfuls in a mug. It's not bad.

 

[maomao]

milk standards in china are terrible so that not surrpising

that and almost the whole country being lactose intolerant

Also milk in tea is a disgusting habit. If you must do it then at least brew the tea in actual milk like the Indians and Mongolians rather than adding a tablespoonful of cold pussy green top.

 

[Argonia]

Also milk in tea is a disgusting habit. If you must do it then at least brew the tea in actual milk like the Indians and Mongolians rather than adding a tablespoonful of cold pussy green top.

Have mine black myself.

 

[Ax^]

I'm guessing you are not a fan of milk

drink tea with and without a drop of milk


if i was drinking tea in the US or China it would be Black

as their milk has some of the lowest standards in the world

 

[chilango]

If I can be arsed, I make Lavazza espresso, otherwise Gold Blend Intense. I put two (used to be three) spoonfuls in a mug. It's not bad.

Always knew you were a wrong 'un.

 

[maomao]

as their milk has some of the lowest standards in the world

You could have the freshest pasteurised cow-pus in the world and it would still be criminal to put it in proper Chinese tea.

 

[Ax^]

agreed but talking about tea in general

 

[MickiQ]

I've drunk maybe ten cups of tea in my life.

Didn't drink either until I was about 13, then opted for coffee.

kin' hell I'd easily drink that in a single day

 

[Orang Utan]

kin' hell I'd easily drink that in a single day

Why? Seems a lot of effort if you’re thirsty. Water is underrated. I like tea but I only drink it twice a week