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[booboo]

How disrespectful, and demeaning to school teachers .. No wonder a lot of kids grow up with little or no respect when its ok to use mobile phones in lessons...Makes me wonder why anyone would want to be a teacher nowadays ..

[babyjane]

my daughter is beginning to wonder that booboo 

[CLKD]

The Head of this particular School rarely came out of the Office, he was due to retire ……. so without an anchor at the top 

[booboo]

I do wonder at all the idiots and bright sparks that come up with all the rules and regulations, and yet they do not seem to possess the ability to exert or enforce some discipline in the areas they should....

[star-mam]

Children like whistles - well my 4 year old does, if he gets his hands on one it's me who gets fed up of it far sooner than he does!! They'll be banning fire alarms next - they're far more scary than whistles; now they do scare the children in my work place (under 3 year olds) but hey, they're kind of necessary!

 I'm just wondering how serious an injury a post-grad student can get from a falling mortar board
  

[Ju Ju]

I still have my school whistle. Well used and not a scared child in sight. Its only aggressive when used in an aggressive way. There's some daft people out there!

[booboo]

The police used to use whistles and some dog trainers/owners - I am surprised we still are allowed to have church bells ringing for fear of offending/upsetting someone -sublime to ridiculous

[Scampi]

Booboo - it's not unknown for people to lodge formal complaints about church bells.  I have a recollection of a case in which the complainer 'won' and restrictions were enforced on the bells 

[booboo]

Not everyone is religious ( I am not necessarily) so I can imagine there are those that object to church bells & particularly if it disturbs their lie in... I grew up near a church and actually quite liked the sound of the bells & there used to peacocks in the grounds that made quite a bit of noise - oh the memories!

[babyjane]

so if someone complained about the peacocks screeching..........

[booboo]

um!! Peacock pie maybe?

[Ju Ju]

A chap moved into the village next to us, then made complaints about the bellringing. He didn't win. Quite right too, but it did cause a lot of upset. The man eventually moved. Should have done his homework. Church, with bells.....bellringing......noise.....do you like that kind of noise......simple!

[Ju Ju]

The police used to use whistles and some dog trainers/owners - I am surprised we still are allowed to have church bells ringing for fear of offending/upsetting someone -sublime to ridiculous

I think radios overtook whistles as a more effective means of communication, rather than fear of upsetting burglars! DH has an old police whistle, though not his own. Radios were in use when he joined up, but it's a great gimmick when he gives talks, along with his truncheon particularly in the USA, where they marvel how policing can be done without a gun!

[Hurdity]

Heavens above - re the church bells - they're part of our heritage! I'm not religious either but I love to hear them. They are rung far less frequently in our village these days - bell-ringers used to come regularly to do the peals - they probably don't come so much now because the pub's closed     

Hurdity x