The English School In Which The Word British Is A Complete No, No.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3672534/School-58-children-not-English-mother-tongue-refuses-use-term-British-fear-offending-migrants.html

/// He has even asked teachers not to use the term ‘British’ to reduce the chances of upsetting migrant families. ///

/// In 1992, half of the school was white British - but this is now at 15 percent ///

[dannyk13]

PC gone mad (again)

[ck1]

Has anybody ever been offended by the word British?

[fiction-factory]

The Head seems to be doing a good job overall- the school seems to be working very hard and is classed as Good by OFSTED.

[Jackdaw33]

I wonder what they call the British Isles.

[dannyk13]

Not the point FF, it is a ludicrous decision

[fiction-factory]

The key points include: School's newsletters are even translated into Romanian and Polish.
The use of the word 'even' is intended to give a 'shock/horror' message- but if that's the primary language of a significant number of parents and some do not speak English well, then the school should be praised for doing what it can to communicate with parents

[dannyk13]

And how does banning the word British help with communication?

[anotheoldgit]

fiction-factory

I wonder how 'good' the school is classed by the ever decreasing white English pupil's parents.

/// One father told the Sun he feels his daughter cannot speak up in class and worries the school will ‘get worse’. ///

[fiction-factory]

I would treat the bit about "He has even asked teachers not to use the term ‘British’ to reduce the chances of upsetting migrant families." with a pinch of salt without knowing the exact context in which it was said.

[Mamyalynne]

I think the School is doing well considering how overstretched it is. I'm sure like all schools there is room for improving.


No problem with the term 'Human values' either.

[Mamyalynne]

Hopefully that parent has also communicated his daughter's worries to the school as well as the newspaper.

[Jackdaw33]

I take issue with you there. Muslims are humans but we don't want their values.

[anotheoldgit]

fiction-factory

This is an English school, not one provided by a charity for the education of none English.

[fiction-factory]

I wonder how 'good' the school is classed by the ever decreasing white English pupil's parents.
I didn't realise there was only one. I would agree this parent's views are as important as those of parents of black English pupils.

[jim360]

It seemed to me that the chief objection wasn't to "British" as a general adjective, but to teaching of ethics and morality in the sense of being particularly "British values", which does seem a bit of a stretch. We're hardly unique in wanting to promote tolerance, fairness, charity, caring etc etc.

[fiction-factory]

The non-English? Is it a charity? I thought it was funded by taxpayers, and have no reason to believe only the English parents pay tax

[anotheoldgit]

Mamyalynne

/// Hopefully that parent has also communicated his daughter's worries to the school as well as the newspaper. ///

With a headmaster such as that, perhaps he is frightened he might be called racist.

[Mamyalynne]

I find it hard to believe that the School has actually banned the word 'British' in all its contexts , however there is no point describing a pupil as British if they aren't.

[Mamyalynne]

Oh I haven't met met or heard the Headmaster - is he a tartar?

[anotheoldgit]

fiction-factory

/// I would treat the bit about "He has even asked teachers not to use the term ‘British’ to reduce the chances of upsetting migrant families." with a pinch of salt without knowing the exact context in which it was said. ///

Would you wish us to take all of the report with a pinch of salt, or only those parts that make uncomfortable reading for you personally?