Savvy librarian upstages Boris

That musical was amazing! The kids were brilliant!

They're probably just grateful their teachers aren't like Miss Trunchbull.

I said "in his day" varian, so if you look at his dates, probably The Thatcher era then.

PS he also wrote he hated teachers! The kids always love that!

Just how long ago was it that Roald Dahl wrote that the Conservatives are honourable people?

Roald Dahl is a totally politically incorrect writer, which is one of the reasons children love him.

I doubt if any child is remotely interested in Dahl's party politics.

A further observation about Roald Dahl, one of my favourite children's authors, is that he actually wrote the following, in his day ........

"I couldn’t vote for the SDP because I never vote for renegades. Labour are wafflers and weak and not particularly honest. There is one thing you can say about Conservatives and that is that they are honourable people and tough; they’ve got some guts."

There is some irony here.

Oops! I should have said at age 11, reading ages span from 7 - 14.

Obviously, they'll be higher in older age groups.

Ellianne

It is quite funny!

I am not familiar with the reading material enjoyed by current teenagers, but I can tell you most of the children I know are reading The Twits at the age of 7 years. What is this book doing on the shelves of a secondary school with pupils aged 11 plus?

Many Year 7s with reading difficulties enjoy Roald Dahl. An average secondary comprehensive school has pupils with reading ages spanning from 7 to 14.

How about this for a conspiracy theory?

The books were planted by Dominic Cummings as a "feles mortuus" to distract from important issues.

I take your point Callistemon. Whatever the intention, it was a little bit funny, but it's sad that relatively unimportant topics such as this, tents in Scotland, etc never attract the amount of interest and discussion as really important issues.

It is quite funny!

I am not familiar with the reading material enjoyed by current teenagers, but I can tell you most of the children I know are reading The Twits at the age of 7 years. What is this book doing on the shelves of a secondary school with pupils aged 11 plus?

It's not really fake news because I doubt if it was a deliberate lie. It was quite funny though and, my goodness, we need a bit of a giggle. The fact that it even prompted discussion on social media says something because people obviously did see the significance of the book titles.

Signed

A left wing loonie (allegedly)

Why does that make it fake news? Had it been photoshopped it would have been fake news but he stood in front of the actual books did he not? Maybe someone is just being clever in that no one currently employed can be blamed and punished?

I don't know why I should be defending the school or Boris, but there's enough news from which to draw form an opinion without fake news being peddled.

The message was left before the pandemic.

It's Fake News

Lucca

They have but I suspect not their librairies.

Exactly! In the precautions I've seen, pupils have not been allowed to share any books.

vegansrock

So it’s ok for pupils to have right wing propaganda forced on them ? Having to be brought in in the holidays and wear uniform and listen to a load of piffle waffle. Mind you they did look rather bored.

It was in Leicestershire (Coalville), where term has already started.

They have but I suspect not their librairies.
So her message went unnoticed.

Although she did leave the message before schools were shut because of the virus.

So it’s ok for pupils to have right wing propaganda forced on them ? Having to be brought in in the holidays and wear uniform and listen to a load of piffle waffle. Mind you they did look rather bored.

They have but I suspect not their librairies.

She left.

Some schools have been open.

Callistemon I don't know whether the books were popular, but schools have been closed for four months and, even now, books can't be borrowed from school libraries. As a precaution, schools aren't using actual books at all, unless pupils have their own personal copies.

Jabberwok

Tory propaganda?!! Left wing propaganda in a prominent position influencing young people? Is this allowed? Of course it is!!

So Johnson's talk, which was blatant pro-government propaganda (when it was actually coherent enough to make sense) is OK?

Perhaps she should have made her message clearer!

No-one went in there - why?

Read Callistemon's link, Suziewoozie. It's not true. Sorry to disappoint.

I don't think she should be embarrassed.She left a message which no one noticed. It's a message which applies to her employers but also to the Tory government, she should be proud, and I hope she has found somewhere to work where her talents and humour will be appreciated.