Happy Jack Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-36842731 And what's wrong with "excited faces", I hear you ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Adams Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 The sound of silence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Another step on the way to having children killed and stuffed so they don't make any noise or mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 If you're happy and you know it...well not any more you're not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4stringslow Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 (edited) Who dreams up this sort of nonsense? I thought schools were supposed to prepare students for life in the real world . . . Or can we expect bans on clapping throughout the land? Edited July 21, 2016 by 4stringslow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Ah, so that audience I played to must have been silently cheering... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 And how are children expected to believe in fairies without clapping..? Apart from trolling down Old Compton Street as usual, that is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 I am sensitive to noise because of Tinnitus. Spontaneous crowd noises are a particular problem for me so I avoid crowds unless I have something to fully distract my brain during whatever event is happening. Even I think this news is ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Whaddya mean "soon"? We've even had people not look at us, presumably to prevent us becoming intimidated by all the scrutiny... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1469105958' post='3095794'] Another step on the way to having children killed and stuffed so they don't make any noise or mess. [/quote] As a 'non-parent' I am struggling to see the negatives here.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 [quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1469120088' post='3095964'] As a 'non-parent' I am struggling to see the negatives here... [/quote] Well I AM a parent, but I'm not saying it's necessarily a bad thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikenbass Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 What a load of total crap. Oh, I'm sorry, my opinion might offend a sensitive soul, so I'll take it back. After all, we must play nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 More PC f***wittery. Apparently in our own educational system they are currently discouraging the use of "brain storming" because it might offend those with epilepsy!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1469144677' post='3096167'] More PC f***wittery. Apparently in our own educational system they are currently discouraging the use of "brain storming" because it might offend those with epilepsy!!! [/quote] And those with astraphobia too, I presume! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 (edited) Half these things are misreported, the classic example being the kids who were supposedly issued with safety gear whilst playing conkers. The other half started out like 'baa baa green sheep' which began a few decades ago as a joke based on the drive for trying not to use potentially offensive discriminatory terms in public institutions (back when racially offensive terms were frequently used by police and politicians as well as on prime time TV sitcoms) but somehow became so deeply ingrained in the national consciousness that there are now generations who think it really is illegal to teach kids 'baa baa black sheep' and nurseries and schools that do indeed insert a non skin tone colour in the rhyme to avoid causing imaginary offence. Edited July 22, 2016 by Cato Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 ^^^ Yep, as observed re. Brexit campaigns, we live in a "post-factual" society :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangur Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1469105958' post='3095794'] Another step on the way to having children killed and stuffed so they don't make any noise or mess. [/quote] ... with a permanently excited face expression I hope! God help the taller kids when they stand behind the smaller kids and get their noses ripped off by the row of rising fists from the row in front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 [quote name='ras52' timestamp='1469167517' post='3096194'] astraphobia [/quote] I had to look that up. Though I know what 'brontophobia' is - fear of thunder. As in brontosaurus (thunder lizard). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EliasMooseblaster Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1469174273' post='3096264'] I had to look that up. Though I know what 'brontophobia' is - fear of thunder. As in brontosaurus (thunder lizard). [/quote] I, for one, live in constant fear of brontosauruses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivansc Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Doesnt seem to have occurred to them that an easier solution might be to suggest that the member of staff with the hearing problem figure out their own strategy for reducing the problems caused? I know we are supposed to be all-inclusive, but I am hearing impaired and often struggle to hear un-amplified public speakers even with my hearing aids. Maybe I SHOULD stand up and shout "SPEAK UP! we cant hear you!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 [quote name='EliasMooseblaster' timestamp='1469174598' post='3096267'] I, for one, live in constant fear of brontosauruses. [/quote] I, for two, hadn't lived in fear of brontosauruses until I read your post. Now I'm terrified. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted July 22, 2016 Author Share Posted July 22, 2016 I reserve my fear for Diplodocus. I stopped worrying about Brontosaurus when they accidentally changed the name to Apatosaurus. None of these were much of a risk unless you stood in front of them and got crushed. In more modern times, of course, the real threat has been the bite of the Luissuarez. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EliasMooseblaster Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1469180439' post='3096326'] I stopped worrying about Brontosaurus when they accidentally changed the name to Apatosaurus. [/quote] I fear you may have dismissed your fears prematurely... http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-brontosaurus-is-back1/ Discreet and I will be hiding in our Brontosaurus Bunker until this all blows over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowhand_mike Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 so how strong does the wind have to be to blow a Brontosaurus over then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowhand_mike Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 what else are they going to do, ban singing? ban cars from being within a certain radius of these poor teachers, f*** off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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