MM wrote:
> Can you imagine a stranger, a man, turning up at a school and offering
> to take some children on a trip to the countryside for the morning?
> No, of course you cannot!
I could imagine it - but the chances of his generous offer being taken
up would be zero. About the same as if he turned up at someone's house
and made the same offer. Parental consent is required for *organised*
trips away from the school, for Heaven's sake.
However, were the vehicle he was driving to be a coach and were he
flexible about when this trip could take place - then I am sure
something could be arranged. With parents' consent. With a risk
assessment of the destination. With adequately trained and qualified
supervision. Teachers, schools and LA get sued these days, if a little
darling runs off, falls in a river and drowns on a "trip to the
countryside in the morning".
> You will immediately jump to his obviously
> nefarious motive: "Why on earth would a man want to do such a thing?"
> You CANNOT POSSIBLY ENVISAGE a situation in which this event could
> happen with absolutely no adverse connotations whatsoever. You cannot.
I've just given you an example above. Local schools would bite his arm
off. No one would question his generosity.
> It is not anywhere in your entire realm of thought.
You want another example? OK. A local Devon Historian turns up and says
that he will take a small party to Ancient Woodland at Two Bridges. The
offer would be gladly accepted. The trip would happed. Organised as
any trip off school premises would be. Risk Assessed. Supervised.
Transport arranged as his vehicle would probably not be big enough.
A school wouldn't hand over a computer to a total stranger, male or
female, that just turned up and asked to take it away. Why on Earth
should they hand over children?
> To such an extent
> you have been thoroughly brainwashed, if this isn't a tad tautologous.
I don't think that I have ever written an unkind word about you and your
views. Don't you think that words above say more about you, than about me?
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Sue |