• XIIIesq@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        I believe the implication is that he soon will be in power but that we might not see as significant changes in policy as we’re hoping for.

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          I prefer to be outraged about things that have actually happened, rather than perceived injustices by randoms who have an a potentially unwarranted agenda.

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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    Some schools in England are sending police to the homes of children who are persistently absent, or warning them their parents may go to prison if their attendance doesn’t improve, the Observer has learned.

    Headteachers say they are now under intense pressure from the government to turn around the crisis in attendance, with a record 150,000 children at state schools classed as severely absent in 2022-23.

    The group’s membership has more than doubled to 58,000 since the government published strict new guidelines on enforcing attendance for schools, including higher fines and prosecution for parents.

    She said: “The children I see tell me that they are so worried about school they aren’t sleeping, or they’ve stopped eating, or they are having nightmares.” She added that if an adult were to report similar feelings about their job, she would advise them to seek support or consider moving rather than insisting they must not miss a single day.

    Last week, Gillian Keegan, the education secretary, criticised parents who she claimed were allowing their children to take Friday off school because they were working at home.

    “That is why we are taking a support-first approach to tackling absence, setting clear expectations that schools and local authorities work closely with families to identify and address the underlying issues.”


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  • Flax@feddit.uk
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    Here in Northern Ireland you get education welfare officers instead. No idea what they do. But this is not a police job.

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    This is dumb unless the kids or being held against thier well. I literally miss half of HS and graduated top 20 of my class of 300. Forcing me to go would have been needless cruelty.

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        Lol bane of my existence. I write stuff down Then move on. I tend to write things like “went to space” instead of “spain”. I will say it was English that sunk my GPA. Maybe I shouldn’t have skipped those classes but would it have significantly improved my life?

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        Doubt it. those were the acutal try hards that went to summer school to advance courses. I want to min max life as much as possible. Like what would have top 5 give me? Nothing extra. Better off doing things I wanted.

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        I am also in the UK. The police are a bunch of bullies. The fact they are not routinely armed means they murder less people than in other countries but don’t think for a second they are anything other than bastards

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          Some British police forces are routinely armed, and use firearms significantly less than their American counterparts

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            America is an outlier at the high end. Doesn’t change the fact we must assume all cops are bastards. There may be a few good apples who ruin the barrel, but one bad one can absolutely ruin your life on a whim with no comeback on them, so we assume they’re bastards to protect ourselves

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              6 months ago

              Not everyone has the lack of accountability America has. Being a cop doesn’t make you a bastard.

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                There is not nearly enough accountability in the UK. Reread the last sentence of my previous post for clarification

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                  The police here rarely draw their personal protection weapons nevermind use them