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Did I sleep through the bit where wearing trainers warped from fashion faux pas to a dismissible offence? ?

On looking through my recent answers @ one on the teacher sacked for wearing trainers (What are your views on the teacher sacked for wearing trainers to work) I see a comment that it occurred after he questioned management which may explain the behind scenes rationale (though no doubt there were other issues we will never know about). What surprised me though was the idea that some answers totally supported the dismissal on grounds of "discipline in society/ flouting rules/ dressing down" and even had thumbsups!! Are we sooo far up our behinds in image-consciousness that a P.E. teacher (for God's sake) cannot wear apparently-no-longer-fashionable footwear to work without some in this society condoning the end of a career spanning 30 years? That takes priority over instilling a sense of enthusiasm? Over inspiration to achieve/succeed? Over 30 years of experience and knowledge? I don't know the teacher or the story (no link) and presume many answering don't either but it appears image superseded ability at least to answerers which betrays a rather pathetic broader trend. Steph j - did you sleep through English Language?

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1. Yes you did sleep to long.
2. Did ya swallow a dictionary??? Do you really think this teacher, tipped up for work one day in trainers and shell suit and got sacked on the spot?? I dont. Again the public believe the media portrayal. He never got a warning??? Seriously?? I agree that clothes, hairstyles, image etc have no bearing on intelligence and learning. But if the rules of the school are that no trainers are allowed then thems the rules. End of.
3. um maybe, me asked a simliar question a while back, about the resulting strike action over this, suffice to say parents weren't happy about that. Personally he's been wearing the same clothes etc for many years, unfair dismissal clear and simple, and I hate to say it one out all out. yep its time someone made a stand against the PC rubbish. Edit 3 in a row.
4. I don't know much about this story either but isn't it a pity that wearing trainers to school is a such a significant occurrence to worry about when school children now days all seem to carry knives in their school bags and take coke in their lunch hours. doubt he would have got into as much trouble if he married on of his pupils!Good question btw!
5. It sounds like one of those Urban Myths,or a Daily Mail reporter hallucinating again ... maybe he was taking them off and forcing pupils to sniff them? (Yeah,right outside the school gates next to the Ice Cream Van selling crack ... )