ThoughtPolice on School

The British ThoughtPolice at Watercliff Meadow school are dropping the word "School" because it has "negative connotations".

According to this Guardian article,

"The headteacher of Sheffield's Watercliffe Meadow, Linda Kingdon, said the south Yorkshire school, which is due to open on Monday, will instead be called a "place for learning". ....

"This is Watercliffe Meadow, a place for learning. One reason was many of the parents of the children here had very negative connotations of school.

"Instead we want this to a be a place for family learning, where anyone can come.

"We were able to start from scratch and create a new type of learning experience. There are no whistles or bells or locked doors. We wanted to de-institutionalise the place and bring the school closer to real life."

Isn't a place for learning a school no matter what? At least, there are some sensible people in this farce.

Local MP Richard Caborn questioned the decision to drop the word school from Watercliffe Meadow's title. "I'm always open to new ideas but the reality is education is about preparing young people to live in the real world," he said.

"I just don't think the case has been made to drop the word school to a place of learning. I don't know why they have done it."

Councillor Andrew Sangar, Sheffield city council's cabinet member for children's services and lifelong learning, said: "It's a school, we consider it a school and that's how we refer to it.

I truly believe that we are experiencing a form of indoctrination - thoughtpolice - every time some liberal (or otherwise) idiot tries to change the meaning of our language or force us to use words we normally wouldn't.

It's pathetic and sad really but if we don't start calling the thoughtpolice out and making it clear we know what they are doing, then all this PCBS will become dangerous.