Schools Fully Open 8th March

[Bentley Bullet]

I hope so Belton. Obviously, there will be a higher number of cases just because of the fact there will be more testing. Probably some of those who go in for an initial test will be found to be positive before they go into class, and wouldn't have known otherwise.

Those figures might include those kids who never distanced while off school anyway and went out to meet their mates instead.

What is also inevitable is that when the figures do go higher the Boris haters will be out in force blaming the government.

[Getridorit]

On the drive to work this morning, I was expecting the roads to be busy, from parents driving the lazy little snot bags back to school.

But yet, still very quiet?!

[belton rover]

I think most schools are staggering the return of students, Get, because of testing. I imagine it will be much busier during the school run tomorrow.

[rich1471]

just drove past Bentley high street school , Kids out playing and all hugging each other and not 1 out of the 5 teachers i could see was wearing a face mask and know social distancing at all between the teachers

[Getridorit]

I think most schools are staggering the return of students, Get, because of testing. I imagine it will be much busier during the school run tomorrow.

Yeah, bit busier today. But still not back to normal levels yet.

[bobjimwilly]

just drove past Bentley high street school , Kids out playing and all hugging each other and not 1 out of the 5 teachers i could see was wearing a face mask and know social distancing at all between the teachers

At my kids primary school teachers all wear masks whilst greeting the kids / talking to parents, all parents have to wear masks on school grounds and everyone has to maintain social distancing in playground when dropping kids off by standing on marked spots.

Again, this is ineffective leadership/guidance from the top down enforcing certain  rules / commons sense. These are the sorts of rules the education secretary should have insisted upton when speaking to school governing bodies and teachers unions.

[Bentley Bullet]

Why should the government have to enforce common sense?

[SydneyRover]

the government inforces road rules which most are just common sense don't they?

the government-local government enforce hygene rules for food handling most of which would be just common sense?

the government ....................... etc

[Bentley Bullet]

People break those road rules. Is that the fault of the government?

[SydneyRover]

good evasion but not the question

[Bentley Bullet]

It is my question that if answered will provide an answer to your question.

[SydneyRover]

your questions never give answers to anything

[Bentley Bullet]

Questions aren't meant to give answers.

[SydneyRover]

As you have nothing to add to the conversation may as well end it here

[drfchound]

Another bail out.

[SydneyRover]

another flacid comment from the team

[drfchound]

Flaccid.

[SydneyRover]

got it one hound

[drfchound]

another flacid comment from the team

got it one hound

Which you didn’t.

[SydneyRover]

As most of your comment are along the lines of great comment ............ to you team member of the moment, excuse me if I display a disinterest in what you put to paper hound

[drfchound]

As most of your comment are along the lines of great comment ............ to you team member of the moment, excuse me if I display a disinterest in what you put to paper hound

Be my guest.
ps. I am still trying to decipher what you actually meant in the above post.
Like you, it is a bit confusing.

[SydneyRover]

the government inforces road rules which most are just common sense don't they?

the government-local government enforce hygene rules for food handling most of which would be just common sense?

the government ....................... etc

Ths is what I wrote and as there are no rebuttals I'll take it you can't, either of you 

[drfchound]

BB did put you right on that.

[SydneyRover]

great comment hound

[BillyStubbsTears]

The speed limit and food hygeine analogy is a good one.

National and local Govts set clear, unambiguous standards. Broadly, the whole country buys into them. Sanctions are imposed on those who break them.

Question is, would we as a nation be as good at broadly sticking to the speed limit if there were numerous prominent politicians, egged on by certain papers (see The Sun today...) screaming "We don't need speed limits! Folk should be free to drive down your street as fast as they want, regardless of what the so-called 'experts' say."

When you have that sort of background noise, I suggest that it encourages certain people to decide that the rules are wrong and can be ignored."

[bobjimwilly]

Why should the government have to enforce common sense?

The simple answer is, some people don't have common sense, and this virus is too f**king dangerous to rely on common sense.

Does that answer your WUM question?

[Bentley Bullet]

Sanctions are imposed on motorists breaking the law efficiently and easily where police or cameras are present. As for pedestrians, common sense is relied on so they remain safe. I'm struggling to think of a pedestrian who was fined for being involved in an accident that was his fault. In such cases, common sense is relied on but not enforced.

Instead, they have the Green Cross Code or similar awareness campaigns to warn of the dangers of road misuse. Common sense is thereafter relied on, but it is not enforced by fining culprits.

Food hygiene is enforced, but I can't think of anyone who is opposed to that, unlike some who are opposed to social distancing. Food hygiene can be controlled far more easily than public behaviour towards social distancing rules.

That's why social distancing is relied on more than it is enforced.

 That's why the speed limit and food hygiene analogy is a shit one.

[BillyStubbsTears]

I think someone got out of beddy-weddy the wrong side after their footy-wooty team lost last night, diddums.

[Bentley Bullet]

Are you watching Filo?

Very good, very grown-up response there Billy lad.

[BillyStubbsTears]

Sometimes grown-ups have to adjust to who they are dealing with BB.

Point here being that in your rush to give a smart arse put down, you totally missed the point of my post.