Snowed out again in Solihull!

Well, well. A bit of snow overnight and all the schools close! Roll on the credit crunch. The economy revolves around the education system. I will be home with the kids. Perhaps the snowman can be made bigger?

The £1 billion we lose today in lost working time will pass the education establishent by. In fact, the casual approach to it all is shameful. Here's a "risk aversive" weak-willed headteacher! No grit both literally and mentally. Clearing the playgrounds of snow would be a good example to set. Have we no shovels left?

The message for the UK and for the rest of the world to know is this. Britain can't cope with snow. Can somebody out there who knows how to cope with snow rescue us from our incapabilities?

Snow's coming!

This report from Midlands Today shows the agonising decision that a head teacher has to make over whether to close his school because of snow. I'd suggest he gets somebody to shift the snow off his playground rather than casuallly kicking it with his shoe!

Solihull snowed under by health and safety!

This morning the sun has been shining brightly in Solihull. Just the best type of weather for walking about, even in the snow. I rang Solihull council to get an explanation for this crass stupidity about closing the schools. In fact, I was also complaining, but I had anticipated beforehand that it would be a forlorn attempt. The girl answering the phone gave me some vague response about allowing people to get to work. "How about teachers getting to work?" I quickly responded. "Well," she said, "it's about Health and Safety!" "Ah," I replied, "the dreaded Health and Safety!". She then terminated the call.

It's no use really complaining, because they had an agenda already in place. Their paranoia is all about children not falling over, parents not skidding around in the playground, and teachers not slipping on the school steps. It is about not being sued, or rather, the crazed thoughts running around their heads that they may be sued. I'm also wondering what will happen tomorrow if the snow isn't shifted. Will they repeat the episode?

Reality has gone out the window. They can't or won't clear the snow. Cost too much! So they shut the schools which costs us all too much. Lost days at work, time not productively spent. I'm thinking of ways to sue them for my lost time, but there probably aren't any.

If they want to be in charge of education let them educate themselves first by going to a country that knows how to deal with snow. Even 10% of the tips they pick up will help alleviate this insanity. Because unless they change their ways, we can only understand that every time it snows the schools close down.

That seems to be the first lesson they want to teach the kids!