[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

I tackled this point earlier because I knew it would come up.

There aren't many workplaces that would care about what the shoes look like as long as they are black. None of the shoes in the pictures are at all 'funky' and few employers would bat an eyelid at them. Sending pupils home on a pedantic technicality does not prepare them for working life at all. It's silly to say so.

The Headtwat is being a pedantic mess to try to flex his authority and send a message but all he has done is bring bad press to the school and antagonised the parents and pupils because he's focusing on the insignificant details when he should be focused on doing his job and ensuring these kids get an education.

I totally agree.

It is bad enough that some in Education allow children to be branded failures as to not learning quickly enough.
Here now to actually make an issue out of wearing a kind of black shoes, when all that was stipulated was that they needed to be black as to the uniform, and thereby by his actions now possibly affecting learning is just plain ridiculous.