[arista]

[Boy, 11, referred to Prevent for wanting
to give ‘alms to the oppressed’
Teachers contact counter-radicalisation programme
after mistakenly believing he said ‘arms’


The boy’s teacher asked what pupils would
do if they found themselves in possession
of a lot of money.
According to a legal challenge against
the school lodged by the boy’s parents,
he said he would “give alms to the oppressed”.
The teacher interpreted this as
“give arms to the oppressed” and
made the Prevent referral.

When police received the referral they said there
was no substance to it,
no sign of radicalisation,
extremist views or any threat to national security
and closed the case.]


Get your Ears Cleaned you sloppy Teacher


https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...-the-oppressed




https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...d-PREVENT.html

[Niamh.]

Bit reactionary to report an 11 year old even if he did say arms I would have thought? Obviously don't agree with the teachers actions (surely she should have asked him to clarify what he meant first?) but I could see why she might have heard arms, alms is a strange choice of words, it's a pretty old fashioned kind of a word to use

I think the only time I've ever heard that word used was in Robinhood Prince of Thieves

[Livia]

Personally I'd be asking the teacher what her problem is.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Bit reactionary to report an 11 year old even if he did say arms I would have thought? Obviously don't agree with the teachers actions (surely she should have asked him to clarify what he meant first?) but I could see why she might have heard arms, alms is a strange choice of words, it's a pretty old fashioned kind of a word to use

I think the only time I've ever heard that word used was in Robinhood Prince of Thieves

I think they said the Lad is Asian
it was debated Live on Ch5HD AM
"Stories of the Day"