JeezusBejeesuz. The government - aka Soley, Deech, et al. - is coming round to 'protect the little children'. Mostly, Parent, if you are reading this, your children need protecting. From the likes of you.
We all know us parents are notoriously abusive and never think of our children, but only our own selfish wants and needs.
Too right, I tell the home educated yoof - Shark, Squirrel and Tiger. For years I've been avoiding getting out of bed at 7am to cart you off to prison school!
Shark said Soley, Deech, et al. should try listening to some kids in and out of skool, instead of listening to Ofsted and the Daily Mail. She also suggested that education was supposed to cater for the individual and not just serve the interests of government. (She has obviously been radicalised.)
Squirrel, frankly, was shocked. It takes a lot to shock a laid-back Squirrel. She was shocked at how rude you are, you Lords and Ladies, when you are supposed to set an example. As a result of your insults, you're not invited.
Tiger said, Shut up, I have some art to do and it is more interesting than Mrs Deech.
Dear Parent. You should know what is being said about you. Basically, you do not have the interests of your child in your heart; you are not fit to protect them, and the decisions about their educational upbringing should not be yours. Go and find out at least. If Tinkertop goes berserk in her local school, and you decide to take her out of it for her mental health, then make sure you know a little of the landscape.
'I have not had a
great deal of involvement in education and I do not claim that much
knowledge of it, but one reason why I got involved with this issue goes
way back in my own past, to many years ago when I was a probation
officer. I knew then that the parents of children who took them out of
school seeking to abuse them knew that they could hide the child.' Lord
Soley
'My Lords, this Bill is the mildest
possible remedy for what has long been recognised as a risk—a situation
that is not good for children or society. I have supported the noble
Lord, Lord Soley, on this before and I am very happy to do so again. If I
had my way, school education would be compulsory unless parents could
prove that they had good reason to avoid it. Then there would be
compulsory inspection and assessment of the home-schooled child’s
results in national exams. I am aware that there is an almost hysterical
reaction from home educators to any proposal that might be seen as
protecting their children. That reaction is in itself good reason to
want to keep an eye on the situation.' Baroness Deech
'Parents
have rights, but children also have rights. Children have the right to a
well-informed education that goes well beyond reading, writing and
arithmetic. That is the first right. Their second right is that they can
study in a community, however small or large, that is secure and safe,
with safeguarding of their interests.' Lord Baker
'The
principle in the Bill that we need to know more about these
children—who and where they are and why they are not in school—has to be
right, and I very much support the aspect of the Bill that would do
that. If we want to collect those figures, we must have a way of doing
so. If we want to safeguard the well-being of the child, we have to know
about them and talk to them. We have to know who is educating them and
where they are being educated. We have to check what is happening to
them.' Baroness Morris of Yardley
Second Reading
12.46 pm
Moved by Lord Soley
That the Bill be now read a second time.
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