Hmmm...
But there's a difference between being prevented from having swimming lessons, and being prevented at a particular time. And if there's a lot of people in the class who would reject lessons at that time, it may be better - in the sense of less faff - just to bite the bullet.
I take your point, and I'm generally pretty sympathetic - but I'm not wholly convinced that it's all that big an issue.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 21:35,
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To be honest
It's silly little reports like this which just float down gently into the hands of cunts like the Daily Mail or the Sun
Why give them the ammunition?
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Jahled Three shades of black, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 21:42,
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This ^
When we were at school, we did swimming for probably about 1/4 of the year? So if swimming during Ramadan is going to mean finding something else for a large portion of the class to do, wouldn't it just be easier to schedule swimming for some other time?
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Incredibly Ordinary Dave needs your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 21:44,
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Fuck that
My original point:
www.b3ta.com/links/495996
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Jahled Three shades of black, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 21:55,
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But they will go swimming, just not at that time.
I'm guessing other schools are the same as mine was, and swimming doesn't happen all year 'round anyway, so what difference does it make if it takes place at some other time of the year?
If they don't want to go swimming during Ramadan, you're not going to change their minds, and short of throwing them into the swimming pool, that means you'll have to have another teacher sit with them and find them something else to do, which is a pain in the bum, so why not just have the swimming in some other month?
If kids really want to go swimming during Ramadan, there are plenty of "Kids swim free" type schemes around.
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Incredibly Ordinary Dave needs your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 22:02,
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But it wouldn't stop them from swimming.
And it's got nothing to do with hurting their sentiments.
That's what I'm trying to say. =/
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Incredibly Ordinary Dave needs your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 22:25,
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*Sigh*
For fuck's sake geezer
"I'm guessing other schools are the same as mine was, and swimming doesn't happen all year 'round anyway, so what difference does it make if it takes place at some other time of the year?
If they don't want to go swimming during Ramadan, you're not going to change their minds, and short of throwing them into the swimming pool, that means you'll have to have another teacher sit with them and find them something else to do, which is a pain in the bum, so why not just have the swimming in some other month?"
I don't want any disruption to my child's schedule due to religious belief; why is this so hard to grasp?
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Jahled Three shades of black, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 22:37,
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