Oh dear.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8051982.stm

Will there ever be an end to this nonsense?
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Sun 17 May 2009, 10:40, 4 replies, latest was 17 years ago)

without a bit of danger...
how are kids supposed to learn?
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Sun 17 May 2009, 10:47, Reply)

oh ffs
They're not allowed to play conkers anymore either.
Health & Safety or Hymen & Scrotum....

*shakes head*

*reaches for industrial strength cod liver oil*
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Sun 17 May 2009, 11:51, Reply)

Wearing a clip on tie would have got you bullied at my school
Also, the way you tie you school tie is one of the few ways for kids to show their individuality. The ridiculously big knot, the so-tight-knot-nobody-can-undo-it-again, the knot where the thin strip behind is much longer than the wide front bit...all genius, and if this continues we will not see their like again.
( GarbageFan didn't know what to have as a board sig on, Sun 17 May 2009, 12:06, Reply)

Plus
How will kids practice tying a tie for when they go out into the big world and need to tie a proper one every day?
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Sun 17 May 2009, 14:53, Reply)