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Subject: Manchester Arena
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bozzalad 4.01.20 - 09:10pm
A SCHOOL sparked fury by asking children to write an essay as a parent of a Manchester bomb victim on the topic: All terrorists should be forgiven.

Year 7 youngsters were set the project after a class discussion on the outrage.

On May 22, 2017, Bomber Salman Abedi killed 22 people, mostly children, and injured 139 at an Ariana Grande gig at the Manchester Arena.

The shocking homework was set for Year 7 pupils at Bridlington School in the East Yorkshire town.

It read: Imagine that you are a parent of one of the Manchester bombing victims.

Write a response to the point of view that 'All terrorists should be forgiven'.


ah the good old indoctrinate em young philosophy * +

3mel 4.01.20 - 09:17pm
write a response [u]TO[/u] the point of view...

so they're being asked to be the parents of a victim and argue against the point that terrorists should be forgiven. * +

bozzalad 4.01.20 - 09:22pm
@3mel 4 minutes
write a response TO the point of view...

so they're being asked to be the parents of a victim and argue against the point that terrorists should be forgiven.

if you say so * +

3mel 4.01.20 - 09:23pm
what you posted here says so * +

bozzalad 4.01.20 - 09:23pm
Headteacher Kate Parker-Randall apologised for any upset caused.

She said it was important to ask kids challenging questions but added that it should have been put differently.

The essay was set as part of a personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE) lesson which was considering the consequences of crime and the aims of different punishments.

The essay was intended to allow students to formulate their own views about whether hate or forgiveness is the best response to even such terrible crimes.

I do understand that some people may find it difficult to understand why a school would ask students such a challenging question.

However, having reflected on the matter we would in hindsight have posed the homework question in a different way. * +

mikeymk 4.01.20 - 09:57pm
I heard about this, it's pretty poor. Can't see this being on the curriculum so questions need to be asked as to where this initiative came from. * +

propidol 4.01.20 - 11:00pm
You can't teach kids to think. Thats bang out of order. * +

piggle 4.01.20 - 11:08pm
What Mel said. Indoctrination is the absence of thought experiment * +

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