Today it was revealed to some forms and all school council members that pupils are going to be given a chance to have a say in part of the school. For once, we at Templar Truths like this idea. It's brilliant to give the kids - who are the people who really matter at Temple Moor - a say in what goes on. After all, they're the ones who deal with it.
But there's a downside. Pupils will (or in some cases already have) vote for which area needs most attention from the students. There's seven choices:
- New build's layout, social areas, and stuff like that
- New ICT technology
- Lessons and teaching
- Healthy school meals
- House competitions
- PD system
- Bullying
Clearly what's most important here is the new build - we don't want to pass up the opportunity to say how our school's physical aspects should be - and the atrocious, flawed PD system. If enough sane pupils opt for voicing opinion on the PD system, perhaps we won't have to suffer under its idiocy.
Whether or not student ideas will be listened to is another matter entirely.
