Rugby schoolgirl punished for wearing Union flag dress and celebrating British heritage at school's cultural day
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Grade A student Courtney Wright, 12, wore aUnion Flagdress and wrote a piece about history and traditions as part of the celebrations at the school on Friday.
But her dad, Stuart, collected his daughter after she was told to stay in the school’s reception.
Stuart said: “Courtney was so embarrassed and couldn’t understand what she’d done wrong.
"She was told she wasn’t allowed in school with the dress on because she gets to celebrate her culture every day.”
In a permission letter sent to parents, it said the day was "designed to promote inclusion, understanding, and appreciation of different backgrounds, traditions and heritages".
Stuart said the school’s actions went against the message.
"Courtney didn’t do anything to be political,” Stuart said.
"She chose the dress and wrote the piece off her own back. It’s the school who have made it political and it went against everything the event was being held for.”
The school contacted Stuart over the weekend and have apologised for the move.
A spokesman for Stowe Valley Trust said: "At Bilton School, we are proud of the diversity of our students and the rich heritage they bring to our community. We are committed to fostering an environment where every pupil feels respected, valued, and included.
"On Friday 11th July, an incident occurred during our Culture Celebration Day that caused considerable upset to one of our pupils, her family, and members of the wider community. We deeply regret the distress this has caused and offer our sincere and unreserved apologies.
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You can see the same fascist impulses at play here by those offended by anyone highlighting art featuring white people in our history. They want to erase history and punish any display of pride in American history.
I dont think the school should have forced her to stay outside.
They also punished a kid who tried to celebrate his Welsh heritage.The Welsh are too white to be celebrated in England, I guess. Another was punished for celebrating his farming heritage because he wore traditional farming clothes.
Please cite where you are getting this information from. You have been posting stuff as fact, without a link, and using vague vocabulary like "they". Who are "they"? If it's your opinion, then state so.
This is her words
What she wrote was not in keeping with the theme of the day
But they should not have punished the girl, they should have just wrote it off to a misunderstanding.
Sounds familiar.. Progressive instructors interpret "inclusion, understanding and appreciation," to only apply to some backgrounds, but not others .
British culture is the default culture of that country, it doesnt need to be "included" as if it were coming from a different place.
In these situations you always have to wonder if her parents suggested it to her.
Why is the right so snow flaky?
You just seeded an article complaining about a tweet of a painting and don't have a problem with a school punishing a girl for saying "being British is part of who I am" and you accuse others of being "snow flaky?"
The painting, a thinly veiled advertisement for a white homeland, was posted on a US government web page.
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I can't find anywhere that states whether the school administration is conservative or progressive. Since you have stated that they are progressive, please provide the source for your knowledge.
Not sure this would be happening if the "school" wasn't progressive............at least in their minds. Looks to me like, once again, an establishment gets in shit due to their virtue signaling crap.
Did you read the story?
So she would have been fine doing this if she lived in someplace like Zimbabwe? Or Yemen?
If the school she went to in those countries were celebrating other cultures, yes.
Meh... I taught school. Never underestimate the ability of a single school employee to make the worst possible decision based on their complete misunderstanding of the rule in question.
OK, so by your standard, the Zimbabwe kids should be prohibited from displaying or explaining their culture.
Sorry, that just makes no sense.
The letter home to parents and posted on facebook said:
Seriously? How about the action they took against the child? What more evidence do you need? Do you think some sort of magical incantation is necessary, where the word 'progressive' must be invoked? How typical of progressives to exclude a culture on culture appreciation day because it isn't an approved one.
Bet if she wore a Mexican shirt and flew the flag in school she would be heralded as a hero and courageous to show her heritage.
Then point out where it is stated where the administration is conservative or progressive.
Try to exercise critical thinking, or are you that uninformed about progressivism that you can’t recognize its implementation?
Just admit that calling them progressive is just another MAGA wet dream. You have no facts to back up the claim of them being progressive.
Denial is the first tool of the propagandist.
More than you do to claim they aren't. Just look at the big picture being portrayed. Don't think you'll find many conservatives pushing this bullshit.
Look again. I never made that claim.
You just have to remember the rules of debate with a conservative. They're allowed to make wild assumptions and accusations without any actual evidence and then give you the exasperated side eye when you ask for evidence. However, on the flip side, if you make a claim you better have three different sources, two of which have to lean "far right", DNA evidence, signed confessions and a video of the incident that has been verified by Project Veritas as being undoctored.
Their supposed "circumstantial evidence" apparently, in their minds, proves:
the deep state
all judges appointed by Democrats are biased
school administrations that dare to follow policies of inclusion (that were often required by federal, State and local governments) are progressive
Democrat run pizza parlor sex dungeons
the "suicide" of Vince Foster
the "murder" of Seth Rich
Justin Trudeau is secretly a son of Fidel Castro
That Comey "was calling for the assassination of the president" when he posted an image of seashells
These Trumpophants are not well in the head. They should be availing themselves of their Obamacare coverage to get some mental health treatment, but instead, their apparent brain virus causes them to frantically run towards their Dear Leader and stuff their heads up his ass for protection from anyone who would dare try to treat their symptoms. I think it's pretty clear they deeply fear losing their desperately clung to delusions.
Yes they should have old schooled it. Draw a circle at the bottom of the blackboard in the front of the classroom, and make her put her nose in it for the duration of the class.
That always worked with us hooligans.
She's English. It's her culture. Why should its traditions and heritage not be included, understood, and appreciated?
British culture is included by default in Britain.
I suppose the school should have included the word other in front of cultures in their directive. I dont think the girl did anything at all that required punishment.
So British kids don't get to participate? Why not?
What about Northern Irish kids? They're British. What about the Scottish kid who wants to wear a kilt? Why can't they be proud of their culture, too?
whatever
Like Sig Hansen, I am proud of my white Nordic and Germanic heritage. I acknowledge and respect the cultures of other nations but have little interest in them
Good on ya my friend
Merican first and always but still proud of my muttley roots. Slavic, Germanic and English with a touch of Ojibwe mixed in there for good measure.