Morality Rules Ok!
Socialist Organiser1981 1981-10-22Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 10 →
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VICTORIAN morality still rules the roost at school.
Jayne Clee was expelled from her school for kissing her boyfriend in a school corridor between classes. The boyfriend wasn't, as he apologised to the beadmaster, who was hanging around watching them.
Jayne got rather incensed and refused to recant. This is just not acceptable behaviour from a 15 year old. So the school governors have now expelled her.
She was due to sit exams this year, but these wooden Victorian moralists would rather Jayne's education suffered than risk tarnishing the reputation of Tividale Comprehensive.
Obviously the case of the bloke she was kissing is quite different. Being • boy, he'll have a serious career to pursue.
A puzzled parent pointed out that there was no actual 'hanky-panky' involved.
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