User talk:Cherish society

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Hello Cherish society, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions towards the article: Thomas Becket Catholic School; your changes, however, have been reverted because Wikipedia is not a place for original research. See Wikipedia policy: No original research. When you add content to Wikipedia, please cite your sources. I also noted that you failed to mention the computers for 6th formers in the old canteen. The reason Mr Gardiner is being strict is that the inspectors gave a bad report, especially referring to the "lack of self-respect" shown by not wearing the uniform as it should be worn. I doubt that there is a ban on sending e-mail or going on games using the school network; the last time I checked, I was able to send and receive e-mail. In fact, the school even provides students with an e-mail address at their request, which they can use as a student ID online. Well, anyway, here are some links you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! Joshua Issac (talk) 12:34, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
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Fair enough, HOWEVER, part of the old canteen has become a lunch room for those who are not in 6th form, pack lunch students mostly, it#s rare to see any 6th formers with permission to go in there and it doesn't satisfy the overall fact that 6th form students in Thomas Becket can have the overall atmosphere of feeling like adults if they do not have basic fascilities to hand, yes there are computers in the study center (part of the old canteen) BUT I HAD already said that there were 5, and about 4/5 working pc's in the old I.T room in the 6th form center, over 60 students both year 13 and year 12 are expected to share them every day? Yes they have access to P.C's in the library but they cannot use the school I.T room facilities as they are normally booked by other years, unless they are doing A level I.T of course.

In September 2007, Mrs Ruth Chubb became Head of 6th Form Students, her work has been fantastic in most area's, however some still lack, but bearing in mind it is her first year and so many people have said she has done so much. One thing comes to mind though, with positive things happening throughout the 6th form, the Head has become slightly 'Power-Mad', it's not terrible, but some enforcements are strange, where I will say that they DO block students from searching the word 'Games' on the internet, the technician says it's because of their new server and that he finds some things rediculous, yeah there are student emails, but there has been no information given to students on them only that they are "avaliable" or a "working progress", I can understand blocking those in years 7,8,9 and on some levels 10 from certain use on the internet (always the immature student to print out porn so theres a reason to block students from some sites etc) but even year 11 have difficulty extracting information when it comes to doing homework/coursework/revision for GCSE's, although its easy to counter that with just using a good book, some students don't have access to the internet or a computer at home, so going to school and finding it difficult to even complete what they're setting out to do is stressful, going around the school I have seen 6th formers running from I.T room to I.T room asking if there is a working printer avaliable as they are supplied with limited paper, only some computers are connected to the printer (they get one printer for the whole of 6th form) and even worse matters when they are trying to find a p.c that will accept their memory stick.

I do feel sorry for Mr Gardiner recieving a bad inspection, and yes he is doing his upmost best to ensure that the school is kicked into gear but being full on strict is going the wrong way, sure bring in discipline and have uniform expectations, but throwing all that to every student in the school is hard, schools can't just turn over a new leaf over night, however I do wish him all the best into making that school into what it should be. Heck CCTV camera's are everywhere in that school to ensure that there isn't a student out of place, so the security is fantastic.

They must have fixed sending and recieving emails, but was that on one of the school computers itself? They may allow it on certain accounts, but not for a student, ntl, hotmail, yahoo, those who are with that email address cannot send or recieve emails, can't send homework/coursework or other important information home to continue with, last time I checked (over a couple of months ago) even the I.T technician said that there were issues with emails and that even he couldn't send them, thats when he mentioned the students ID account, no website was given, no info was given, just that it was there and all students had to do was ask (if they actually knew about it)


 * They have fixed the e-mail problem but (embc) accounts are given out to only students who ask the technician. It is true that most people don't know that they can. Joshua Issac (talk) 14:24, 26 July 2008 (UTC)