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nesssillitoe
nesssillitoe

Can 1 teacher be allowed to examine 70 boys clothes with the pupils stripped down to their underwear?

After a pe lesson many of the male students lost their uniforms.they all had to go to a dentention the following day in the changing room.All the boys had to strip down to their underwear holding their uniform out in their hands,they had to wait to be called up 1 by 1 to check their clothing was named,and to make sure they had noone elses uniform,the member of staff did this check on his own,is it right that he should have done this without another member of staff present and that the boys were made to strip off to their underwear to check this.

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Posted by nesssillitoe on Friday May 15, 2009 at 3:30 PM and tagged with child protection health and safety, reference.

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  1. gowolves
    gowolves Student
    High School - 9th Grade

    At least have 1 if not 2 or 3 faculty or teachers present. Couldn't they be told to go to the bathroom, change, and them bring them there PE clothes? People these days...

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    Posted by gowolves on Wednesday May 20, 2009 at 3:28 PM

  2. krishna-agrawala
    krishna-agrawala Teacher
    Graduate School

    eNotes Editor

    In case of theft, some action to check on those who had the opportunity to steal is very much justified, and this may cause some inconvenience to the students. However, definitely such search should be conducted in as dignified manner as possible.

    From the description accompanying this question, it is not clear to get a complete picture of what exactly happened and if this was to only or even a useful way to conduct the search for lost uniforms. But there are some question marks. What is the use of conducting the search the next day and not the same day? Was it really necessary to strip down to check.? Would it not have been better to subject one student at a time to present his clothes for inspection. If this system was followed it would have peen possible to avoid the indignity of students stripping before teacher. Also if the first student checked was found guilty then it would not have been necessary to check others.

    On face of it, this incident does appear to be improer.

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    Posted by krishna-agrawala on Wednesday May 27, 2009 at 2:41 AM