For all its good intentions, I am not a fan of political correctness. My school just invested in new blinds for the classrooms, only weeks before a dictate from the Education Department stipulating how many bolts must be present in classroom blinds. My school now has to find the money to put extra bolts in, even though the current setup is more than sufficient. Whilst I agree that students welfare and safety is of vital importance, sometimes bureaucracy goes too far.
In the past few months, I have written numerous posts about political correctness gone wrong. I wrote of a farcical primary school law that banned young children from hugging. Then there was the school that banned football in the playground and another that banned socialising in groups bigger than three. These are examples of political correctness working against the students, not for the students.
It was so good to hear the British Prime Minister speak out against the bureaucracy trying to ban street parties in honour of Prince William and Kate Middleton wedding.
If only our Education Minister had the presence of mind to do the same.
Topical Teaching 