trowie246 Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 We always listen to radio shetland and on fridays it's "Da week dat's awaa" where someone is invited to give an account of what has been happening to them personally in their life. Normally this is quite light-hearted and lightsome but I was a bit dismayed that the person on Friday was allowed by radio shetland to use it as a platform to give their personal opinion on school closures. Apart from the fact that I thought this person was out of touch from what really takes place in schools today, it was frustrating for me as I, as a member of the general public do not have the opportunity to dispute what she said. Shetlinkers might come back and say that people should be allowed to say what they want.I don't have a problem with her getting across her point of view, but it might have been more appropriate to write a letter to the shetland times. I'm just not sure "Da week dat's awaa" is the right place to put forward your own personal opinion on such thorny matters as this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeAyBee Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 I would suggest a complaint to BBC Radio Shetland and some contact with the local media. Is it possible that this person's week was dominated by feelings and thoughts about the possible school closures? If so that was probably editorially correct, but all good news organisations usually allow some platform for addressing their content. In my experience, the Radio Shetland team are pretty neutral and so might welcome some feedback, particularly an opposing viewpoint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuckleJoannie Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 They quite often seem to be desparate for people to contact them with items for Clear Da Air on Wednesday evening. Go ahead and get in touch with them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Styles Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 Hope they were for closeing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nederlander Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 ^What an odd thing to say, particularly as you could do with going back to school to learn how to spell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Styles Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 I did not hear it, just hope they were for closeing the schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breeksy Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 The case for closing schools is a bit more complex than immediately meets the eye. When my local school was threatened with closure, looking at the figures involved revealed that any savings would be pretty much taken up by additional school transport costs. So what would be the point? I'm sure they would have saved more money by not entering into the consultation process in the first place, enough to keep the school open for several years at no 'extra' cost per pupil... Health and safety also needs to be taken into consideration, especially in the harder to reach areas. Although its about time sense was seen about Skerries high school - thats a ridiculous waste of money, in my opinion. There are more kids of high school age in Fair Isle - maybe they should ask for parity, and start a campaign to get their own High School! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 Please can you disregard the trolling attempt by Styles and use this thread to discuss "the week at's awaa" and discuss the school closures here:http://www.shetlink.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=905&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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