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This Is Despicable Shes Plain Stupid for thinking that !!

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this teacher dont know anything

they thinking we are terorist

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I Am slough student

ad i think that she is a verry clumsy teacher

she dont kno us muslims

Ve Arent The Terrorists

Bloody Idiot

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this is outragous

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this is outragous i mean just because a muslim had a fun day out with friends at paintballing he gets into trouble for terorrism. in that case i should have been suspended too for taking him their.

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utterly dispicable\r\nif i wz this young chap i would have taken this further\r\n

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:O

that must b the dumbest decision ive eva herd of!

dispicable

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What I find most disturbing is the number of misspelled words on this comment page! I sincerely hope that these people don't attend the 'grammar' school...

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This is ourageous.

The standard of spelling on these comments is abysmal.

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They are probably all written by the same person.

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three words\r\n\r\nshe\'s\r\na\r\nracist\r\n\r\nend of

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5 comments above. Ur all retarded. Jus STFU. He waz in othr wurds considered as a terrorist by the stupid sgs cru. And y duz it matta bou da grammar u stupid bums..... And on top of me Shafakut . Safeage to Ma man zee. Stayin strong.

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Shup Fill

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This is a really stupid story to publish on the site right stupid waste of bytes. Horn next time u go past me in the street in chalvey

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If the case is the Head teacher honestly considered the youth to be holding a real gun then she is justified to investigate not suspend. I think this is a case of discrimination and should be legally taken up with the school regulators, appalling! I agree to even promote guns within any race is wrong but she should take it up with the paintball org or Hollywood... DYAM FOOL, IZ A IDIOT SQUAD. I know where she hide her 9mm..shh

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This is stupid its a sport and hes getting punished for it i think its sick!

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Phil,

"This is ourageous."

what does 'ourageous' mean? With this tendency to rush to judgement without actually considering what you are doing yourself, perhaps a seat on the board of Slough Grammar Governors awaits?

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I am sorry but with things as they are in the world sometimes innocent pictures might be seen as terrorist like, Although Mrs Lenton may seem over the top with this she needed to follow correct procedure. More worrying now is the lack of grammar in the above postings.

If these are Grammar school pupils same on their English dept.

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Why is that the people who for some reason are completely missing the point and criticising the young people here on their spelling and grammar cannot spell themselves?

First Phil's "ourageous" and now Katherine's "If these are Grammar school pupils *same* on their English dept."

same? Surely you mean "shame"?

Not at all. SGS has excellent exam results, these young people can write extremely well when required. They also can spot a poor decision on the part of their school management without any difficulty, and have a fairly shrewd idea why it was taken.

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I never heard anything about this!!!!!!!! I go to Slough Grammar, no ones said anything about it!Dont let this article think any different about Slough Grammar, its a really good school. :)

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"They also can spot a poor decision on the part of their school management without any difficulty, and have a fairly shrewd idea why it was taken."

Enlighten us Pedant, why was the decision taken?.

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Maybe the headteacher reads The Times.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article634179.ece

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Now that is completely insane. These things need to be checked before something as serious as suspension occurs. I hope Mrs Lenton gave a full apology and should be completely embarrassed. And yes, Slough Grammar is a good school, but could do with some improvement.

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I think that certain procedures should have been carried out before resulting to such drastic action. Lenton should pay compensation or atleast give a public apology.

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I went to SGS, and Mrs Margaret Lenton is a legend. She's experienced, diligent and intelligent and an asset to Slough educational system and the town as a whole.

It seems like an overreaction and most likely a mistake, but I don't know why everyone's playing the racist card?! I've seen Mrs Lenton carry out numerous forms of discipline for a whole variety of reasons and given she operates one of the most diversely cultural schools in the area, and one she has developed over what, 20 years, you all sound incredibly stupid claiming this to be a terrorist/racist issue.

I wish Mrs Lenton many more successful years at SGS and thank (your) God we have such an observant and diligent lady as Head.

(And as a side note, the grammar and spelling in most previous posts is shocking and embarrasing. You should be ashamed of yourselves!!)

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"(And as a side note, the grammar and spelling in most previous posts is shocking and embarrasing. You should be ashamed of yourselves!!)"

SGS fan, I applaud your reasoned response, and on the whole agree with it.

I would however like to jump on the current bandwagon and suggest you dig out your copy of the 'oxford concise' and check out the spelling of 'embarrassing'.

Doh!

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I went to SGS, and Mrs Margaret Lenton is a legend. She's experienced, diligent and intelligent and an asset to Slough educational system and the town as a whole.

It seems like an overreaction and most likely a mistake, but I don't know why everyone's playing the racist card?! I've seen Mrs Lenton carry out numerous forms of discipline for a whole variety of reasons and given she operates one of the most diversely cultural schools in the area, and one she has developed over what, 20 years, you all sound incredibly stupid claiming this to be a terrorist/racist issue.

I wish Mrs Lenton many more successful years at SGS and thank (your) God we have such an observant and diligent lady as Head.

(And as a side note, the grammar and spelling in most previous posts is shocking and embarrasing. You should be ashamed of yourselves!!)

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THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN INNOCENT JOKE - ONLY APPLIES TO MUSLIMS

This local case is a small example of how suspicion is being cast on muslims in academic and work institutions on a mass scale in the name of 'terrorism'.

Headmistress Lenton was merely acting on the goverments guidance published on 8th October 2008 under which teachers have been asked to monitor pupils' behaviour and inform the authorities - including police - if they suspect teenagers are being drawn into violent extremism. This policy only seeks to create an atmosphere of fear and suspicion.

If you do want somebody to blame for this action it should be the governments draconian laws and policies they are formulating in order to succumb and silence muslims.

Headmistress Lenton should think twice now before labelling an innocent action as terrorism. she didnt do the boys family a favour by taking him back....this story definately deserves more media coverage!

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Well ROOONEY ROONEY ROONEY Was the man last nite.

AND I THINK AS THIS YUNG MAN WAS DISCRIMINATED FOR BEING A MUSLIM THE HEAD SHOULD BE PUBLICLY APOLOGIZING AND PAY THE GUY COMPENSATION FOR THOSE ROUGH TIMES CAUSED

SGS Rules

SO DUZ LANGLEYACADEMY

BRAP BRAP BRAP

2K8

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All these people that assume the Head Teacher thought he was a terrorist - how racist! There have been several school mass shootings in the USA carried out by students who have shown an interest in guns, talked about guns, had photographs of guns.

What if the suspended student had not been suspended? What if, whilst being "investigated" he had gone in to school with a gun and shot and killed pupils? What would you all be saying then?

Just because he is "not white" (I don't see any reference to his nationality, colour or religion so can only make the "not white" assumption from the comments posted here), does not mean he was suspended as a terrorist.

Who are the racists here? I'm sure the Head Teacher WOULD have suspended ANY pupil regardless of race, religion and gender in today's climate.

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I have just read SGS fan's comment - 'I wish Mrs Lenton many more successful years at SGS and thank (your) God we have such an observant and diligent lady as Head'

Oh please!!Are you sure this isn't Maggie's mum singing her praises instead?lol

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More to the point - never mind the fact that you have all taken the "racist" and "terrorist" view on this matter what about the sheer fact that a pupil was seen holding a gun. If I was a parent at SGS then I'd have been glad to hear the pupil had been suspended until an investigation had been carried out. There are enough young people carrying knives around these days so why not guns?? just look at Dunblane / the american schools / general idiotic people of this generation that don't look at the bigger picture. This teacher was concerned for the welfare of everyone not just making a bee line for a certain pupil. What would you prefer - a teacher to turn a blind eye and allow so possible idiot to shoot your child at school? or take action and investigate until the real reason for such an image was discovered? I know what i'd prefer....the safety of my children, it has absolutley nothing to do with terrorism or racial hate and I am so sick of hearing those words thrown into the equation at every opportunity. School safety is principle - not stepping on the toes of those who might be offended!!

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Zeeshan is a solid guy, ive known him for the best part of 10 years, he aint no terrorist.

SHE IS THE TERRORIST, THE WOMAN THOUGHT I WAS A DRUG DEALER, AN ALCOHOLIC, A DRUG ADDICT, A THEIF, A MADMAN AND A RACIST. SHE WAS PRVOEN WRONG EVERYTIME AND THE ONLY WORDS I HERD COME OUT OF HER MOUTH WERE SORRY AND WE WONT DO IT AGAIN.

AHA, THIS JUST SHOWS THAT SHE ISNT UP TO DATE WITH WHAT YOUNGSTERS DO IN THEIR PRIVATE LIFES AND WE NEED A CHANGE

MADHAV FOR HEAD TEACHER!!!!!!!!!!!

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Not knowing the area or school or pupils concerned and reading what was printed i feel that the headteacher along with the governors felt that in todays society she must inform the police and get them to check out the story behind the pictures. Whether the kid was a muslim or not is either here or there, the main problem was a kid was posing with a gun,(she may not have known that it was a paint balling gun, unless you known about guns)Yes she may could have dealt with it in different manner, maybe have got the police in first and got them to have a look at the pictures but the way she is being vilified because she was concern is not fair. I don't think it was a racist thing, the kids on this site are making it sound that she is racist and a lot of them just have something to prove. It doesn't say in the article that he was a muslim or that anyone thought that he was a terriorist. We don't know these kids either so we don't know their back ground, do they get into trouble and because of this the photos was highlighted??,we don't know what site this photo was on and their is plenty of photos on sites off kids posing with gun real or not. We don't know, we have only one side of the story and lets not forget the police were concern enough to go the family for an explanation of the photos.

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Just as it's odd that all the people who accuse the students of not being able to spell can't, ahem, spell themselves, it also seems odd that the people who say that this was racist all apparently go to the school to themselves and know both the student and the head teacher, and all the people who say it's not racist don't go to the school or know anybody involved.

Who is in the best position to judge? Those who know the people and situation personally, or those who have made a judgement purely from what they've read in the papers.

Tough call ...

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All these stupid people who miss the whole point and just focus on the spelling are showing the single mindedness displayed by Mrs. Lenton; who also – missed the fact it was a paintballing event and had the student suspended. The same you people have missed the point of the message and just focused on the spelling.

‘Jus cuz I talk like dis’ doesn’t make me unintelligent. We students at slough grammar school achieve the results on a yearly basis; we can write very well when we need to. And the fact that our brains work both ways, able to read normal writing and also understand what is meant to be said when it isn’t spelt/written in the traditional way, just proves we are cleverer than you think.

The spelling employed by certain individuals is just like slang, as certain words and phrases come in and out of fashion, it’s the same with this spelling. I’m sure many of you, who are criticising our spelling, had your favourite slang words back in the 1950’s.

On a more relevant note; this reaction by the Headmistress is yet another case of ignorance. And I have reason to believe that she accused to young individual who had been suspended of showing interest in the actions of Al-Qaida and a willingness to copy and follow their actions.

All because he went Pain Balling.

I know the student personally, he is a very close friend of mine and has never expressed views that coincide with those of terrorist organisations, in fact he speaks out and condemns acts of terrorism.

Next thing we know cricketers will be suspended for imitating the actions of mobsters and gang members, because a photo of them will be found swinging a bat.

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Also these people who are worried about a “student been seen holding a gun”. Well I don’t know what kind of sporting events you had in your days, but in today’s world Paintballing is a sport. If he wasn’t going to use a gun in the sport what is he supposed to do? Pick up a stick and poke people with it?

Its like having a football match in which a certain player isn’t allowed to kick the ball, or a cricket match where a batsman isn’t allowed to make contact with the ball using his bat.

Such comments about “students holding a gun” are just pure stupidity and another example of the single mindedness I mentioned earlier.

You need to grow up and not be so insecure. Not every youngster is a thug and a murder out to kill you all.

If we were then there would be no adults left because the demographics in the country show more youngsters than adults…

Enjoy wallowing around in your stupidity and ignorance, and post here again when you wake up and grow out of it.

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what I would like to know is why the head teacher had suspended the studentbefore having a full report from the police, this was obviously a rash decision by the head teacher i think more consideration should be taken when dealing with this situation, i would imagine that school staff would be able to see further than the colour of someones skin and the length of someones beard. \\\\r\\\\ni really think this should have been taken national as i would like to have seen how the head teacher would deal with serious paparazzi pressure.

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