Some parents, she was headmistress from hell. Catherine Gormley at Hazelwood Integrated College, she introduced drastic changes to meet fierce resistance.
North Belfast school's poor performance - In addition to Northern Ireland, the most serious - the recent behavior of some students.
New main no nonsense approach include greater discipline, additional English and math classes, and there is a strict dress code. Skirts must be worn just above the knee and body piercing, synthetic hair pieces, heavy make-up is prohibited.
Why on earth school children have body piercings or wear synthetic hair pieces, small or mini-skirts in the first place, is beyond me.
Should dress like their children to school, the children go to school, rather than go clubbing like adults. They are there to learn, rather than fashion statements.
Under the female Shigemulei logic - a relaxed dress code and regulations - in every area of school life, encourage or strengthen a low standard is completely understandable.
Difficult to understand why some parents are angry, and hope that her dismissal.
The protests began principals on Facebook. Several Opinions of her social networking sites are incredibly vicious and over the top.
Start a website against new subject seems to be a juvenile way to deal with cognitive problems, anyway.
But the biggest problem is that the why of these parents weapons female Shigemulei change is not the same enraged real anger - Hazelwood faltering results?
On Facebook activities, or any other place in the University plunge depth relegation zone after the Northern Ireland primary school league tables.
This is a poor performance in the school play, leading to the needs of a new radical regime. Less than one-third of the Hazelwood students achieved five or more GCSE grades including English and Mathematics A * to C, according to figures released earlier this year, Education.
A-Level results are more worrisome - Hazelwood to 168 schools in Northern Ireland 158.
Obviously, the atmosphere in the school.
Poor school performance, and can not be simply attributed largely deprived of fact, its catchment area. Just as bad in other areas of the school - even poor - on the social and economic poverty, better performance.
Is widely used as an indicator to be deprived of the right to free school meals (FSM). Almost 37% of children entitled to FSM in Hazelwood. Entire cities Colm Sungai, which is quite high - 51% of children are eligible for the FSM.
However, almost twice as much, compared to the many ST Colm students get three or more A-levels, Hazelwood students grades A * to C.
There are more students in Delhi 圣布里吉德 College - a staggering 64% - than any other FSM reserves the right after the primary school in Northern Ireland.
However, 圣布里吉德 completely academic, 35% of students achieved three or more A-level A *, compared to 16% in the C Hazelwood, much higher than the HAZELWOOD. Therefore, what is fundamentally wrong.
For better results, instead of a skirt and hair styles, parents should focus on Hazelwood. In the harsh economic environment of today's unremitting efforts, even if those who provide first-class qualifications is difficult to find a job, if given the chance, the school-leaving no?
Catherine Gormley's "crime" was to high hopes for her students to believe that they have the ability to better results, in order to improve their lives.
Why children from poor areas can not perform well, academic, if appropriate rampant in the family and the school is absolutely no reason to.
Ms. Gormley's record, to reverse the fate of the Santa Cecilia Academy in Delhi, said she could provide.
"I really, really strict," she said. In our overly politically correct times, strict and sometimes unacceptable. This should not be the case. Return to usher in a new main a Dickensian disciplines, teachers in the power-on tour brutal humiliate them.
But she also shows that she does not ignore the views of their parents. Yesterday, she apologized to her at a recent rally, she acknowledged to cause disturbing use some language.
Ms. Gormley know, Hazelwood urgent need for tough love, if it is to perform the best academic and restore all important sense of pride.
A weak, indecisive president, who just want to follow the crowd, everyone's friend, troubled schools would be disastrous.
Hazelwood is crying out firm and decisive leadership walked into the lives of the students, which will bring more structure.
Ruthless in the post-school world youth unemployment rate rose in Northern Ireland, life is not for the faint of. Young people entering the labor market must be well-equipped and rich resources, focused and ambitious.
Hazelwood students moan Miss Gormley's new rules, but kids adapt quickly. Sometimes, it is the parents who found it more difficult to change, especially when the needs of their comfort zone. Remember the TV chef Jamie Oliver's rebound to convince the British government and the schools in the transformation of the children's menu?
Fathers and mothers gathered at the school gates, their children junk food at lunch time, so they do not eat healthy, nutritious meals in the cafeteria.
Let us hope that, in Hazelwood mom and dad do not engage in similar damage. Some parents fully support her Gormley in her efforts to improve academic and behavioral standards.
Those who do not should think again - at least for the sake of their children.
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