High Jinks at the English School

iancrumpy · Post by **iancrumpy** » Thu 07 Jun 2012 12:38 pm

This also caught my eye :
http://www.haberkktc.com/haber/ingiliz- ... 37749.html
Apparently, because the graduating class at the prestigious southside English School (of Nicosia) vandalised the school in a recent party, the class' graduation ceremony (planned for the 27th of June) has been cancelled.
According to a GC newspaper (from where this TC web site took the story) during the party the students threw eggs at each other, "decorated" the building with tolilet paper, wrote grafitti on the walls, glued shut a number of doors and arranged for a truck to empty its load of sand into the school's garden.
The school's management felt that cancelling the ceremony would serve as a warning to deter future classes from acting in the same way.

rocking · Post by **rocking** » Thu 07 Jun 2012 1:07 pm

Is this a fee paying school? If so what a waste of money for these parents - will not doubt see them in London on protest marches.

iancrumpy · Post by **iancrumpy** » Thu 07 Jun 2012 1:26 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Englis ... l,_Nicosia
Rocking, it is indeed a fee-paying school. I'm not certain though as to whether, from the parents' point of view, the money spent will be wasted, as the school's graduates normally move on to some very prestigious universities, including Oxbridge. Cancelling the graduation ceremony seems, at least to me, an appropriate decision by the school's management.