Wrong lesson on sports day

Obviously, many events have taken place, such as fetes and sports days, during these years, without any effect on the local environment.

Recently Codsall Community High School held its annual sports day. The staff decided to play music between events at a volume so loud that with every double glazed window closed, I was unable to listen to the radio, or even think coherently.

After three hours I phoned the school with a request that the volume be lowered and was told that the head teacher wouldn't do it because:

a) It was the children's day.

b) They had the right to play it that loudly and had done so for the last three years.

c) They were sorry local residents might be inconvenienced, but they'd just have to put up with it and anyway what did I expect living so close to a school.

The learning objectives, therefore, that the head and staff of Codsall Community High School are teaching their pupils are:

1) Do what you want, that's your right.

2) Don't worry about the consequences to others, because that's not your responsibility.

I retired 18 months ago after nearly 30 years teaching in two Wolverhampton schools. The attitudes and teaching of rights and responsibilities in those schools was thankfully very different.

Susan Martin, Elm Grove, Codsall.