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watching football/soccer at school
This should have been asked a few months back since it already happened but I'll need advice in case it happens again. So I live in England, ok? and my school decided to screen 1 of the England games for the football/soccer tournament "The European Championships". However, I had a few things wrong with this
1) You go to school to learn , NOT to watch TV
2) It was on at the same time as a gameshow I watch called Catchphrase. And the episode of Catchphrase that was on was the first ever episode to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the show. It was an ep with Roy Walker as well, the king of Catchphrase, the original host! And it also has the original theme tune as well, and the original set and graphics. I wanted to watch this since it would show how the show evolved over time. Who in their right mind would prefer to watch a sport then a classic gameshow? If it wasn't for catchphrase we wouldn't have Pointless, The Chase, Tipping Point or Who Wants to be a Millionaire, they've all been successful thanks to catchphrase. And catchphrase wasn't a basic Q&A type of gameshow, no. It was where the contestants were shown animations, and the animation was based on a phrase and the contestants had to guess what the phrase was. They earned a certain amount of money for the number of phrases they answered correctly. Why the absolute HELL would they not show the first episode of a classic gameshow to promote the 30th anniversary just so they can show a sport? This was the first time the first episode aired since 1986, when it was originally aired and I missed it thanks to the school! It's not even like I could record it either since I don't have that type of TV!
And finally 3) Why did they only show this game if they wanted to watch football? I get that they want to be patriotic but I think it's extremely racist that they're not showing other countries' games just because they don't live in that particular country!
OK rant over
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The only answer I have for you is the same one I had for my son when he was in school. Whole we may live in two different countries, you in the UK and us in the US. The freedoms of our two countries bestow on us live outside the walls of the school.
As a minor you are only entitled to the freedoms your parents allow you. When you enter the school even those freedoms are withdrawn and you have only those that are set forth in the rules of the school.
For whatever their reason the administration allowed you to watch the football game, which call soccer. I'm sure they thought they were giving you a privilege or reward of some sort by doing so.
Why only the one game and not the others. For one thing football is a national pastime of your country and allowing you to watch the game probably was better than you trying to sneak listening to it while a teacher was trying to teach and of course it would be for your home team. Just like if the Super Bowl was played on a school day and say the New York Jets were one of the Teams. Schools in New York and New Jersey would be more likely to allow their students to watch the game then say students in Tampa Florida whose team is not playing.
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