This story from across the pond appeared today on Drudge:
Pupils shivered in coats, hats and scarves as temperatures fell to just 1°C (34°F).
Head Rob Benzie switched off the radiators to show how the secondary school could cut its carbon footprint.
But some staff and parents slammed the "barbaric" plan.
One teacher called it "beyond stupid" and added: "It was absolutely ridiculous.
"I've never worked in such cold. I'm all for saving the planet but this was barbaric.
"Nobody could work properly and kids could not even grip a pen through their gloves." The mum of a 12-year-old at Ansford Academy in Castle Cary, Somerset, said: "She was shaking when she came home. I was absolutely furious."
A dad added: "Turning the heating off in December is just mental."
"I can't believe the kids learnt anything. I'm very angry with the school."
But Mr Benzie, 52, defended the "successful" experiment last Friday — locally the coldest day of the winter so far — and vowed to stage regular "eco-days" at the 640-pupil school.
He said: "We cut the heat to see if we can lower our carbon footprint. We let pupils wear as many jumpers as they liked.
Oh gee, how gracious of you. Yeah, that's what I want to do as a schoolchild. Wear 20 layers for 6+ hours at school. That's going to help us get a lot of work done.
"Everyone seemed happy enough although it did get pretty chilly. We sent letters to parents telling them of the plan.
"We had only one complaint and that was from a member of staff. But in the end they just got on with it."
Um, that's not what the article says ...
Mr Benzie said he hoped for another eco-day next term, adding: "I'd like it to be a regular event. We have too much heating — sometimes I have to turn it down as it can make students fall asleep.
Well that's just stupid. Why does it have to be way too much heat — which is a problem in and of itself — or no heat at all. Are we too ill-equipped in the 21st century to have a system that produces moderate indoor temperatures?
"The idea was actually thought up by a small number of pupils from our student eco-group."
Oh sure, pass the blame on to a bunch of brainwashed kids. Real smooth. What a freaking joke that environ-MENTAL-ists like this are running schools (Oh believe me, there's more than one.)
You know what? I hope more schools do this. You know why? Because it's going to end up turning kids off to this global warming scam.
END THE OCCUPATION. LIBERALS OUT OF THE SCHOOLS NOW!!!
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