School Excursions I get... but really..

LRevrnd on 06/11/2019 - 18:39
Last edited 06/11/2019 - 18:42

Ok, so this came to my attention today when I got a letter home about an upcoming activity.

Seems some clown neglected to check the dictionary when they decided to apply poor logic to naming.

Schools seem now to be calling activities conducted on their grounds, by external agencies… Incursions.

So… last I checked, Incursions were hostile and unwanted in nature.

Since when has that changed?

Sadly, these are the same people who are teaching the kids of today. Is this just political correctness? or someone "coining a term" to get it noticed by like-minded individuals?

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Comments

  • jjjaar on 06/11/2019 - 18:47
    +22

    I was in school in the early 00s and it’s been called this since at least then. This is not new and has nothing to do with political correctness.

  • SBOB on 06/11/2019 - 18:47
    +12

    Been called this for ages.
    Just google it and you'll find heaps of schools and organisations using the term

    Man, the amount of posts on here recently about people getting offended by the most mundane day to day things is worrying. How do you get through a normal day :/

    • JimmyF on 06/11/2019 - 19:08
      +1

      How do you get through a normal day :/

      They don't, hence all the posts here and on WP.

  • shrek4 on 06/11/2019 - 18:52
    +9

    I work in education (17 years) in SA has always been an incursion.

    Excursion = experience where we leave the school
    Incursion = experience that comes to the school
    Camp = overnight experience

    Makes the language clear to parents so they know what is happening.

  • DashCam AKA Rolts on 06/11/2019 - 18:54
    +1

    Just based on internal/external. Has been used in schools I've been involved with for around 20+ years.

  • TEER3X on 06/11/2019 - 18:54
    +4

    Shot down… in a blaze of glory….

  • thatonethere on 06/11/2019 - 19:00
    +3

    Revrnd has left the chat

    • tomsco on 06/11/2019 - 22:18

      DisabledUser294746 in 3… 2… 1…

    • Revrnd on 07/11/2019 - 16:37

      I'm here… just couldn't believe how long various schools have been using this term, given its historical meaning.

      • tomsco on 08/11/2019 - 10:09

        When you're happy, do you ever go around telling people how gay you are? You know, because of it's historical meaning?

  • thebadmachine on 06/11/2019 - 19:07

    Next step is espionage and counter-intelligence.

  • JimmyF on 06/11/2019 - 19:07
    +1

    Since when has that changed?

    decades……..

    They do this to make it clear if its a on grounds event or off grounds event.

  • kahn on 06/11/2019 - 19:19
    +3

    incursion
    n. An aggressive entrance into foreign territory; a raid or invasion.
    n. The act of entering another's territory or domain.
    n. The act of entering or running into.

    Carn Revrnd, it doesn't take much effort to look up the definitions of a word.

  • spackbace on 06/11/2019 - 19:22
    +14

    Thanks Karen

    Did you demand to speak to the principal?

  • Vote for Pedro on 06/11/2019 - 19:27

    Is it a Catholic School?

  • horice on 06/11/2019 - 19:29
    +1

    Fark i must be old
    Used to be
    School based activity or sumfin

  • J6 on 06/11/2019 - 19:43

    ok boomer

  • p1 ama on 06/11/2019 - 20:11
    +3

    They've been called incursions since I was at school. Trust me, they are actually incursions.

    So… last I checked, Incursions were hostile and unwanted in nature.

    That's the entire point.

    Since when has that changed?

    Never.

  • brendanm on 06/11/2019 - 20:20
    +2

    Should get tracy grimshaw onto it mate. It's a national disgrace.

  • Archi on 06/11/2019 - 20:25

    awesome first post, congratulations…

  • dasher86 on 06/11/2019 - 20:36

    If you've ever been to a classroom post school it is like an incursion.

  • Craze on 06/11/2019 - 20:54
    +1

    I've personally not heard incursion so had to look it up.

    Here's an article on it, looks like it's coined here in Oz!

    • TEER3X on 06/11/2019 - 21:50

      hadn't heard of it either, went to a public school in melbourne a long time ago. I wonder if it's certain parts of the country or if it's everywhere now.

      • WreckTangle on 07/11/2019 - 20:37
        +1

        Incursions in this bit of vic

  • nakahanap on 06/11/2019 - 21:01
    +1

    Probably feels like a raid in hostile territory for the provider (at some schools at least).

  • Eeples on 06/11/2019 - 22:48
    +1

    I remind the OP that ALL the words we use are made up words.

  • HardlyCharly on 07/11/2019 - 02:57

    Lol thinking that political correctness is a real thing.

  • Archi on 07/11/2019 - 09:20
    +1

    I just think the OP is a purist where the OP doesn't allow in our language the same word to be used for 2 different meanings

    other words OP could have a problem with may include

    Ring
    monitor
    tape
    ball
    pan
    race
    bird

    im sure there are plenty more

  • SlavOz on 08/11/2019 - 08:42

    OP sounds like a soccer mum who drives a luxury SUV going 70kmh in the rightmost lane on the motorway.

    The fact that she'd complain about political correctness is ironic given that political correctness is the sole reason we have these toxic, entitlement attitudes running rampant today.

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