The Nazi Cliché

It had to happen. The Nazi cliché comparison is always brought up in arguments throughout the web, so I thought I’d do it too.

Thought World War II, the Nazis maintained concentration camps in which they kept Prisoners of War. In a practice to make sure that the Germans maintained the Geneva Convention, inspectors from the neutral country of the treaty's sponsor, Switzerland sent inspectors to examine the living conditions and health of the prisoners.

In many cases, before the inspectors arrived the commanders of said concentration camps would crack opens the good blankets, duvets, food, and firewood and would intimidate the prisoners not to speak out about their treatment.

The same comparison can be applied...

School inspectors came during the S5 and S6 study leave a few weeks ago... On their return they were confronted with new signs including "You Are Entering a No Bully Zone!", "This Is an Equal Opportunities Area!", "Don't Litter" and cracked and small mirrors were replaced with larger ones which have been in dire repair for years. What made such a difference? It couldn't be the fact that inspectors came? Right? Just days before? No. Our School administration can’t be that sneaky?

Or perhaps an encounter with the S6 year-head that proclaimed that music could not be played in the common room because that would set a bad example to the inspectors. And that it would "only be for a few days". But isn't that creating a false impression of the school?

Wouldn’t the inspectors like to see how the 16-17 year olds act in the environment? Or how about the grade-A students with pre-prepared speeches?