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Post by simple on Oct 12, 2023 15:50:11 GMT
My son’s first school wears the same colour uniform as the local high school but the middle doesn’t conform so hopefully he’ll not grow too much between years 5 and 8
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Post by Reviewer on Oct 12, 2023 16:08:29 GMT
Private for primary level seems overkill to me. Unless they are all Needs Improvement. I know someone who is getting a private tutor for their 4 year old because he’s not at the standard of a 6 year old. Even more odd is she used to teach primary year 1 and 2 and is now full time at home. Some parents do weird shit and many think their kids should be geniuses. |
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Post by geefe on Oct 12, 2023 16:11:10 GMT
I have and occasionally still do private tuition. I generally encounter parents who think/ know their kid is on the cusp or needs focused support to get over the line - normally a C/4 in GCSE or a certain grade at A Level.
I wouldn't touch pushy parents with a barge pole.
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Post by sport✅ on Oct 12, 2023 16:23:45 GMT
Really disappointed to see how FG has handled this school situation. If you really loved your kids, you should've bought multiple properties in different prime catchment areas at the point of conception. Then simply rent them out until the time comes to decide your child's fate.
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Post by stuz359 on Oct 12, 2023 17:30:17 GMT
Really disappointed to see how FG has handled this school situation. If you really loved your kids, you should've bought multiple properties in different prime catchment areas at the point of conception. Then simply rent them out until the time comes to decide your child's fate. Pretty much this. Shame on you. We can all buy multiple properties cheap as chips, we're all loaded, do it for the kids etc (The internet is a weird place, so I realize this post was satire/irony) |
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Post by technoish on Oct 12, 2023 17:36:58 GMT
You might do primary school to guarantee a place in a linked secondary school...
We are still considering it as there are barely any secondary schools in the borough.
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Post by Whizzo on Oct 12, 2023 17:38:37 GMT
Farage now whinging that the FA won't light up the Wembley arch with the colours of the Israeli flag in support of the country.
Someone please go back in time and make sure he doesn't survive that plane crash.
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Post by askew on Oct 12, 2023 17:43:56 GMT
They should light it up in a rainbow. Everybody loves rainbows. Rainbows mean peace.
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Post by zephro on Oct 12, 2023 17:55:14 GMT
Private for primary level seems overkill to me. Unless they are all Needs Improvement. I know someone who is getting a private tutor for their 4 year old because he’s not at the standard of a 6 year old. Even more odd is she used to teach primary year 1 and 2 and is now full time at home. Some parents do weird shit and many think their kids should be geniuses. Yeah my Mum was a teacher and it was the 80s so also stay at home. So all my learning difficulties and problems at school probably got ironed out by just having a good parent. There's all those studies about getting a degree and a good degree from a good university correlates more with the amount of books in your house growing up than it does any kind of schooling. |
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Post by Bill in the rain on Oct 13, 2023 4:32:45 GMT
The books thing is possibly a bit iffy though, as I've heard it argued that the number of books you have in your house often correlates to the financial status of the family. So it's basically saying that better off families have more books and more chance to get into good universities. I've filled my tiny apartment with as many books as I can, and continue to try and fail to get the kids to read any of them.  |
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Post by elstoof on Oct 13, 2023 6:34:15 GMT
Save space by stacking them into furniture
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Post by X201 on Oct 13, 2023 6:49:10 GMT
Like a bookcase?
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Post by elstoof on Oct 13, 2023 6:50:18 GMT
Like a wingback chair and a chaise longue
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Post by elstoof on Oct 13, 2023 6:50:50 GMT
Perhaps start with a bed as it’s the easiest shape
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Post by Bill in the rain on Oct 13, 2023 7:28:53 GMT
Might be too hot under all those covers.
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Post by mothercruncher on Oct 13, 2023 7:40:41 GMT
Done that, but I tried a book spatula and book contact lenses, neither a success sadly |
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Post by Whizzo on Oct 13, 2023 11:47:58 GMT
So glad the country was being run competently during COVID.
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Post by Dougs on Oct 13, 2023 11:55:19 GMT
They weren't wrong though tbf.
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Post by X201 on Oct 13, 2023 12:18:09 GMT
The Govt. was making all the big calls, when they needed to be taken, provided that they fitted around Dilyn’s walkies.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Oct 13, 2023 12:56:22 GMT
Oh, man, I remember the two weeks when they decided 'big calls' were the new hotness.
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Post by Whizzo on Oct 13, 2023 13:02:26 GMT
"We're following the science."*
*Political science, maybe not medical
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Post by minimatt on Oct 13, 2023 13:22:28 GMT
but they put a protective ring around yer nana. you know, the one who died
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Post by Rich on Oct 13, 2023 14:15:50 GMT
Sunak starting to wonder if using a slogan calling for change may not have been the best idea...
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Post by Whizzo on Oct 13, 2023 14:30:47 GMT
Sunak is the change candidate, everyone wants a change from him.
The Tory rump of 25% support would probably still vote blue even if Sunak came around their house and shat on their Sunday roast.
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Post by elstoof on Oct 13, 2023 14:47:30 GMT
A shit smeared roast chicken would make a better PM
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Post by geefe on Oct 13, 2023 14:49:54 GMT
But would it out last Liz Truss?
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Post by Vandelay on Oct 13, 2023 15:02:36 GMT
I mean, "I'm the candidate of change for this 13 year government that I will have been in charge of for at least a year and a half by the time there is an election" was always going to be hard sell.
That stubborn 25% really are destroying this country. How on Earth the Tories aren't the third or maybe even the fourth most popular party right now really is beyond me.
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Post by Whizzo on Oct 13, 2023 15:06:29 GMT
It's why FPTP needs to be thrown in the bin, "oh but under PR people like UKIP would win seats" so what? UKIP is currently our bloody government, having a small amount of more extreme politicians, of either wing, doesn't show the system has failed it shows it works.
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Post by Dougs on Oct 13, 2023 15:12:02 GMT
Tories are gonna Tory, with a dash of media brainwashing
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