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    My Octopus Teacher on Netflix. Sounded naff but I had some time to kill. Possible the best thing I've watched in recent memory. Truly a brilliant watch.
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    Well she's an exceptional lass anyway, bright as a penny is how I remember her. She'll go far Mushy, done a great job there. Tell her I said well done ?
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    The point I was making is that kids had more options to pursue things they enjoyed or were more inclined to. I couldn't really take shop but at least I didn't have to do more than 2 years of maths cause I was terrible at it ? Here, they have to learn what's imposed on them, like or lump it. At my kids school they HAD to take a language and the gcse topics were offered in bundles with no flexibility. Sets a lot of the kids up to fail imo.
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    My high school was one of the most academic in my province once upon a time. But they also offered alternatives, you could take mechanics or wood shop (well, boys could. Girls were discouraged which is a shame, cause I would have done wood shop for sure. They offered me Home Economics ??). You only needed to pass so many credits in a subject like maths or French, before you could drop it and chose something more suited to you. Funny how we've so-called advanced in recent years but lost all logic in so many ways.
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    Well kinda, partly...and the bare fact is I wasn't going to win an argument with two 15 year old girls who did not want to go ? Long as they were doing their on line stuff then the deal was they didn't have to go in. They had to organise things when I was working and get on with it themselves, and apart from the odd bump in the road, they managed. If they had fobbed it off I'd have made them go. They slacked off now and then but to be quite honest, I'm not overly bothered. They're good kids.
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    I work in a hospital so I was around it all the time, that was more than enough for me. It was an effed up, strange and stressful time for us all, so I did what I felt was best for us as a family ?
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    Mine had places but honestly I didn't want them in. I kept them out to minimise exposure for us and for the kids who had to be in because they really couldn't look after themselves or had nobody at home who could. Mine might not be bright and shiny at teams lessons but they sure learned a lot about responsibility and looking after themselves. Long as they get through and move on that's all we care about. One of my girls got into the light mechanics course at the local college, I'm over the moon. She really struggled with everything this past year but she's bright and talented, just not by thei
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    Out of likes for today... ?
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    They don't even bring language in here till year 9. How stupid is that? They get three years of intense learning shoved down their throats along with all the other useless stuff they aren't even remotely good at/interested in. Back home many moons ago, we were graded annually on everything about our school life: engagement in class, group projects, quality and consistency of homework, showing up and on time etc. Final yearly exams counted for maybe 50% of your grade. It taught us way more than years of pressure, repetition and one final mark at the end. The quality of education here, from a ho
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    I watched one on Netflix last night called Run. It's about a teenage girl, her mum is a psycho. Watched it with one of my girls and pointed out all the way through that at least I'm not THAT bad ? It was a little predictable, but an ok watch.
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    Personally I had a hard time supporting my 3 with home schooling. Not because I'm stupid or lazy, it was just difficult for a number of reasons. I did the best I could with 3 teenagers who weren't always compliant or easy to engage. I've worked all the way through in the NHS as well, and that was a bit stressful at times. The government bangs on about how the kids are all behind but, for me, I think they might want to change the criteria they judge them by. Because it's utterly ridiculous the way they teach kids in this country. Learning is little more than repetition and stress. I feel
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    I've got the gpx Pro trousers. Best kit ever. Flexible to climb in, hard wearing, comfortable, not terrible in wet weather. I've worn them all winter and I killed a pair of berghaus boots but these are still grand. Just ordered a new pair this morning so I can have a fresh spring look ?
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    Ran into some "walkers" yesterday, way up on the moors in jeans and trainers with an unruly collie in tow. They breathlessly asked me if I go there often and how to get back to where they started, because it was only meant to be an hour long stroll. I sent them the looooong way round so they didn't go where I was going and spoil the rest of my walk. Not even sorry ?
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    Woke up feeling fed up and a bit low this morning. Couldn't be arsed, but I set off for a long-ish wander in the Trough of Bowland, thinking it would cheer me up. Crushed a suicidal pheasant along the way (utterly horrified). Torrential downpour came on just as I parked up. Made a start anyway. Quarter of the way up I discovered my waterproof no longer is. I was cold and soaked through, and I nearly jacked in a temper. Pressed on. Half way round, the rain stopped, the wind dropped, and there was nothing to hear but the river below me, the curlews above, and the stroppy calls of phea
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    Listen to you lot, moaning on like a load of crabby old bats at their Friday afternoon perm appointment. I love these threads ?
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    Pet hates.

    lurchergrrl replied to socks's topic in General Talk

    It would take me ages to list my pet hates. Sometimes I wonder if I have tourettes ? But, I'll tell you what I like: 12 pages of blokes moaning and complaining in the same way they knock women for ?? I had a crap day but I've spent the last 10 mins laughing, cheers fellas ??
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    That's a well nice capture Arry ?
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    Jesus ??
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