Totally agree with you. I was listening to LBC yesterday and someone who had travelled from Spain to LGW called in from the car park. He said Spanish authorities were tit hot at checking all of his deets to leave the country. Once he’d arrived in the UK they didn’t even scan his QR code to prove a negative covid test. This worries me.
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Absolutely the best post I've seen for ages, you win tattle today!!I need to share my joy with you lot....
After nearly a year of doing our weekly shop online and having it delivered, I had a mini meltdown yesterday and declared that I was doing the weekly shop (2 adults, 3 kids) at.....wait for it....M&S. It's our closest store but obvs I have only ever driven past it because we ain't rich. We are more of an Asda Smart Price kinda budget.
Husband looked like he might say something (something eminently sensible to be fair.....something like "Are you bleeping kidding me....we can't afford that" etc) but then I gave him THE LOOK. You know the one....the one that you can give after knowing someone for over 20 years....the look that says " You do NOT want to pick this fight." I have not socialised in I don't know how long. I am Mary Poppins to our kids and an unpaid Homeschooling guru. All I do is cook, clean, homeschool and walk the dog. For months. I need this.
So I drive the 2 mins to M&S like I'm in my way to bleeping Heathrow to embark on a 5* break to Dubai. I am high on lifeI spent over twice our normal weekly budget....a blistering £197 in total. But do you know what I handed over my debit card like a bad ass mother-fucker like YEAH BABY...
Husband looked quite tearful when I gleefully showed him the receipt- it was like the opposite of one of those TV shows where they show you how much you can save by swapping to Aldi. I was like "Aren't I clever...I managed to nearly spend £200 on food"
Anyway, I bought a few tins of 8% Mojito so hubby will have gotten over it when I drink them tonight and turn into a crazy drunken horny Mum, let him feel my boobs (maybe more ladies...just maybe!) and fall asleep by 8pm.
We'll be on Asda smart price for everything for the next 2 months to make up for it but I do not give one solitary shiny tit.
Enjoy your posh food, and maybe save a can of Mojito to drown your sorrows when you have to go back to smart price
But if they do implement some sort of system in certain countries whereby you need to have the jab to travel there, surely that’s still a choice? I don’t think we will see a time when we need it to do things in our own country, as there are many people who can’t have the vaccine for reasons such as allergies. It may be strongly recommended and yes I don’t doubt certain companies may push it but I can’t see it, legally, being mandatory due to the simple fact that some people cannot have it
I just don’t see anything sinister here like other people. Maybe because I’ve had the damn thing anyway now.I read an article this morning about Boris thinking about extending the school day to help kids ‘catch up’. Can’t help but think it would make more sense to reevaluate the curriculum instead. Not to mention that lots of kids have activities straight after school that they’d miss with a longer school day. 6 hours a day is long enough especially for little kids.
Canada has not had a proper lockdown at all in the last year. We've had some form of restrictions but the provinces handle them so the whole country has never been locked down.
I am meant to have my hair cut and coloured this week but am doubting if I should go. Our numbers are down but the UK variant is now here. It will be a long appt as I've not had my hair done since July. My salon is taking safety seriously (more than 6 ft apart between customers, masks, all surfaces constantly disinfected, a limit of people in salon, no blow drying etc) but obv can't distance from hairdresser. Maybe I will double mask. What do people think?
The poor teachers too. When are they suppost to fit planning and marking in? 3am? It's such a daft idea. As you say, adjusting the curriculum would make far more sense. There's stuff my junior age kids are doing in maths that I didn't even touch on until Secondary school. I'm sure some stuff could be scaled back without detriment to their future learning and achievements.
The school day is already too long. I really do worry they will ramp the pressure up on our children and make them stay in school for longer and have less holidays.
Based on my experience of a salon appointment back in the summer when they were allowed to open with safety measures, I'd risk it. You're closer to people in a supermarket or at work for example.
My kids are totally feral by 3pm
Saying that private school kids typically have longer school days?
I agree on the curriculum though, my 7 year old does stuff now I wasn’t taught until I was about 9 and I’ve turned out fine
I know that feeling regarding maths. A couple of weeks ago my eldest was doing division and then division with remainders, which I’m bad at without a calculator anyway. That was a really hard week for home learning. This week it was pictograms and tally charts which is much more my level
The school sent a survey out to parents about what we think of home learning. I’m wondering if some people said it was too hard so they changed course.
I do think they could scale things back a bit and the kids would do absolutely fine in the long run. Less pressure for teachers too.
I need to share my joy with you lot....
After nearly a year of doing our weekly shop online and having it delivered, I had a mini meltdown yesterday and declared that I was doing the weekly shop (2 adults, 3 kids) at.....wait for it....M&S. It's our closest store but obvs I have only ever driven past it because we ain't rich. We are more of an Asda Smart Price kinda budget.
Husband looked like he might say something (something eminently sensible to be fair.....something like "Are you bleeping kidding me....we can't afford that" etc) but then I gave him THE LOOK. You know the one....the one that you can give after knowing someone for over 20 years....the look that says " You do NOT want to pick this fight." I have not socialised in I don't know how long. I am Mary Poppins to our kids and an unpaid Homeschooling guru. All I do is cook, clean, homeschool and walk the dog. For months. I need this.
So I drive the 2 mins to M&S like I'm in my way to bleeping Heathrow to embark on a 5* break to Dubai. I am high on life
Husband looked quite tearful when I gleefully showed him the receipt- it was like the opposite of one of those TV shows where they show you how much you can save by swapping to Aldi. I was like "Aren't I clever...I managed to nearly spend £200 on food"
Anyway, I bought a few tins of 8% Mojito so hubby will have gotten over it when I drink them tonight and turn into a crazy drunken horny Mum, let him feel my boobs (maybe more ladies...just maybe!) and fall asleep by 8pm.
We'll be on Asda smart price for everything for the next 2 months to make up for it but I do not give one solitary shiny tit.
You are my new favourite tattler
Amazing absolutely amazing. I hope you are settled in some sort of food coma right now
A girl I went to uni with went to a rather famous private school. Their lessons started at 9 and finished at 6 pm. In between you had a long lunch, a mid morning and a tea break, but still.My kids are totally feral by 3pm
Saying that private school kids typically have longer school days?
I agree on the curriculum though, my 7 year old does stuff now I wasn’t taught until I was about 9 and I’ve turned out fine
How would longer school days work? My kids have dance, guides, rugby and scouts during the week and they'd neee feeding inbetween all this plus homework will still need doing. I think it's a ridiculous idea and not one I'd back
On longer school days,I dated a boy who went to the local private school when we were 16, he finished at 4.30 every day and went to school every Saturday 9-1 (most pupils were boarding there though).
I always thought it seemed awful but neither he or his friends seemed to mind much, they got much longer holidays than us though so I guess it evened out.
I always thought it seemed awful but neither he or his friends seemed to mind much, they got much longer holidays than us though so I guess it evened out.
I'm thinking that wouldn't be a bad idea for the older kids who are studying for the exams (that they now won't be taking) because it will help them to catch up to the standard they should have achieved. Which in the long run will help them as they enter next year. Those who want to study and do well will accept it.
My eldest is a star pupil, works her socks off, is predicted 9s in all her subjects, always goes that extra bit to make sure her work is the best it can be. She is feeling so much pressure to achieve these grades (not by us, but by herself as she has been predicted these). Believe me it won't help all students and she does not need any extra piled on her. Nothing to do with wanting to study and do well. As her parent I won't accept it either as my job is to make sure they are healthy both physically and mentally.
They did that at the private school near me and it was always a threat that if I didn’t pass my 11+ I’d get sent there and have to go to school on a Saturday
(As if my parents could have afforded it!)Haha me too, my dad went there and hated it so when I was naughty I used to get told I would be sent there to boardThey did that at the private school near me and it was always a threat that if I didn’t pass my 11+ I’d get sent there and have to go to school on a Saturday
it definitely worked!Also that school actually had a metre rule for boys and girls being near each other
it was ahead of it’s time!I grew up in Germany and was shocked they had school on a Saturday - they did have weds off but still it was the weekend!!)They did that at the private school near me and it was always a threat that if I didn’t pass my 11+ I’d get sent there and have to go to school on a Saturday
Yes, you know your daughter best.
I was thinking how my two performed at school, and even though they were like chalk and cheese, I gave them both added private lessons at home, which worked well for them. Both achieved high grades at school, went on to get their degrees and are doing well at work now.
But I fully understand your concerns.
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