Leave the boy be Jack, if he is anxious about anything why even consider him for 11+, if a child needs tutors or extra practice they are not cut out for grammar school (IMO) let him attend the best secondary school available to him and he can thrive and do well for himself there.
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I've taught compulsive liars over the years. I've always wondered what will happen to them when they're adults, and whether they'll grow out of it. Clearly JM hasn't. I really, really hope that her future isn't theirs and that they don't turn into someone quite so toxic, because I've been quite fond of them all, really.
Empathy? Someone send that tweeter a dictionary.
Also, really kind of her to respond to someone saying that failing the eleven plus had had a lifelong effect on them with:
"I know exactly what you mean, I did fantastically well in the exam and it was just as hard if not harder than what you experienced when you failed it!"
Ah yes, I'm sure people chose to keep chickens centuries ago for their one egg a month
It's true that hens lay more now than they would have thousands of years ago, as over time, the best laying breeds would have been bred together and so on. But what ever breed of hen you choose now, they will naturally lay far more than one a month. Varies between breeds but left to their own devices in a natural environment, they'll usually lay once a day, then shut shop as the weather gets colder and start laying again in the spring.
And some places have 'school banks' where they encourage people to buy an extra white shirt, packet of socks or knickers, cardigan, etc, for those struggling. To be honest, the last time I saw a school blazer around here was when the head girls and head boys of all the local schools were doing Remembrance. Primary all seems to be school sweatshirts only, and high school ties only with their standard grey/black/blue/red and white from all supermarkets including Aldi. My local village FB group is full of people offering sweatshirts and polo shirts etc for the village school now their child is off to the high school.Argh! This school thing has rubbed me up the wrong way. Why, why, whyyyy moan on a public platform, who is it helping?
why not share local initiatives instead? There are many schools and individuals who have organised second hand uniform sales. Our school emailed us before the end of term urging struggling families to contact them for help with school costs for next term. There are good, helpful things out there if you only bother to look around.
edit - JackI urge you to each time before you post to ask your self “who is this helping?”.
It's like she's tweeting from 1962
ETA - With her career she can move to an area where there are no grammars and the comprehensives are decent or good. I know she's got to be near SB's dad but she moved to west London once
Right?? I did not know they fell off over the colder weather, but presumably if they're laying daily/nearly daily in warmer weather, that averages WELL over 12!?Ah yes, I'm sure people chose to keep chickens centuries ago for their one egg a month
It's true that hens lay more now than they would have thousands of years ago, as over time, the best laying breeds would have been bred together and so on. But what ever breed of hen you choose now, they will naturally lay far more than one a month. Varies between breeds but left to their own devices in a natural environment, they'll usually lay once a day, then shut shop as the weather gets colder and start laying again in the spring.
Quite like chickens. Funny little creatures aren't they
Why does she always have to turn the conversation round to herself? Why is she such a victim? I doubt if her son's friends have all had expensive tutors - parents at state primary school are not in the habit of coughing up. £40+ an hour for their kiddies. Why is she such a manipulative liar.
That would be really sad. For all her faults I am sure she loves her son and he loves her. She isn't a perfect parent, but who is?
being put under exam conditions, peer’s parents all paying for tutors...sounds more like SB goes to a private primary school to me!
Calling JM a journalist is stretching the truth a bit far.
Couldn't agree with you more Silver
If only she hadn't spunked all that money on the Smeg freezer
Or the hammock.
Or the 93kg sideboard.
Or the sleeper train to Edinburgh.
Or the hotel in Edinburgh.
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Yes, absolutely xIs this all stemming from us discussing her lack of critical thinking skills and doubting her intelligence earlier? Just a casual anecdote about being told she was one of the brightest girls at school.
But basically she’s just (accidentally) saying she ‘failed’ because she’s lazy.
Any friend that gave that to her would have provided straightforward instructions, like lots of people here have. I reckon it was bought and complete with difficult instructions.Well now you mention it...yeah, the jury’s out. So she bought it herself, possibly. I mean, how little does she know herself?!
I honestly think over sharing about her poor son is on a level with that awful kitten content. Ffs if she genuinely wanted advice she could ask if there were any secondary grammar teachers / admissions tutors (if that exists?) she could have a private word with cos she needs some advice?! He doesn’t deserve all his little (normal!) childhood anxieties and insecurities being slathered all over the internet for the rest of time. I’m positively horrified!! 
Also give over on not affording a tutor, that’s a subtle Patreon pan shake isn’t it, wonder if they’ll go up
Also give over on not affording a tutor, that’s a subtle Patreon pan shake isn’t it, wonder if they’ll go up
JM #66: Stay on the road, keep clear of the moors. Beware the Moon, Tattlers.
That's such a good point!! And people would happily give their advice. So many teachers offered advice and support to anyone who needed it whilst homeschooling.I honestly think over sharing about her poor son is on a level with that awful kitten content. Ffs if she genuinely wanted advice she could ask if there were any secondary grammar teachers / admissions tutors (if that exists?) she could have a private word with cos she needs some advice?! He doesn’t deserve all his little (normal!) childhood anxieties and insecurities being slathered all over the internet for the rest of time. I’m positively horrified!!
Also give over on not affording a tutor, that’s a subtle Patreon pan shake isn’t it, wonder if they’ll go up
Classic projection. Surprised (not) that the woman with three therapists on speed dial can't recognise it.
Poor kid is only highly strung because he's grown up with an unstable mother who weaponised his very existence to embellish her Dickensian poverty porn.
Just because she failed her GCSEs because she's an entitled madam (86th out of 5000 my arse, she doesn't know that thank you is two separate words...) doesn't mean that he'll stumble down the same path.
Then again, I can see her slyly encouraging his digression from his studies to prove herself "right" and stick it to his dad (wonder where he wants him schooled? Suspect this may be a reaction to a recent conversation about SB's future).
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