The (not so old) Crocks Cafe -Part 2

formaldehyde_perfume

I must have been one of the first to do a BTEC at secondary school, I did ICT. Tell your son that just because there are no exams doesn't mean it's not hard work, it was harder than any GCSE I did at the time, but if he is passionate then that should give him the drive to do the work and get good grades.

SingleSue

Oh he knows it will not be a walk in the park but the stress of the exam has relieved his mind somewhat....he needs reminders to move on in exams as he gets too engrossed in the question to remember the time (his aspergers means he has to explore everything first) which obviously, could be a plus when it comes to coursework based courses...he can go into depth and satisfy his mind.

I think it will be a route we will have to take with youngest as well, he cannot cope in exams because of the noises in a quiet room...he can get very high marks in coursework based things but come the exam and he goes into meltdown and shutdown (he spent year 6 SATS under the desk rocking)

formaldehyde_perfume

It should definitely be a preferable option for both your other sons. For various reasons I have always performed poorly in exams, so I completely understand. Usually boys do better at exams, but your boys sound like ideal vocational studies pupils. Also, if your middle son still wants to pursue music there are various further education colleges which do a higher level BTEC course, and generally these types of creative courses encourage people deemed 'odd' by society.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Afternoon, all.

I have a fun time ahead - the physio I saw today wants to stick needles in my neck and refer me for 12 gym sessions for my lower back. She is the first to say there may a way of getting me onto the chronic pain clinic list as well, but she ran out of time then.

Feel really lightheaded since she pulled around my neck, but anything is better than nothing.


Got home to find the DLA renewal on the doormat.

Oh, great, just what I need. Bet they'll take the treatment as meaning I'm flaming cured. Especially as I play bass, so that instantly means they'll assume I'm not medicated heavily to be able to play two sessions a week and knocked out/incapable of anything else for the rest of the time.



...'generally these types of creative courses encourage people deemed 'odd' by society.'....

:rotfl:

Yep, that about sums it up for most musicians.


Ta, formy, that made me feel better!

formaldehyde_perfume

I didn't know how else to put it! When I was at a further education college studying art we were in a brand new building specially designed for music and art courses to share, so I knew a lot of the music students and some of them you can just tell had a really hard time at secondary school, our combined department took up 40% of the special education needs of the entire college (almost 4000 students) so that says something on its own.

SingleSue

Results of ECG etc for eldest today....he has now been given beta blockers.

Eldest now likes the doctor though (think we caught him on a bad day before) as he put him at ease by going onto You Tube and discussing/recommending rock bands...goodness knows what the others in the surgery thought when Cradle of Filth was blasting out of his consulting rooms.

Indie_Kid

I honestly can't believe some companies: (bank, in my case)

Me: I'm visually impaired. Please can I have letters and my PIN in large print?
Them: we don't do the PIN in large print. You'll have to get someone else to read the PIN for you.
Me: My parents couldn't read it and neither are partially sighted.
Them: It doesn't matter if someone else reads it. You'll be asked to change it anyway.

What did they send me today? A letter with my PIN. The font size wasn't even what is classed as standard size print. My mum did manage to read the PIN and I could just make out a few numbers of it.

:mad:

mary-op

sh1305 - I'd have thought banks would have been all geared up to doing things in bigger print nowadays. There are loads of people either with poor vision or because they're elderly who can't read the print so well, let along the pin numbers.

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'generally these types of creative courses encourage people deemed 'odd' by society.'....

Who wants to be part of the so called ''normal'' society when there's so much to to be gained from being creative. My dad was a musician, so was my brother. My youngest son studied art at college (not much good at anything else if I'm honest) He struggled to get any work linked to what he could do but after a few years of doing any job going he's now landed a job at the college he attended as assistant tutor and loves it.

Well, I'm off for bone scan tomorrow then physio on Thursday.........quite looking forward to that in a way but know full well it'll be painful.........:eek: Not to worry............no gain without pain do they say ?

Hope you're all ok .............:)

LameWolf

Mary-op best of luck with the bone scan and the physio.

The worst I have to deal with tomorrow is the optician - provided they let Mr LW come in with me, it'll be a doddle, and they've been OK about it in the past, so should be fine.;)

formaldehyde_perfume

I saw my doctor today and asked for a wheelchair assessment, she didn't really make much sense about why she couldn't/wouldn't but she said she would refer me to an OT so that's good news. I also had my 3 monthy injection today (owwiee!) and bought some bits to decorate my plain old walking stick with, it's going to be purple and black stripes!

I also bought myself a new phone, to cut a long story short I happened to see a local shop doing a deal on the one I already decided I wanted. I needed a new one as my old one was doing odd things and I didn't trust it, the last thing I need is to have a fall and not be able to call anyone to help because the phone has decided to play up.

I'm going to see a friend I haven't seen in ages tomorrow, which is really exciting, but I'm not sure how I'm going to get myself up in time for the bus, I'm hoping 3 alarm systems will be enough.