Northern lights, life and campervans

elantan

Happy birthday little un .... My son is now 19 ( also had him at 18) sadly he moved back home however lol

elantan

Aurora_emma wrote: »

lol.. University of life is the only thing that matters really isn't it? I have a teenage son that is doing his standard grades (GCSE's) this year and he is stressing so much (to the point of working himself up and feeling ill and not being able to do anything!). If children were taught proper subjects (cooking, sewing, engine mechanics, diy, money management for example) which gave them tools for life rather than the onus being on exam results on subjects they will never use I think this generation would be a lot happier.

Couldn't agree more

Aurora_emma

elantan wrote: »

Happy birthday little un .... My son is now 19 ( also had him at 18) sadly he moved back home however lol

Is your son at college?
Mine moved home too as the first college course she did didn't suit her. She did however go to another college and got her HNC in journalism last year and has stayed away this time. I miss her when she is gone, but sometimes this house ain't big enough for the 2 of us when she is home.
Teens huh?

elantan

Mine was at Uni doing politics and psychology but has decided to take a year out .... He moved out at 16 but moved back recently .... I'm the referee between him and his dad .... I wish I could say it's a pleasure but it isn't .... It's so much easier to love some people from a distance lol

butafli

Couldn't resist reading your diary with a title like yours - off now to check out your website but wanted to say hi

Aurora_emma

Hi there Butafli, nice to have you reading. I hope things are good with you

Aurora_emma

elantan wrote: »

Mine was at Uni doing politics and psychology but has decided to take a year out .... He moved out at 16 but moved back recently .... I'm the referee between him and his dad .... I wish I could say it's a pleasure but it isn't .... It's so much easier to love some people from a distance lol

mmm aint that the truth sometimes. Is part of my cunning plan to live on an island, it means that they must be really desperate if they come home as it isnt that exciting for teens.

I hope it gets easier for you. Hormones are a hellish thing...:(

Aurora_emma

We have a builder chap coming round tonight to talk about timescales for putting the foundations in for our garage. We are getting a steel framed one and would love it in before winter hits (oh's motorbike was outside all last winter and we really need somewhere to start doing winter maintainence on the vans), but these things always seem to take so long, especially up here.

The same builder has agreed to put a little back porch on the house whilst he is at it. Really just a kitchen extension, somewhere for muddy wellies and finally a back door. We don't need planning permission or anything for it, but I think he might need some plans other than '3m x 2m and shove a window there and a door there', so need to find a bit of time to draw something up for him. Wondering about rustling something up on the computer, but I dont really have the time to start learning how to use cad software. Does anyone know if it is really simple in Word?

We have also got a grant to redo central heating (which hasnt worked since June), so this is going to be a house of disruption this autumn. It will so be worth it in the end though.

MatyMoo

Aurora_emma wrote: »

lol.. University of life is the only thing that matters really isn't it? I have a teenage son that is doing his standard grades (GCSE's) this year and he is stressing so much (to the point of working himself up and feeling ill and not being able to do anything!). If children were taught proper subjects (cooking, sewing, engine mechanics, diy, money management for example) which gave them tools for life rather than the onus being on exam results on subjects they will never use I think this generation would be a lot happier.

Don't know how I missed this post!

I don't have children, just nieces & friends children that I am quite close to but.....

We are not all academic, some people are good with numbers, some with words, some with a bit of wood, some with a bit of metal, some with an engine. So why on earth does the government think we should have an education system where one size fits all? Bring back Grammar Schools and secondary Mods I say (from someone who was in the first year of a new fangled Comprehensive!)

The pressure put on our youngsters to achieve seems to be getting earlier and earlier, once they start at secondary school they are expected to knuckle down and start producing results. They are meant to have a clear idea of what they want to do in life and work towards that. How the flippin eck do you know at 11 what you want to do with your life? I am not sure I knew at 16 when I left school, infact I know I didn't :rotfl: It took me until I was 30 to find something I loved to do and I was good at. I am now 50 and about to be made redundant and looking at what I want to do until retirement, will it be what I do now? Who knows!

Sorry, rant over Steps off soapbox.....

MatyMoo

butafli

Have to totally agree with the university of life. My daughter is 12 and had a problem when she was in a primary school that insisted on two tests a week - i took her out - way too much pressure on little ones. Secondary school seems to be working out okay.

So how did the builder go last night?