You've not really had to pay for much, have you?

Sambucus_Nigra

elantan wrote: »

i just find it fascinating how it is such an issue for scottish students to get their education for some people

Confused.com

I hope sentence structure is included in this 'education'.

barbiedoll

When my kid wanted £40 for the latest computer game, I told him that we didn't have the money. He told me to just go to the cash machine and I could get loads of money from there.

Now why didn't I think of that? :rotfl:

zaksmum

When my daughter was 12, I'd shopped for England coming up to Christmas, maxed my credit card out and generally spent far too much on her Christmas presents. She cast an eye over the mountain of presents on Christmas morning and said "I didn't get much, did I?"

angelil

My parents have worked their way up in their chosen professions and due to their hard work are financially fortunate. So when I was 12 I had it made: driven to school in a Merc or BMW each day, holidays to Florida at Christmas etc...
And I distinctly remember, when I was quite a bit older than 12 (maybe 15 or so), remarking in a very condescending fashion to my mother that my French teacher 'only' drove a Mini even though she was married and so 'must' be on a double income. My mother quickly chastised me for that one (and fwiw I wouldn't mind driving a Mini today :rofl: ).
So yes, I think kids are that naive, and that no, you don't really realise what it means to be a parent or be an independent adult until you've done it yourself.

JC9297

I think perhaps elantan was assuming the conversation took place in England rather than Scotland? If that is the case are you really that surprised that people in the rest of the UK think the situation is unfair? ( if that is what you were referring to)

ruby-roo_2

angelil wrote: »

So yes, I think kids are that naive, and that no, you don't really realise what it means to be a parent or be an independent adult until you've done it yourself.

I can totally vouch for that. My 9 year old took great joy in telling his teacher this morning "my mummy is off home to have a coffee and do her nails" :eek:. I wish, I take a flask to work because I do not have the time to go to the staffroom as and when I please and I do my nails at night when he is tucked up in bed. His teacher went up in my estimations when she pointed out, that I was most likely off to do a hard days work, to pay for all the lovely things he enjoys. That stopped the cheeky chappy in his tracks and might have made him think a bit, if only

aliasojo

elantan wrote: »

i just find it fascinating how it is such an issue for scottish students to get their education for some people

JC9297 wrote: »

I think perhaps elantan was assuming the conversation took place in England rather than Scotland? If that is the case are you really that surprised that people in the rest of the UK think the situation is unfair? ( if that is what you were referring to)

I'm sorry but that still doesn't make sense of elantan's comment, for me. I'm not trying to be dense here, it just doesn't read as if that was what she was getting at, to me.

*still confused*


Edit: The point of the thread was how children only 'surface' see things, it wasn't even about a Uni education (no matter where it is).

thebillet

On the other hand when my daughter, who was about 6/7 at the time, took the wrong sort of musical recorder in to school the teacher gently approached her and asked if mummy or daddy could replace it with one of the recommended ones. Quick as a flash my daughter in her best "I beg your pardon" voice said to the teacher "you know there is only one income coming in our house!". Something I had said as a joke earlier in the preceding week. Got to love her, chip off the old block, solvent and no debts.

PS we did get her correct recorder - they all looked the same to me!

nearlyrich

My two had their moments growing up, DS thought you could get money out of the hole in the wall whenever he didn't connect it with earning it until I sat him down and explained it to him. If my mum turned her purse upside down and nothing fell out we knew we couldn't have an ice cream LOL. Fortunately both my children have grown up to appreciate the finer things in life and the effort required to keep them in the style to which they have become accustomed.

Memory_Girl

Here you go:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3g_P3clEf8

I suggest we all learn to sing this Karaoke stylee to embarass the little darlings.

MG