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Nice people thread part 8 - worth the wait
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Why would it be such a problem if puppies do result, LIR?...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0
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neverdespairgirl wrote: »At my (day) secondary school, after I'd left boarding school, there were no sets for anything in Lower and Middle Fourth (first two years of secondary), and sets for maths and French only in Upper Fourth and for GCSE - those in the top two sets out of 5 for French also did German, and the lower three sets didn't.
It was the same for GCSE years; sets for maths and languages, nothing else. So all other subjects were taught in forms and then time-table-convenient groups, depending on what other subjects you were doing.
OTOH, OH went to a comprehensive in Henley-on-Thames, and they had sets for absolutely everything.
I share DS' pain about writing - I wasn't diagnosed as dyslexic until I was 18, after my sister was diagnosed and it rang a lot of bells for a combination of one of my A level teachers and my mother. So I had a school lifetime of being good orally, and being "lazy" writing things down. I realise that your DS has a lot more difficulties with his dyslexia than mine, but I do understand his frustration to some extent.
You have a good memory NDG :beer:0 -
Why would anyone want old shoes? Or am I better off not considering the reasons?...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0
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You have a good memory NDG :beer:
Ooops - I can translate that. "You're a boring windbag, !!!!!!".
Sorry. Will pipe down....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »Why would it be such a problem if puppies do result, LIR?
Big dog has a health problem, one of the reasons I have ended up with her is that she couldn't be bred from. One of the reasons she wasn't spayed when younger was she she had lots of other ops. The plan was to spay last time and then this spring, but every time she was booked in she had a tummy upset, then it was too late in her cycle to be ideal so we have had to wait For next cycle twice! It's not a problem that impacts too much on her now, her health thingy, nor a 'breed issue' but it is inheritable. It's not 'the end of the world' but it would not be responsible to breed from her knowing her pups, even had they been beautifully pure bred and highly desirable, might have a problem.
She's also not a young dog. It's a shame, she would have loved puppies. Goodness only knows what they would look like :eek:0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »Your son's about 13, isn't he? So is he starting GCSE courses this September, or does he have another year of secondary school first?
He's 12, so just finished year 7. He's got another 2 years before the official GCSE courses start, although I think they actually start doing some of the stuff in year 9.neverdespairgirl wrote: »At my (day) secondary school, after I'd left boarding school, there were no sets for anything in Lower and Middle Fourth (first two years of secondary), and sets for maths and French only in Upper Fourth and for GCSE - those in the top two sets out of 5 for French also did German, and the lower three sets didn't.
It was the same for GCSE years; sets for maths and languages, nothing else. So all other subjects were taught in forms and then time-table-convenient groups, depending on what other subjects you were doing.
OTOH, OH went to a comprehensive in Henley-on-Thames, and they had sets for absolutely everything.
Your school sounds like mine. I was only in sets for maths and languages up to O level, with English in forms and everything else according to the option blocks. But I expect your school was selective, as mine was. Setting earlier and for more subjects seems to be a lot more common in comprehensive schools, for obvious and understandable reasons. In year 8, DS will be in mixed ability groups (tutor group or otherwise) for art, drama, music, PE and ICT, and sets for everything else. Some sets are shared, I think - so a humanities set that applies to history, geography and RE, for example.neverdespairgirl wrote: »I share DS' pain about writing - I wasn't diagnosed as dyslexic until I was 18, after my sister was diagnosed and it rang a lot of bells for a combination of one of my A level teachers and my mother. So I had a school lifetime of being good orally, and being "lazy" writing things down. I realise that your DS has a lot more difficulties with his dyslexia than mine, but I do understand his frustration to some extent.
Isaac's school has pulled its finger out in relation to his educational psychologist's report - finally. The class teacher seems to have left it gathering dust on a shelf, but then the headmistress found it, and swung into action. He's going to have 3 x half-hourly literacy dyslexia lessons over the summer, and the same once the autumn terms stars. The headmistress, who founded the school in the year OH and I were born because her badly dyslexic son was struggling in a state primary, shares the view that he's severely dyslexic and favours heavy intervention now, before he's put off school altogether.
Thank you. I hope the sessions make Isaac's life easier and less stressful for him. DS's school aren't able to offer him any extra sessions like that - he's not bad enough to qualify for a slice of their limited budget. So I'm going to organise it for him out of school. He's having some sessions to work on handwriting over the summer - the first one will be on Tuesday - and the lady who's doing that is going to recommend somebody to help him with reading and spelling in the autumn. His school do seem to be good at organising access arrangements for those who work better typing rather than writing, so that should be really helpful for him.
Meanwhile, my year 10 set that I'll be teaching next year has an unusually high proportion of special needs kids in it - ESL, dyslexia, dyspraxia and others. So I'm going to experiment with different kinds of inclusive teaching with them, and get their feedback, and see if what I learn as DS's parent can inform and improve my teaching, and what I learn with my guinea pigs at school can inform and improve the support I can give to DS.
Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
ugh. no.
gross.
although the money would be helpful as we are about to embark on epic spending with healthcare.
Does it matter what people do with your old shoes? It wouldn't matter to me.
In fact, when ever I see something like that I feel inclined to sort my shoes out a bit, apart from my shoes that are nice aren't well worn and the once that are well worn walk them selves to the bin (or become kiwi chews)0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »Ooops - I can translate that. "You're a boring windbag, !!!!!!".
Sorry. Will pipe down.
Must be the suspicious mind in you
I did genuinely mean it as I noticed over a long time you can remember small detail from a long time ago.0 -
Went to the opticians this morning - apparently I am starting down the slippery slope of needing varifocals as I struggle with really small print (luckily now it is only the really small stuff, I can still thread a needle for example) so I am OK for a year or two. I did mention that I seem to have trouble with text (any size) with long strings of numbers with no breaks - things like 7979556655666556 (put in commas or gaps 555,666 or 5556 6655665 and it is fine), the optician didn't seem to have too many clues beyond asking about dyslexia which as far as I know I haven't. Anyone come across anything similar?
NDG I find everyone's back stories interesting so don't be put off from posting please.
Next time the washing machine breaks early I will replace and then try and claim, judging by the comments I am lucky it hasn't happened already as ours gets a lot of use. Just checked my emails and it seems ours is now about 27 months old, the one we had before was purchased about May 08 and failed in Feb/March 11 when I sold it on Ebay with the very noisy bearing mentioned and was then embarrassed by getting bids up to 51 quid which I voluntarily reduced to £25 to avoid feelign like I had ripped someone off.I think....0 -
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