Limo on last day of school

angeltreats

OP, do you live in a city or a more rural area?

If rural, how about trying to organise a tractor to pick you your boy and the other boy who's been left out?

I used to work in the library of a secondary school and all the year 7 and 8 boys were absolutely tractor mad, we had to keep buying more and more tractor books and farm magazines for them (and this was in a big school of about 1,000 kids, not a little country school). If a tractor had appeared to pick up one of them, they would have been the envy of all their friends for months. It would have beaten any limo hands down, guaranteed.

Rummer

I would ask your son what would make him happy under the circumstances. Maybe then you could plan a family orientated treat to celebrate his moving schools.

securityguy

Over in another thread, someone's pondering what defines the middle classes. It's a difficult question, but it's pretty safe to say that "hiring a limo to collect children from primary school" is the opposite.

fluffnutter

securityguy wrote: »

Over in another thread, someone's pondering what defines the middle classes. It's a difficult question, but it's pretty safe to say that "hiring a limo to collect children from primary school" is the opposite.

Ain't that the truth :T

Caroline_a

Good lord, apart from anything else, aren't limos the height of chavness?|

Person_one

securityguy wrote: »

Over in another thread, someone's pondering what defines the middle classes. It's a difficult question, but it's pretty safe to say that "hiring a limo to collect children from primary school" is the opposite.

I sort of know what you mean, but the concept of 'the opposite of middle class' is a bit of a funny one!

I can't quite believe this thread, is this actually a thing now?

peachyprice

bylromarha wrote: »

2Have you got any friends who are...... top gear presenters

That's a bit random :rotfl:

Errata

Sad that your son has discovered his best friends are nothing of the kind, and you've discovered that the mother of the friend who comes to your house doesn't give a tinker's cuss about either your son or you.
I don't know what the solution to your dilemma could be, but I sincerely hope your son's new school is more sensible and up market than his current one.

System

If he is being ostracised it might be a good idea to skip the very last day of school. You don't want his last memory of the place to be of his classmates all leaving in limos and him being excluded. Maybe book a nice break or holiday somewhere so that he can't be there on the last day.

I am social phobic, so probably not the best person to be a judge of these things, but Proms and Limos do sound very over-the-top to me.

kjmtidea

I didn't realise limos were chavy, I will just tell him that then, he would never want to be considered a chav in a million years :rotfl:.

We are on the south coast, we don't drive so test driving a car is off the cards unfortunately. Luckily he hasn't reached the 'i'm a tweenager and being with my parents is sooooo uncool' stage so if I arrange something amazing for him, he will be happy , it may not be the same as being in a limo with friends but it will do.