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tom9980

PasturesNew wrote: »

Maybe she's been MSE and bought a 4-pack of green jumpers. Or maybe that's her "gardening jumper".

It's easy to become somebody that nobody visits if you don't have a family.

I am confident its the same jumper i think it is a work issue one but its clear she is retired. Certainly i thought jogging jumper, gardening jumper at first but she goes out to the shop with it on which is strange because i have never once seen her wear anything different. It is unusual for a lady to do something like that surely?

SingleSue

It always made me feel so very guilty when mine were in the younger years at school as they would take up so much time, well more especially Josh as he was very outward and expressive with his Aspergers. With youngest, it was when they were trying to get him to join in or trying to interact with him that problems occured..absolutely horrible for the newly qualified teacher to have a child react with screaming when all they had said was "Would you like to play now" or "Time to go home now xxxx", poor things generally didn't know what they had done wrong (which was nothing, youngest just doesn't like people).

James is still intent on being a teacher, personally I think he would make an excellent primary age teacher as he appears to have an afinity with that age group, especially those with differing needs and they respond to him so well but he has his heart set on high school age.

Sometimes youngest talks about being a teacher...and then realises to be a teacher he would have to actually speak to people and knows then it would not be the best idea in the world :rotfl:

michaels

tom9980 wrote: »

I am confident its the same jumper i think it is a work issue one but its clear she is retired. Certainly i thought jogging jumper, gardening jumper at first but she goes out to the shop with it on which is strange because i have never once seen her wear anything different. It is unusual for a lady to do something like that surely?

Hmm - at the weekends I wear 1 of 2 hoodies (different colours) or one of 2 sweaters (similar colours) and 1 of 3 pairs of similar jeans. Lucky you are not my neighbour or you would have contacted social services already.

Nikkster

michaels wrote: »

Hmm - at the weekends I wear 1 of 2 hoodies (different colours) or one of 2 sweaters (similar colours) and 1 of 3 pairs of similar jeans. Lucky you are not my neighbour or you would have contacted social services already.

I have been known to visit the petrol station around the corner in my joggers and hoodie (my slobbing around the house leisurewear).

Oh, and there was that time I went to the cinema wearing the t-shirt that I sleep in (disguised under a hoodie).

But then, I am a significiant way towards mad cat-lady spinsterhood

mystic_trev

michaels wrote: »

Hmm - at the weekends I wear 1 of 2 hoodies (different colours) or one of 2 sweaters (similar colours) and 1 of 3 pairs of similar jeans. Lucky you are not my neighbour or you would have contacted social services already.

I have a couple of dozen 'London Olympic 2012' T Shirts, that I bought from Argos clearance a few months after the Games finished, for a pound each More often or not I'll be seen wandering around in one of them. I've been asked on a number of a occasions, did you actually compete in the Olympics? My reply is Yes, I got a Gold medal in the over 50's Beer drinking marathon

lostinrates

Some people still have capsule wardrobes......and I don't think they are the odd ones tbh. I think those of us with bulging wardrobes probably are.



I tend to go through phases of wearing one thing a lot, in the washing machine and straight back on until its worn out. Then I wish I'd bought two of that item.

michaels

And I assume you will be up for depending your title when the Brazil games come round?

tom9980

SingleSue wrote: »

It always made me feel so very guilty when mine were in the younger years at school as they would take up so much time, well more especially Josh as he was very outward and expressive with his Aspergers. With youngest, it was when they were trying to get him to join in or trying to interact with him that problems occured..absolutely horrible for the newly qualified teacher to have a child react with screaming when all they had said was "Would you like to play now" or "Time to go home now xxxx", poor things generally didn't know what they had done wrong (which was nothing, youngest just doesn't like people).

James is still intent on being a teacher, personally I think he would make an excellent primary age teacher as he appears to have an afinity with that age group, especially those with differing needs and they respond to him so well but he has his heart set on high school age.

Sometimes youngest talks about being a teacher...and then realises to be a teacher he would have to actually speak to people and knows then it would not be the best idea in the world :rotfl:

No need to feel guilty the government provide a few hundred quid extra for children like that, occasionally funding for 1 to 1 for the worst cases. Overall funding is lacking so you get situations where a child with cerebral palsy get a few hours a week funding which is done by the existing TA rather than an extra person because the school cant afford to employ more staff. That child desperately needs 1 to 1 permanently and my wife knows with 30+2 extra at times means she has a hard time trying to get him to do the work and progress with the resources she has while teaching all the others.

You then get the child whose parents are alcoholics but considered "respectable" who do nothing with them. The Aspie child who is physical bordering on a thug yet is the smartest in the class who has parents who smoke drugs and dont care their son has harmed others. A girl with suspected dyslexia, dyscalculia and dyspraxia who gets no extra help as its undiagnosed. A boy with a speech issue the parent has ignored the advice from my wife for 3 years to go to the doctor and now is being passively bullied for it so she's causing havoc with complaints. None of that includes other general neglect and the many parents who dont read or sit and write with their own children.

So much change that is never thought through and teachers never get consulted, the school meals thing was a disaster for my wifes school, no cooking facilities so food is cooked off site and brought in by van. The school is too small and overflowing so no spare rooms to sit them in to feed them so a class room has to be used. To do that lessons finish early to set up the tables and chairs. They then have to stagger the kids into the room because it cant hold them all so food gets cold and the funding only enables one dinner lady so no way you can have each class eating at their own desks in multiple class rooms.

Politicians have no clue on the day to day realities in these schools. Worse the likes of the NUT make Teachers out to be complaining about pay and pensions rather than the workload and paperwork so its easy to make them out to be leftist lazy nutters who have long holidays and high pay. I would certainly sack at least one teacher at my wifes school if i had the power too so i dont think i am too biased.

As for James i suggest you get him into classrooms ASAP as a volunteer, i dont think i could ever recommend anyone doing this work load at the current pay rates for hours worked its just not a way to live life.

tom9980

PasturesNew wrote: »

I use my clubcard at every opportunity. Just received the latest vouchers... £1.50. Why on earth do I bother? And 3/4s of that were points carried forward from the last statement. Accumulated 40 points between statements.

So it looks like £1.50/year or close to. Not worth all the worrying and fiddling around trying to find the card.

You buying those whoopsies wont add upto much i have about 5 years of nectar points worth £50 now waiting for a rainy day.

Doozergirl

I started a diet this morning. I have joined 'the little black dress club' at a local gym. It's a 6 week thing with up to 6 ladies.

First meeting this evening, but this is gluten, sugar, caffeiene, alcohol free for at least the first two weeks. I just purchased the entire fruit and veg department in Aldi. No way is the amount of fruit and veg as I have just purchased going to get consumed.

Lunchtime on day one and I can happily report that I am still alive. I've made humous - it's much nicer the supermarket stuff. You can taste the tang of raw garlic and I added extra lemon.