grit's day: More important than time

Sunday, 15 August 2010

More important than time

Shark, please come with us. I want to walk on the beach at Lamma with you, and together we'll explore everything under the sands.

4 comments:

MadameSmokinGun said...: My mum's family moved to New York when she was about 17 and it was supposed to be forever but ended up for 2 years. She said she spent the whole time moaning about missing England, bursting into tears if she saw a double decker bus in a film etc She reckons if she'd KNOWN it was going to be for just 2 years she would've loved it. (Well - teenagers are teenagers - who knows....)

MY damned kids - a 2 week only stay in Dubai - moaned like buggery the whole time: I'm bored, I miss my friends, when can we go home, can't we just go now and leave Daddy here, it's too hot, I'm missing a trip to Drusillas, it's so unfair..etc.....

Then looking at some pictures the other day, I got: I really miss Dubai, I loved it there, when can we go back? Godsakes....

Sorry - I know I'm no help. Just hope the girls are OK-er about it all and you're not too wrung out!; 15 August 2010 at 16:24
sharon said...: The run in is too long, there's too much time to think of the negatives. Once they get there Daddy Dig will be able to take some of the strain. Might take a bit of time for you all to settle down but there's plenty of distraction to be had in HK.; 15 August 2010 at 20:10
Anonymous said...: http://freedomineducationunderthreat.blogspot.com/2010/08/help-needed.html

I think this the blog you were looking for.; 17 August 2010 at 01:25
Grit said...: i finally got in to sloggerblogger. i am learning these chinese characters pretty fast now.

and thank you for your comments people. i'm looking forward to being back online.; 19 August 2010 at 07:34

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'Home educators are renowned for their strong opinions and independent spirit. They come from all faiths and none. They have as many approaches to education as there are children. They rarely agree on anything. And yet they are remarkably united in their opposition to these proposals. There is great concern that their way of life will be legislated out of existence.'
--Response to the Badman Review of Elective Home Education in England and reaction to the Select Committee hearing.

The problem with home educators is that they are impossible to define. The only things that links them is respect for their children. And did the state just stagger foolishly across that line?
Are we sandal wearing tree huggers who let our kids run wild or control mad Jesus freaks who don't want them learning about sex and evolution? Are we hot housing or leaving them to watch TV and play computer games all day? -Firebird.
The UK government suggested that we home educate our children to cover up our abuse.
On that issue, would you like some statistics?

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Hello DCSF. Vilify: to make vicious and defamatory statements about.
Like putting it about that home educated children are abused by their parents? Isolated? Unsocialised? Denied an education?
And the latest one, that their mothers have Munchhausen's Syndrome by Proxy, and benefit from their child's suffering.

Go and visit Renegade Parent

... compulsory registration, entry to the home, inspection according to external standards, and power to see the child without the parent present.
By implication this applies to anyone who has their child at home with them: particularly parents with under 5s, but also those with school-aged children who are at home in the evenings, over the weekends, and throughout the summer holidays. Think on: the possibility of parental inspection, with or without your presence, based on the very human whim of a local authority officer.
Is that okay with you?
Renegade Parent on the implications for all parents from the Badman review of home education.

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