COLD DARK ROOM

[Tidgy's Dad]

Its quite sad these days that so many kids don't have parental encouragement or ambition and they grow up thinking living off benefits is a right, not a temporary fix. I don't know how that cycle could be broken.

I broke my cycle crashing into a wall.
Buts it's the same here with no chance of living off benefits, the world has become indolent.

 

[kirsty Johnston]

It's certainly the key to a better future, although if you look at Sir Alan Sugar he did OK.
My dad was really bright and won a scholarship to a grammar school when he was a boy, but his Dad wouldn't let him go. He had to leave school at 13 to work in my granddads market garden in Aberystwyth, but he was determined that we should all have the best education possible and did 2 jobs to support us in that. It was really important to him.

My dad was similar - My grandad made him leave school to work in the steel foundry because money was tight and always told me and my brother that he wants it different for both of us. I didn't listen to him and now totally regret not going to uni after seeing all my friends go through it. However I have been very lucky from a career perspective but it was just luck and could have easily went the other way.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Thanks.
I have a reptile bowl (shallow) but I think I'll replace it with slate as he take his food off of it and covers it in substrate before eating and I'm going to get a terracotta saucer for a water bowl.

His enclosure will be slightly bigger (as big as it can go to fit on the Cabernet)

Spider plants ?
I like spider plants ( not sprayed ones).
Cabernet sauvignon ?

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Icy! Well count me in

Sure, you won't get a frosty reception here.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

My dad was similar - My grandad made him leave school to work in the steel foundry because money was tight and always told me and my brother that he wants it different for both of us. I didn't listen to him and now totally regret not going to uni after seeing all my friends go through it. However I have been very lucky from a career perspective but it was just luck and could have easily went the other way.

You undervalue yourself.
I bet it was a lot more than just blind luck.
You make your own luck.

 

[spud's_mum]

In the gym today my teacher asked me and a friend to put a Mat away. We carried it over to the mat pile stacked high and my friend and I were laughing so much we couldn't pick up the Mat high enough. After several attempts, my teacher decided to help but she started laughing at us too so at first she couldn't lift it. Then when he lifted it I was asked to push the other side on. I went under it and tried to launch it on by pushing it up as forward, it didn't make it and lands on my head. I've never lagged so much in a lesson.

 

[spud's_mum]

Spider plants ?
I like spider plants ( not sprayed ones).
Cabernet sauvignon ?

Yeah, I'm going to get some spider plants when I find them.

 

[Lyn W]

My dad was similar - My grandad made him leave school to work in the steel foundry because money was tight and always told me and my brother that he wants it different for both of us. I didn't listen to him and now totally regret not going to uni after seeing all my friends go through it. However I have been very lucky from a career perspective but it was just luck and could have easily went the other way.

Uni's not for everyone. I enjoyed it a little too much - they sent me home with tonsillitis and exhaustion after 3 weeks! I'm not sure I would have gone if I hadn't known my Dad would have been so disappointed if I hadn't. Only 2 out of 6 of us went but the others all did well in their chosen paths too. I was the first to get a degree and I will never forget the pride in my parents faces on graduation day.

 

[kirsty Johnston]

Its quite sad these days that so many kids don't have parental encouragement or ambition and they grow up thinking living off benefits is a right, not a temporary fix. I don't know how that cycle could be broken.

I could not agree more with that. It's really sad and i think more apprenticeships need created. As you know I work in capacity and the company I work for recruits about 100 apprentices a year in to the contact centre which is fab! However - there are usually thousands of applicants and it's soo difficult for young people to get a chance - they can only get rejected so many times before they give up! Everyone looks for experience and the jobs are few and far between nowadays.
However like you said there are many kids who don't even want to work and it's really upsetting

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

In the gym today my teacher asked me and a friend to put a Mat away. We carried it over to the mat pile stacked high and my friend and I were laughing so much we couldn't pick up the Mat high enough. After several attempts, my teacher decided to help but she started laughing at us too so at first she couldn't lift it. Then when he lifted it I was asked to push the other side on. I went under it and tried to launch it on by pushing it up as forward, it didn't make it and lands on my head. I've never lagged so much in a lesson.

It's good to have a laugh at work sometimes, makes the days easier.

 

[kirsty Johnston]

You undervalue yourself.
I bet it was a lot more than just blind luck.
You make your own luck.

That's very kind Adam! I do work hard

 

[Lyn W]

In the gym today my teacher asked me and a friend to put a Mat away. We carried it over to the mat pile stacked high and my friend and I were laughing so much we couldn't pick up the Mat high enough. After several attempts, my teacher decided to help but she started laughing at us too so at first she couldn't lift it. Then when he lifted it I was asked to push the other side on. I went under it and tried to launch it on by pushing it up as forward, it didn't make it and lands on my head. I've never lagged so much in a lesson.

There should be no lagging in PE lessons! Unless you're a hot water tank.

 

[spud's_mum]

It's good to have a laugh at work sometimes, makes the days easier.

Most of my class teachers won't allow laughter... Or any noise for that matter. That's why I love pe. It's a break away from lessons

 

[spud's_mum]

There should be no lagging in PE lessons! Unless you're a hot water tank.

I hate auto correct!!! Haha

 

[kirsty Johnston]

Spider plants ?
I like spider plants ( not sprayed ones).
Cabernet sauvignon ?

Some rocks as well to keep the nails trimmed

 

[spud's_mum]

Oh... And I fell off a bench
It's fine though, it was one of those low down ones haha

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

There should be no lagging in PE lessons! Unless you're a hot water tank.

Or in "Prisoner Cell Block H".

 

[Lyn W]

I could not agree more with that. It's really sad and i think more apprenticeships need created. As you know I work in capacity and the company I work for recruits about 100 apprentices a year in to the contact centre which is fab! However - there are usually thousands of applicants and it's soo difficult for young people to get a chance - they can only get rejected so many times before they give up! Everyone looks for experience and the jobs are few and far between nowadays.
However like you said there are many kids who don't even want to work and it's really upsetting

Its crazy that they are raising the pension age keeping oldies in work while younger people cannot get jobs to get experience.
It is false economy because what they save in pensions they have to pay out in benefits.
They should be freeing up jobs not causing a glut.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Most of my class teachers won't allow laughter... Or any noise for that matter. That's why I love pe. It's a break away from lessons

Then, they are wrong, frankly, people work better with a level of fun and humour in what they're doing, that's a fact.
But there have to be limits, of course, you can't go too far.

 

[kirsty Johnston]

Its crazy that they are raising the pension age keeping oldies in work while younger people cannot get jobs to get experience.
It is false economy because what they save in pensions they have to pay out in benefits.
They should be freeing up jobs not causing a glut.

Lol totally! Never actually thought about that before?