Is this wrong or right??

[crystal_mais]

Totally agree with Scooby Blue. No wonder employers say British school-leavers are unemployable.

Kids learn from what they see around them and this one is effectively being told it's alright to dump something important, like his education, for a football match that he can watch on tv anyway.

So in later life he'll have the attitude that it's ok to throw a sickie if he's a bit hungover or has used all his holidays and wants to go to a European game. Typical attitude of putting self before his responsibility to others or his own future. That's the way British society has gone.

I tore a strip of my (grown up) son when he put himself before his other responsibilities recently. He's never seen me or his mother do that. Told him he wouldn't get any financial help from me because of that and would have to sort himself out.

My daughter went to a private school because we knew she would get far more out of it than the local state school, which was all style and no substance. I'd be well off now I hadn't done that but her education was more important than a nice holiday, 50" plasma tv or flash car. It was interesting that the majority of kids were from ethnic minority backgrounds (Indian, Chinese, Jewish, etc) as these are the groups that recognise the value of education. They want their kids to do better than them whereas most indigenous British ones are happy for their kids to be no different to them and think they shouldn't aim above their station.

So this kid has a job waiting for him when he leaves school does he? Doctor? Lawyer? Accountant? What if it doesn't work out in some way and he has to make his own way?

So that's a big, fat no from me.

could not of put it better myself. excellent post mate

 

[lewisMCFC]

Its one day FFS!!

 

[.allan]

I have had loads of half days in nearly all parts of Education and its never made any difference.

I've had 4 days off at a time to follow us abroad and i've still made it to Uni.

 

[daveduke67]

i uwsed to haev lot of tym of scoohl and it neverdid me know harm even thowgh i wasnt their much i still managaged to get a desent Eductayshion and it diddn not afectt my lives much as i stiill got a jobthat I liked in mCdonalls wear i get to meat lots of peeople who are intersting like what i am cos a phew daze hear and their isnt going to make much diferrense to yuor scoohl learning so I say that you shuld have the daze of that you want too and dont wurry abowt what itull doo to yuo just luk at me i'm dooing fine and have my won room at mi mams and a laptopp withc i am riting this on so that you can se what i hav bene abul to do just bye having afew daze of scoohl if there are any spare seets can i come but i will have too bunk of my shift even thow iwas told iyd be saked iv i did it agin but theirs lots of jobs as my mate works ina aldi and gets too grand a monf he sayz so iyl go and get a job their and then i can bye my own car when ive payed my fynes of furst

 

[1.618034]

Totally agree with Scooby Blue. No wonder employers say British school-leavers are unemployable.

Kids learn from what they see around them and this one is effectively being told it's alright to dump something important, like his education, for a football match that he can watch on tv anyway.

So in later life he'll have the attitude that it's ok to throw a sickie if he's a bit hungover or has used all his holidays and wants to go to a European game. Typical attitude of putting self before his responsibility to others or his own future. That's the way British society has gone.

I tore a strip of my (grown up) son when he put himself before his other responsibilities recently. He's never seen me or his mother do that. Told him he wouldn't get any financial help from me because of that and would have to sort himself out.

My daughter went to a private school because we knew she would get far more out of it than the local state school, which was all style and no substance. I'd be well off now I hadn't done that but her education was more important than a nice holiday, 50" plasma tv or flash car. It was interesting that the majority of kids were from ethnic minority backgrounds (Indian, Chinese, Jewish, etc) as these are the groups that recognise the value of education. They want their kids to do better than them whereas most indigenous British ones are happy for their kids to be no different to them and think they shouldn't aim above their station.

So this kid has a job waiting for him when he leaves school does he? Doctor? Lawyer? Accountant? What if it doesn't work out in some way and he has to make his own way?

So that's a big, fat no from me.

What's the view like from up there on your high horse...?

 

[daveduke67]

100% right. Unless its during his exams then he can catch up. He can always bring a book, he'd get through Tess of the Durbeyvilles on that journey to London. Visit the natural history museum or the museum of science & industry (both free) and he'll be reet. Tell him you'll only take him if he learns 10 facts about London!

Enjoy the game. The face that you're worrying about it shows he's got good parents. P

Missed an opportunity there didn't you?

Perhaps the young lad could read this...

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(pm me for address to send complimentary dvd)

 

[unsworthblue]

Totally agree with Scooby Blue. No wonder employers say British school-leavers are unemployable.

Kids learn from what they see around them and this one is effectively being told it's alright to dump something important, like his education, for a football match that he can watch on tv anyway.

So in later life he'll have the attitude that it's ok to throw a sickie if he's a bit hungover or has used all his holidays and wants to go to a European game. Typical attitude of putting self before his responsibility to others or his own future. That's the way British society has gone.

I tore a strip of my (grown up) son when he put himself before his other responsibilities recently. He's never seen me or his mother do that. Told him he wouldn't get any financial help from me because of that and would have to sort himself out.

My daughter went to a private school because we knew she would get far more out of it than the local state school, which was all style and no substance. I'd be well off now I hadn't done that but her education was more important than a nice holiday, 50" plasma tv or flash car. It was interesting that the majority of kids were from ethnic minority backgrounds (Indian, Chinese, Jewish, etc) as these are the groups that recognise the value of education. They want their kids to do better than them whereas most indigenous British ones are happy for their kids to be no different to them and think they shouldn't aim above their station.

So this kid has a job waiting for him when he leaves school does he? Doctor? Lawyer? Accountant? What if it doesn't work out in some way and he has to make his own way?

So that's a big, fat no from me.

He has a job as an apprentice plasterer/builder waiting for him,not as a doctor or accountant but all the same an opportunity to make whatever he wants of himself.I think everyone who knows him knows that he isn't ever going to make it in a job where you need to be academically gifted,he may surprise us all one day and end up being the finest architect the country has ever produced but somehow i doubt it.Just a quick question,did you send your son to this private school you talk about or was it just your daughter?

 

[denislawsbackheel]

our kids driving to Arsenal for the match next week with me and him in the car but now he has said he's taking his 15 year old lad out of school for the day and he's coming with us.I personally don't see anything wrong with taking him out for just one day,the experience and education of travelling to London with me will be better for him than spending one day in school,in this world life experience comes up there with academic qualifications,too many people have degrees coming out of their arse's but haven't got a clue what goes on in the real world,thoughts please!

the experience and education of travelling to London with me

LOL!
You been reading a know your rights pamphlet?

 

[Blootoof]

Its one day FFS!!

Ha ha Only on Bluemoon eh

To the OP. Don't take him out of school for one day. Take him out for a two week bender. On the piss with blues. He'll learn more in those two weeks than he would a year in school.

 

[blu4life]

I left school in June 2010 and I'm in my second year of college now. In my first GCSE year I had about a week off school in total to go to 5 UEFA Cup away trips. I left school with 11 GCSE's.
Last academic year (first year of college) I went to a couple of the Europa League trips plus Dublin for the final because we booked it before Kiev. This year I've missed four days of college for the Munich and Villarreal trips and without wanting to tempt fate, I'm pretty confident I'll get into Uni next year.
Attendance at school isn't the be all and end all, neither is academic qualification in my opinion. There are plenty of careers where life experience and well-roundedness are just as valued as academic success.
Just because somebody has a few A-levels or and/or a degree, that doesn't make them more intelligent or a better person than somebody who doesn't.