tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post7236419892528347650..comments2024-03-29T05:21:11.278+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: The St Valentine's Day (Card) Massacre...JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-45693498188073991782010-02-14T11:38:21.246+00:002010-02-14T11:38:21.246+00:00Pupils have been banned from celebrating or sendin...Pupils have been banned from celebrating or sending cards – to protect them from the emotional trauma of being dumped.<br /><br />F---!James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-84093461053774518342010-02-14T09:39:40.696+00:002010-02-14T09:39:40.696+00:00This all seems totaly allien to me.
My family, no...This all seems totaly allien to me.<br /><br />My family, nor that of my Wife, EVER send cards. UNLESS, like one of my Wifes Cousins, she is working in Peking, where it is pretty difficult to meet for a pint and a bag of pork scrathings, just to say "Merry Birthday".*<br /><br />Just as I have never been inside a McDogs, Unlucky fried kitten, Turder King, or any such den of iniquity, and experimental biological poisons, I have NEVER been inside a shop that SOLELEY sells "greetings cards".<br /><br />*(Note MERRY Birthday. Think about it. "Happy" is "na ja, it was O.K". Happy can be because you won 100 quid on the lottery fiddle.<br /><br />But MERRY is something TOTALY different!)Furor Teutonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856575077967523322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-53076062327277390442010-02-14T07:58:18.900+00:002010-02-14T07:58:18.900+00:00"But it is O.K to give them "Sex educati...<i>"But it is O.K to give them "Sex education" from the age of five, as was recently reported?"</i> <br /><br />Yup. Odd, that, isn't it?<br /><br /><i>"It seems to be quite in order for children to have sex in ZaNuLabour Britain, provided they aren't actually all that fond of whoever they're having sex with."</i> <br /><br />Good point!<br /><br /><i>"FFS, school isn't solely about academic instruction. It's also about social and emotional growth."</i> <br /><br />Indeed, but I'd argue that they should concentrate on the first until they've achieved it before they worry about the other things. <br /><br />And swelling the coffers of an American greetings card company doesn't meet MY definition of 'social and emotional growth'...<br /><br /><i>"..... when did simply letting the children be children stop?"</i> <br /><br />When people realised there was money to be had in setting up quiangos and fakecharities to encourage them not to be...<br /><br /><i>"There are cards for every occasion, but I never find the one I need. "</i> <br /><br />I went into Clinton Cards yesterday. It's now bigger than some clothing stores!JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-21954227919353581402010-02-13T21:41:29.967+00:002010-02-13T21:41:29.967+00:00You are right in thinking that the greetings card ...You are right in thinking that the greetings card companies encourage this sort of thing. <br />There are cards for every occasion, but I never find the one I need. I look for a straight forward 'Merry Christmas', but all I can find is 'Congratulations on passing your driving test on your 90th birthday.' or 'To a Special Friend' (cough cough)<br />Anyway, kids nowadays do it electronically on face book or club penguin.blueknighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18409655604657713593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-9262947621890614782010-02-13T14:32:42.623+00:002010-02-13T14:32:42.623+00:00Too young and immature to send/receive Valintine c...Too young and immature to send/receive Valintine cards, but not too young and immature to receive sex education lessons.DADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07380616722854929936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-809476262002694792010-02-13T14:29:48.724+00:002010-02-13T14:29:48.724+00:00What SpiteK said. It's pretty harmless at that...What SpiteK said. It's pretty harmless at that age, and while it's nice to hear a head teacher talking about concentrating on academic standards we're talking about a primary school, yes? Not having ankle biters to refer to I've had to work backwards through my own school years and I reckon I was at primary school from about 4-5 till I was 7 or 8. There wasn't much calculus going on and the most advanced chemistry was getting the amount of water in the powdered paint right. Hallowed halls of academe it ain't, so let 'em send the bloody cards, eh? If they're going to fall out and 'unfriend' each other to use the Bookface term you're not going to stop them just by banning the cards. As long as a child can say to another that they don't like them anymore nothing short of mind control is going to be enough.<br /><br />On a slight tangent WTFH is going on with education these days? Dick Puddlecote's kids are being brainwashed with politically correct literature and eco-wibble awareness, this guy banning cards, regular reports on this or that game or activity requiring close supervision or safety equipment or both, unless they simply ban it as well.....<br /><br />..... when did simply letting the children be children stop?Angry Exilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02491082312193274360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-16714035878283979252010-02-13T13:27:25.827+00:002010-02-13T13:27:25.827+00:00FFS, school isn't solely about academic instru...FFS, school isn't solely about academic instruction. It's also about social and emotional growth. Days like Valentine's give kids an opportunity to experience something a bit different, sending cards to their little sweethearts and having a little fun. What's so wrong with that? Or would you prefer schools return to the joyless knowledge machines of the Victorian era?<br /><br />The head in this case is a joyless twat who is utterly missing the point of being a teacher.SpiteKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15049853545389390950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-46801267605458100662010-02-13T12:20:36.425+00:002010-02-13T12:20:36.425+00:00I HATE bloody Google. NOW I am not been given the ...I HATE bloody Google. NOW I am not been given the choice of "E-Mail following comments" until the SECOND post!Furor Teutonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856575077967523322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-80510204877966543732010-02-13T12:18:56.682+00:002010-02-13T12:18:56.682+00:00Because single Mothers are more likely to vote Com...Because single Mothers are more likely to vote Communist. Which suits "Captain Queeg" Brown down to the ground.Furor Teutonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856575077967523322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-48020022845816156452010-02-13T12:14:31.250+00:002010-02-13T12:14:31.250+00:00Quite, FT. It seems to be quite in order for child...Quite, FT. It seems to be quite in order for children to have sex in ZaNuLabour Britain, provided they aren't actually all that fond of whoever they're having sex with.Brian, follower of Deornothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11941277617617928470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-40011663018072999772010-02-13T12:04:27.836+00:002010-02-13T12:04:27.836+00:00'The school believes that such ideas should wa...<i> 'The school believes that such ideas should wait until children are mature enough emotionally and socially to understand the commitment involved in having or being a boyfriend or girlfriend.</i><br /><br />But it is O.K to give them "Sex education" from the age of five, as was recently reported?Furor Teutonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856575077967523322noreply@blogger.com