tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post7791841484140690505..comments2024-03-29T11:13:00.338+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: "People, don't you understand, the child needs a helping hand, or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day?" JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-47797604299796074972018-09-29T06:32:33.280+01:002018-09-29T06:32:33.280+01:00"The most intelligent, genius level intellige...<i>"The most intelligent, genius level intelligent, kid in my class was from a really good home with money and influence but the last time I met her, she was living in a council flat, unemployed and unemployable ...and get this: she went to a very good public school before college, what oh!"</i><br /><br />There's always a certain element of chance, yes. There always will be in a system where the subject has free will. <br /><br />But the overall figures speak for themselves.<br /><br /><i>"'Good' being the operative word."</i><br /><br />Oh, yes, point taken.<br />JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-83255079512174607862018-09-23T00:07:18.545+01:002018-09-23T00:07:18.545+01:00"...'But when I observed the benefit that...<i>"...'But when I observed the benefit that a good father contributes to the home fortunate enough to have one, I realised that I perhaps did miss out on something..."</i> (from The Mail)<br /><br />'Good' being the operative word.Ted Treenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03392121240286596231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-34208195388624021472018-09-22T12:54:06.758+01:002018-09-22T12:54:06.758+01:00except in one very important respect — the opportu...<i>except in one very important respect — the opportunities afforded to them.<br />David, you see, was given a scholarship to Rugby</i><br /><br />and his mate had to go to the local A Level College, quelle horreur!<br />Now I may have left the local 6th form with an A level in liver cirrhosis, a 60 a day habit, various STDs and nothing else but that was my choice, my decision(s). Others in my classes are now running the bloody country. Were they any brighter than me ? Nope not all of them, some of them only barely scraped through into Polytechs or, even worse, 'teacher training'. Some of them came from better backgrounds then me, others less so. The most intelligent, genius level intelligent, kid in my class was from a really good home with money and influence but the last time I met her, she was living in a council flat, unemployed and unemployable ...and get this: she went to a very good <i>public school</i> before college, what oh!<br />jack ketchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921268825653615322noreply@blogger.com