eLuSiVeMiTe
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I've always said a gap year at 14 for a job would help people knuckle down and learn.
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mtt.tr
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would be if you put them in our jobs, and everyone saying for goodness sake knuckle down don't become a tradesmen
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has he been tested for dyslexia/dyscalcula?
sometimes "laziness" is a defence mechanism against accusations of "thick".
my daughter is (to my dismay, and frustration) dyscalculic. she was accused of "laziness" until a special needs teacher got involved.
a change of teaching method (treating maths as a "language" to be learnt, rather than a way of counting things) helped her enormously: she passed gcse maths, and ended up with a degree.
no.1 has mild autism: not something that was ever noticed by me or his mum, or by teachers at school. held him back *a lot*, and made my relationship with him difficult.
it was spotted within 15 minutes by gf - she ran a secure "home" for people with medium severe behavioural difficulties - and is now "obvious". its made me much more sympathetic towards his... personality/demeanour
i'm not suggesting that it'll be that simple, but maybe something to consider?
This is what they teach now.
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Im actually not against phonics there is a proper reason behind it being that it teaches you to break down words making further reading easier, then progresses to teaching spelling
The reason i'm for phonics is it is very helpful to be able to break down the words, and encourages it during reading. im dyslexic and just remember words and im useless at breaking words down into component parts, fortunately im also stubborn so have learnt many varied words but my reading is purely visual
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It's great for languages such as Welsh which are very phonetic but the fact is that English isn't as phonetic as many other languages so you have allow for that instead of dumbing it down.
Phonetic teaching is a direct result of diversity and I'm not saying that diversity is a bad thing just that we shouldn't allow it to dilute our teaching of proper English as a first language at school.
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Oh, you must burn that - they're taught [apparently] now that no-one is a failure.
mtt.tr
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its actually not a new thing, its been around since the 80s my mrs studied psychology and it was of interest to her, its has some very sound reasoning behind it
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If no one it a faliure then logic would dictate that no one's a winner.Oh, you must burn that - they're taught [apparently] now that no-one is a failure.
Or everyone's a looser
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They weren't teaching the alphabet as aaah, buuh, cuh, duh in the '80's.
mtt.tr
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No we were not teaching it correct, but the discussions behind it are not new it wasn't designed because of 'foreigners'
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I would quite happily become one!
Mainly been an office bod most of my life & its uninspiring
I don't think I would want to be self employed though as it sounds like long hours & sometimes stressful
I hear the phrase "the grass is not ALWAYS greener" and think it's so accurate. BUT the problem is it CAN be. Just not all of the time.
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Not wholly, no - it's as much to do with the general dumbing-down of society so that the less educable don't hold back the more high-functioning at school. You can't deny that the language has been dumbed down in mainstream education. The alphabet letters should always be the alphabet letters, not what they sound like which is dependant on how the letters are used. That is the basics of our language.
I don't struggle with my English and I was taught in a Welsh school at both primary and secondary level.
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I know exactly what your saying. But sometimes you have to take a gamble in life, too many people dream, But never give things a go!
It's all about having the right attitude, positive thoughts create positive results
eLuSiVeMiTe
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Doesn't matter what colour the grass is. If you don't get on with the greens keeper it's time to move on regardless.
Never understood why people tollerate jobs they hate for decades
Never understood why people tollerate jobs they hate for decades
eLuSiVeMiTe
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I shall remember thatThe grass is greener...where you water it
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It's as with anything in life. Any major change is a risk, & can go either way, but unless one's willing to take that risk, there'll always be that nagging "what if", at the back of ones mind. I used to play the cautious game, but it has more of a tendency to lead to regret than the other route.
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just sat in the house for the last 4 days watching the tvthink im going to have to get my ass in to gear and get something done tomorrow as its not good
when work picks up I wont want to go back
It happens. Just potter away at something/anything. It'll usually get you back on form eventually.
