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03-11-10, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by -Ralph-

She had one kid the other day that didn't know what his address was.

whats wrong with that .......

Bibio · 03-11-10, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by barwel1992

whats wrong with that .......

tiz ok bar we all know your mum writes your address on your label tags.

03-11-10, 11:12 PM

Bet they all know how to get every golden egg on Angry Birds though

03-11-10, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Bibio

tiz ok bar we all know your mum writes your address on your label tags.

i have left and right on my shoes as well, not that it helps

Bibio · 03-11-10, 11:14 PM

supose its just the way the gov is wanting them. thick as feck, cant cook and cant manage money.

dizzyblonde · 03-11-10, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by embee

I get the impression that expecting kids to learn any everyday factual stuff is frowned upon these days, even things like basic geography (towns in Britain for instance), times tables etc.

Sad.

Not entirely true, my sons a walking encyclopaedia, knows all his times tables, can't spell for toffee though, and his handwritings atrocious!

surprised us last week, when we watching a falconry display at the zoo. He asked how fast a Harris Hawk flew, and the bloke who had the birds asked why, he said 'oh the Perigrine falcon flies at 200 mph, and I wondered if this one might be faster!

04-11-10, 01:19 AM

Where I work/live the kids are normally smarter than their parents....

keith_d · 04-11-10, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by barwel1992

i have left and right on my shoes as well, not that it helps

You need to get left and right tattooed on your knees.

04-11-10, 07:47 AM

Are we not missing the point slightly here, it's all well & good saying the kids are thick but a child is a bit like a blank canvass & will only become as good as they are taught.
Surely the problem is that they are not being taught correctly by their teachers & parents.
I know when my son was at junior school some 16 years ago, i discovered that he was not being taught certain things which included his times tables, i went out & bought an exercise book & wrote out all the tables which he duly learned, he thaught it was great because other kids started coming to ask him how to work out mathematical problems they hadn't got a clue about.

04-11-10, 08:07 AM

Correct Foey,

Imho it starts at home, you cannot expect the education system to teach children from scratch as there is NO hope of that given how many children and all thier different problems,

I have whitnessed my 5 yr old cousin as a little genius start school and is now board because her mum did such a great job in the early years.

hey ho...

03-11-10, 11:12 PM	#13
minimorecambe Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Educashun... Bet they all know how to get every golden egg on Angry Birds though

03-11-10, 11:14 PM	#15
Bibio Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: here as devil's advocate Posts: 11,569	Re: Educashun... supose its just the way the gov is wanting them. thick as feck, cant cook and cant manage money.

04-11-10, 01:19 AM	#17
Milky Bar Kid Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Educashun... Where I work/live the kids are normally smarter than their parents....

04-11-10, 07:47 AM	#19
Foey Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Educashun... Are we not missing the point slightly here, it's all well & good saying the kids are thick but a child is a bit like a blank canvass & will only become as good as they are taught. Surely the problem is that they are not being taught correctly by their teachers & parents. I know when my son was at junior school some 16 years ago, i discovered that he was not being taught certain things which included his times tables, i went out & bought an exercise book & wrote out all the tables which he duly learned, he thaught it was great because other kids started coming to ask him how to work out mathematical problems they hadn't got a clue about.

04-11-10, 08:07 AM	#20
454697819 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Educashun... Correct Foey, Imho it starts at home, you cannot expect the education system to teach children from scratch as there is NO hope of that given how many children and all thier different problems, I have whitnessed my 5 yr old cousin as a little genius start school and is now board because her mum did such a great job in the early years. hey ho...