Coronavirus

Not heard anything like it in London...maybe it is a locslised thing? hope it aint true tbh...the last thing most kids need (and their parents/carers) is more lost time.
It would stress the **** out of my yr 13 daughter...and I suspect that would be true for al her year and those in year 11 doing GCSEs.

 

Being rumoured here as well, although not confirmed. (My Mrs secondary languages teacher by the way so I have a point of reference).

I think to add to that, the idea is a more draconian lock down across the board during that fortnight to break the chain of infections. Allegedly.

We'll see, eh?

 

My eldest is entering his first year of the two year GCSE period and he's still got his feet up as far as he's concerned.

He's got an English speech/debate to do next week. it's really good actually (his Dad is very verbose!) but he just can't be ****ing arsed to learn it properly.

Will be 20% of his English mark, right there, first term.

I can't force him to be interested though, it's a massive struggle. The kids will need to sit up and start to work if a lot of it is to be teacher assessment based.

 

A very wise man said to me, some years ago now, that all you can do for your kids is be there for them. The rest is up to them. Once they reach a certain age anyway.

 

My 2 are off self isolating, it really brings back the pain home schooling brings, it's no good for us and certainly not for them. Rill on Tuesday when they're back.
North of England looking likely to follow Scotland with early pub closures.

 

ONS reporting that Covid has now killed 3 times as many people as flu and pneumonia combined between January and August 2020 ... 48k vs 14k...

 

You're probably right, let him **** up for himself.

It's just an awkward time.

GCSE's don't mean that much to be fair, it's A levels that are more important.

Still got a good memory of making a right mess of my O levels by being just like him though!

 

Remember that song that went “promise me son, not to do the things I’ve done...?”

That used to run through my head a lot when my lad was a teenager. Whatever advice you give em, they’re going to make their own mistakes, and hopefully learn from them, just like we did.

 

I'm down with that mate.

Just need to tell his Mum!!

 

The speech is about the role of care workers during the lockdown and pay scales, contacts etc.

So very on topic for this thread.

I just need to get him to look like he gives a ****!

 

Speech's can be a daunting thing, I always found if I prepared for something, I'd fook it up. If I went in and just did it off the cuff (be myself) I'd succeed, however, you need some insight to know what you are talking about. Can only hope off the cuff works for your lad, depends if he's done any prepping at all.

 

He's written it, that's not the problem, and is now in the process of learning it, which is. The sticking point is he's winging it a bit and using the same words too often, when the actual text doesn't. He said surely about three times last night, instead of varying it by using 'you would think', for instance.

He also cba to read it out in front of his horrible parents.

Just needs to polish it up, the content is good and the factual information accurate.Its' got the potential to be A, but also the potential to be B- if he's as half arsed as he come across to us when he actually delivers it.

 

Made me smile reading that, not laughing at your lad by the way, but it reminded me of Priti Patel. I know forgive me, but if you've ever listened to her speaking to the media, she constantly says, 'the fact of the matter is' so fooking annoying, especially for someone in her position. I'd have thought someone would have pointed it out to her by now.

 

Biggest bug bear for me is when people say you know all the time.

Smacks of a very limited vocabulary.

That and 'literally', out of context.

Talk Sport callers tend to be the guiltiest party, unsurprisingly.

 

'Basically' is also a terrible word to use in speeches etc.

 

Filler words, rarely having any meaning, all languages have them, it's the brain pausing before creating the next sentence.

To explain what I mean, I've copied this from online...

In speech, filler words are short, meaningless words (or sounds) we use to fill the little pauses that occur while we decide what we’re going to say next. They’re the ums and uhs and ers that litter our conversations whether we like it or not. But although these little words don’t add any meaning to your statements, they do perform a function in speech. They allow you to take a second and think about what you’re going to say next. They let others know that you’re not quite finished speaking yet, even if you’ve paused for a moment.

 

Basically

 

Test

 

Fooking yeees

 

I smell a flounce coming this weekend.