The Ingham Family #78 Drop that haircut and resend

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I did notice that too. It means that they were could do whatever combination of subjects offered (instead of, say, choosing between History or Geography like some schools do) but yeah, they were lacking a few standard subjects like Music, Computing, CDT or Home Economics. I'd have assumed private schools would have the facilities for those but it's possible they decided it wasn't worth the resources 😕
Either that or the choices were specific to ones Isabelle was already narrowed down?
Computing and design tech was on there
 
Poor issy does enough childcare at home without school


They knew it wasn’t their kind of film - they literally said so in the blog the day before. Must have had no content so needed to do something

I’d be so annoyed if a baby was in the cinema. Why can’t one adult go and one stay home with baby (you know, Chris? Who said he didn’t want to see the film)
Yes I totally agree with you...they had already made their mind up “it’s not our kind of film” Esme is her own person...let her go with a friend? Let her enjoy her own life...with her own thoughts and opinions.
 
One of my pet hates is people who go on their phone during a movie at the cinema. I don't pay good money to sit and see simeone's phone screen. I'd be well miffed if I was sat near someone using their phone at the cinema and I would tell them that's it's disrespectful to others
Agree. Can’t bare it. And what a little madam to get her phone out when her parents paid a lot of money, and you’re right...so disrespectful. Isla getting her phone out made Sarah then decide that the whole family had to leave the cinema? WRONG. Family being dictated by a 7 year old!
 
It’s going to be very interesting (if they’re still around) by the time Isabelle reaches year 10,how they’re going to handle it. Surely there not going to keep taking her out of school and swanning of here there and everywhere “making memories “ Then again......... I personally think that’s why she pushed for her to take the learning support,as she thinks it will cover missed time or catch up on homework when they keep them out late etc. It’s disgusting 😢
 
I feel for Isabelle. When choosing my GCSE’s, my mum told me to pick what I wanted to do, not what she thought was good or what my friends were doing. Lazy controls everything, let Isabelle have this one thing, it’s her future
That's what I did too. I always wanted to be an actress so wanted to do drama. My mum then said to think about what I would do if that didnt work out. I then picked up sociology as I said if I cant do that I want to work with children. I now have NVQs in childcare all of which I gained while being a teenage mum. I know at that age not everyone knows what they want to do but to just think of subjects that may help them further down the line once they decide on something. My son always wanted to do something with physics took it on as a level and found it so hard but came out with good GCSE's for science. He has since gone to re do his psychology and that's what he is going to do at uni although will have a levels for music too. He is thinking about what's going to keep him in a job if the music doesnt work as he knows he can do that on the side.
 
So, anybody got any juicy GCSE stories? What did you take? What are your kids taking? How many? How did you decide? What about your parents? We’re your sciences split? Is art worth it?
1. I took English language, English literature, maths (which I took early), religion, a subject called Learning for Life and Work, French, single award science, double award ICT and history.
2. I’m the youngest in my family so I’m the last one to take GCSEs
3. 5 compulsory, 4 options.
4. My mum gave me free reign on what to choose, and after much discussion we settled on my 4 options. My dad came to school to sign the agreement for me to take those subjects.
5. My sciences were split into 25% of my overall grade, with the remaining 25% being a practical exam
6. Art is really time consuming yes but a lot of my friends said they learned a lot through the subject. So overall it is a good subject but you have to be committed to spending time on each piece.
 
It is just down to neglect that Isabel is struggling so much, we could all see this happening with all the missed School days they have had. You can't really see a rosy future for her after School, I just can't understand why as a parent you would not want to encourage your child with School work so that they have a good future.
 
It is just down to neglect that Isabel is struggling so much, we could all see this happening with all the missed School days they have had. You can't really see a rosy future for her after School, I just can't understand why as a parent you would not want to encourage your child with School work so that they have a good future.

I don't think lazy has any idea how much work Issy misses when they go on their holidays. My daughter gets stressed if she misses a day with illness and has to message her friends to find out what she missed so she can catch up before the next lesson.
 
This is just not true at all. for most unis, it’s based on UCAS points from a-levels not what subject you studied at gcse. Granted if you are wanting to actually study a medicine or science degree then yes, you’d be expected to have those at a level, but GCSEs barely even matter once you start a-levels. Obviously places like oxbridge are more competitive BUT a drama gcse on an oxbridge application wouldn’t mean you’d be sent packing. If a student was wanting to study English literature, having studied theatre a level would really benefit that.
My daughters had to achieve 7 gcse passes before they could go to 6 form or further education ( college) BTEC etc. So I think GCSE do matter to some .
 
I don't think lazy has any idea how much work Issy misses when they go on their holidays. My daughter gets stressed if she misses a day with illness and has to message her friends to find out what she missed so she can catch up before the next lesson.
My daughter is the same. She had one day off poorly and she had so much to catch up on. Now she worries so much and has actually gone into school even if she’s feeling unwell
Due to the workload.
I dread to think what Isabelle goes through because I’m positive she doesn’t get the homework done despite Chris and Sarah saying they take work away with them - yeah right of course you do!
 
I did notice that too. It means that they were could do whatever combination of subjects offered (instead of, say, choosing between History or Geography like some schools do) but yeah, they were lacking a few standard subjects like Music, Computing, CDT or Home Economics. I'd have assumed private schools would have the facilities for those but it's possible they decided it wasn't worth the resources 😕
Either that or the choices were specific to ones Isabelle was already narrowed down?
Perhaps they struggle to get specific subject teachers to work in private schools, I don’t think the pay for teacher in private is very good
 
Agree. Can’t bare it. And what a little madam to get her phone out when her parents paid a lot of money, and you’re right...so disrespectful. Isla getting her phone out made Sarah then decide that the whole family had to leave the cinema? WRONG. Family being dictated by a 7 year old!
Don’t you know, if Isla doesn’t like something, then obviously no one else is allowed to like it either.

Also what is a 7yr old doing with a phone? Sarah or Chris should have taken Isla out of the cinema if she no longer wanted to watch.

I remember we watched a movie at the cinema and two boys sitting opposite us were messing around on their phones. No parents in sight.
My partner had a polite word and five minutes later they just got up and left it was all very odd.
 
Since lazy and Creepy won’t give us a rant I will. My son teaches college and senior high school classes in the US. He has set office hours after classes so students can stop by if they are needing help. All students have his email and can contact him at anytime. He also helps students that are not taking his class. (A history student needs help writing a paper he will help them with the writing.) he teaches in a lower income area and has had to fight for his student so the classes are not being dumb downed. I am starting to understand the British system a little better thanks to tattle. Don’t teachers/professors have after school hours to help Izzy? If she is struggling why not get her a tutor? NO, Hell NO. Yo you lot are a very lot of smart Tattlers.
 
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