The Ingham Family #78 Drop that haircut and resend

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hrh89 said:
So I don’t see how other subjects would impact that if you’re doing those anyway. Scaring kids out of picking subjects they enjoy is just silly I despise this whole “mickey mouse” subject crap. Basing it on GCSEs which kids pick at what, 14? is just silly. A levels are the main road to uni.
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What scared me about studying more at university level was being £40,000 in debt for English students, while it's free in Scotland. I know they say it isn't paid back until they earn a certain amount, but I don't trust Tories and know they would make sure that's a debt around poor people's necks to the bankers, who want an economy based on greed and debt, and then when the economy crashes after many can't pay the debts back, it will again be poor people who pay the price, while the few at the top live in luxury for free, while Tory propaganda media gets poor people to bully each other.
As an English person I'm jealous Scotland can have another vote to leave the UK to become a separate nation on the EU, joining other north European nations that have politicians who work for the people. Such as most other north European nations have free or cheap university.
 
Its sad because I imagine Issy had the potential to do well in school years ago. Sarah and chris only have them selves to blame for her failings. They have more time than most parents for holidays and they still choose to take her out of school in term time. I also think her paternal father is a waste of space as he could intervene if her cared even a little about issy.

I dread to think how Esme will do in her sats this year.
 
SatisHouse said:
Unless you want to go to Oxbridge, this isn't the case anymore. I don't think subjects should be judged as soft. It depends on how people learn as there are many different learning styles. People who call some subjects 'easy options' are ignorant to the skills involved and how time consuming they really are.
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Maybe ignorant but that’s what both my son and daughter found when looking into a level options and university’s they would like to attend. It’s the university’s that make that decision not the people applying. There are lots of subjects considered soft that I wouldn’t think would be. But it’s not up to me to decide what a university will or will not except. Sadly it wasn’t just Oxford or the more prestige university’s doing this either. It also depends what course you wish to do there. If you choose to do drama at university obviously a drama gcse and a level will be the best thing to have. But if you change your mind and wish to law firm example they wouldn’t class that in the application process.
 
GiggleBee said:
Its sad because I imagine Issy had the potential to do well in school years ago. Sarah and chris only have them selves to blame for her failings. They have more time than most parents for holidays and they still choose to take her out of school in term time. I also think her paternal father is a waste of space as he could intervene if her cared even a little about issy.

I dread to think how Esme will do in her sats this year.
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She's also got a year 7 entrance test coming up in the next week or so. Wouldn't surprise me if she missed prep for that when they were in Disney
 
vhopper2000 said:
My brother in law is African his native tongue is french I think you’ll be shocked at how many more if you look it up
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I base it off our personal experience of where we have gone on holiday and where my daughter chose to work abroad. Most spoke Spanish. So it depends really on where you think you are most likely to go and what language would be most beneficial to you. Seeing as the inghams choose to go to countries that speak Spanish I could see that probably being the best option for Isabelle. I can’t see them ever going to Canada or Africa etc where they speak french.

laurafray91 said:
Exactly, and this isn’t me sticking up for them but I did Art as a core part of my GCSE’s, went on to study it at college and Uni and let me tell you there is nothing easy about it, I spent hours upon hours completing course work and learning about art history. And I now have a successful career in it. Not every thing should be about academic topics being most important, if a kid is creative then that should be equally encouraged
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it’s not that anyone is saying these subjects are easy. You chose to go on to study art at uni so that was beneficial to you. But some kids choose to do drama or art thinking it’s an easier option than let’s say history. But then they don’t choose to follow it on to uni so can struggle to get on the course they want with A level art or drama. It’s the university’s that make the decision not me or anyone else. It’s not a personal attack on anyone who chose these subjects so I don’t know why some of you are getting all defensive and arguing about it 🙄. If you wanted to become a doctor you wouldn’t probably get straight into uni with an art A level unless you also had done science and got high grades for example. I think kids are still to young at A level age personally to make these big decisions for their future then things can easily change later on. So they have to do a foundation course anyway.
 
Hardi said:
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 .
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They for sure matter if you want to do A levels after. You can’t do A levels without a good mark in GCSEs. It all depends on what you want to do in the future. Which sadly most young kids don’t have a clue. So it’s always best to try and get the best marks you can do you have more options. My son had 2 options, one for if he didn’t get the GCSEs grades to do his A levels and one for if he did get them. He did end up getting the grades to do his A levels so thats what he chose to do. If you want a certain career in the future all these exams matter a lot unless you want to have to do more learning before being able to get there.
 
Zelda18 said:
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!
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Chris and Sarah are lying when they say they take work away with them because they state that it is a "SURPRISE" holiday that they dont know about so how can they get work if they dont know they are going away? also at Izzy's age dont think you can count colouring as work she is missing not only work she also will miss out on picking trips etc. if she is not at school then she cant say if she wants to go or not so she misses a lot more than they think
 
SLawson98 said:
What scared me about studying more at university level was being £40,000 in debt for English students, while it's free in Scotland. I know they say it isn't paid back until they earn a certain amount, but I don't trust Tories and know they would make sure that's a debt around poor people's necks to the bankers, who want an economy based on greed and debt, and then when the economy crashes after many can't pay the debts back, it will again be poor people who pay the price, while the few at the top live in luxury for free, while Tory propaganda media gets poor people to bully each other.
As an English person I'm jealous Scotland can have another vote to leave the UK to become a separate nation on the EU, joining other north European nations that have politicians who work for the people. Such as most other north European nations have free or cheap university.
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Why should someone with less opportunities pay for someone who is arguably going to earn more than them in the future? An office worker on £20k a year have to pay more in taxes to fund the tuition fees of a Barrister who will earn six figures per year? If the Tories suddenly move the goalposts on the repayment of tuition fees they will be voted out of office. I don't understand what you mean about the Tory propaganda machine getting poor people to bully each other, they've just won by a landslide thanks to formerly working class labour seats voting in greater numbers for them.

The repayment only comes into effect once you are earning just over £25k a year and then it is only 9% of what is above that amount. Seems fair to me. Those countries in Europe that offer lower tuition fees appear to have higher rates of income tax.

This is from a left-leaning newspaper:-

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Why tuition fees benefit people from poorer areas

One of the greatest ironies of the current political situation is the loud and vociferous support that the party formed to […]
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Sorry for going off topic - Chris is still a n with a half-haircut
 
New breast feeding blanket maybe I should not give them ideas lol
 

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Catlover360 said:
Drama is an optional yes. Maths is essential and covers everything you mention. English is also essential and is split into 2 or 3. Things like art, pe, drama etc are all optimal choices. As is business I believe. Business is not maths no. I’m not quite sure what it fully is as I didn’t take it. I only know that it doesn’t help much towards applying for a levels or university unless you plan to do business a level then a business course at uni. I can’t see Isabelle doing a levels after her GCSEs. She will probably pick a diploma or something easier. And I doubt she will go to uni. She just doesn’t seem to have the mentality for that because her mother and creepy step dad haven’t encouraged it. I would feel very disappointed in myself as a parent if my child was struggling in school due to me taking them out for a holiday all the time. It’s disgusting really. They don’t need all those holidays but most people do need a good education to get on with life later on and get a good job. Sadly Isabelle will probably end up working at Matalan so her greedy mother can get the discount. Nothing wrong in working there it’s money at the end of the day but not what most children aspire to do when they are growing up and not a career.


I mean it’s classed as a soft subject when it comes to university. Most university’s want to see high good grades in core subjects and what they class as ‘hard’ subjects like history, science etc. I know it’s not as easy as all that but compared to some of the subjects it is a bit easier to complete. The amount of people who took it when I was at school just to make up the numbers then never used it again was astounding. Also used to be an easy subject to get an A in.
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All learning is beneficial and to be respected. No knowledge is wasteful. However there are ‘soft’ subjects and whilst I never approved my daughters used the term ‘Mickey Mouse degree’ to some of the less academic based options. Presumably she would excel in this subject - given the advance amount of time and learning support she has already benefited from.
Professor Isabelle Ingham, PHD Disney Studies and Business 🤭
 
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