Xela Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 On 12/06/2018 at 15:36, PussEKatt said: Try a tap on the head 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 5 minutes ago, Xela said: I never thought I'd see the day when a GSL gif would make it in to VT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 (edited) My nephew’s 6 and at school they do “the daily mile” where the kids are encouraged to run or jog for 15 minutes everyday. However, the parents of the slower kids complained. Now they all have to walk together for 15 minutes instead, to be fair to everybody. Now my nephew hates it and finds it boring because he wants to run but he’s not allowed. I can kind of understand why they’ve done it. If there’s some children that are getting upset that they’re the slowest every single day or they’re dreading it every morning before school, especially as I assume the main aim of this is to encourage them and to get them to enjoy exercising. But it’s not a race, it’s just running for 15 minutes, nobody finishes last. Making them all walk kind of defeats the purpose a little I think. I’m sure there’s some kind of “you can’t be the best at everything” lesson in there as well. Edited June 14, 2018 by Paddywhack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 It's the kind of socialism which irks me "EVERYONE MUST BE THE SAME". Treat everyone the same with regards to respect, or attitude.. but physical activities as well? That's naff.. there's a reason we have a few sports stars, they're the best at using their bodies. Why can't they just call it the 15 minute move and the fat kids can walk and the super sonic kids can run? The faster kids are likely to metabolize quicker so burning energy would probably benefit their concentration levels too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 14, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 14, 2018 Yet more problems that wouldn't arise if people just didn't have kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 14, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 14, 2018 10 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: Yet more problems that wouldn't arise if people just didn't have kids. This is true. All problems would end, permanently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 14, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 14, 2018 1 minute ago, mjmooney said: This is true. All problems would end, permanently. Exactly. That's the world I want to live in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unused Sub Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 On a similar note, PE at secondary school. When I as a lad, Maths & Science classes were sorted by ability whilst the rest were sorted by your English Class. Therefore the PE class would be a mixed bag of abilities from sporty kids and pie eaters with no interest in moving around at all. Used to annoy me as it would be better if it was sorted by ability. The same went for other classes like Art, Geography etc. I struggled to draw stick men, yet I'd be in class with kids who could draw. Just didn't seem fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 1 hour ago, Stevo985 said: Exactly. That's the world I want to live in You wouldn't be here to live in this world if that's how it was. The only bad thing about kids is the worry. If it weren't for the worry, I'd have 20 kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 14, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 14, 2018 50 minutes ago, Unused Sub said: On a similar note, PE at secondary school. When I as a lad, Maths & Science classes were sorted by ability whilst the rest were sorted by your English Class. Therefore the PE class would be a mixed bag of abilities from sporty kids and pie eaters with no interest in moving around at all. Used to annoy me as it would be better if it was sorted by ability. The same went for other classes like Art, Geography etc. I struggled to draw stick men, yet I'd be in class with kids who could draw. Just didn't seem fair. It was my experience at school that PE/games teachers didn't actually teach - they merely identified the 'naturals', and coached them. As for the rest of us, we were simply ignored (if we were lucky), or ridiculed (if we weren't). Pissed me off no end, as I would have liked to learn the right way to improve, but no chance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Anyone in health care, @Ingram85? My grandad had a stroke yesterday at about 5.30 in the afternoon , or that's when we found out he'd had a stroke. He went outside to do something and his neighbour spotted that he weren't well. Anyway, he gets to the hospital for 6.30. They confirm he's had a stroke by doing some tests. They scan his brain, and luckily there is no serious damage or nothing. His speech has gone, his face has dropped, and he keeps feeling dizzy. He's 83, and lives on his own. Stafford hospital send him home at 10.30 at night, and tell him Stoke hospital will ring him in the morning, and tell him what time to go over to that hospital to see a specialist. I'm a bit angry they sent him home, and didn't keep him in just incase. Is this normal procedure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 our school split the sport , Football one week , rugby the next , then hockey nobody wanted to do rugby so we used to kick the rugby ball around like a football , when it came to hockey we used it as a football and didn't hit it with our bats needless to say , soon it was changed to football , football and football I like that my school was soo crap we could dictate to it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 8 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said: Is this normal procedure? In Tory Britain it is, aye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said: If it weren't for the worry, I'd have 20 kids. If it weren't for the worry and the wife. Edited June 14, 2018 by snowychap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 14, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 14, 2018 22 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said: You wouldn't be here to live in this world if that's how it was. The only bad thing about kids is the worry. If it weren't for the worry, I'd have 20 kids. I would. Everyone would have stopped having kids when I was born. That was the cut off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 14, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 14, 2018 12 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: our school split the sport , Football one week , rugby the next , then hockey nobody wanted to do rugby so we used to kick the rugby ball around like a football , when it came to hockey we used it as a football and didn't hit it with our bats needless to say , soon it was changed to football , football and football I like that my school was soo crap we could dictate to it My grammar school didn't allow football, due to our snobby headmaster who insisted "This is a rugby school". The upshot was that most of the sporty kids refused to play for the rugby 1st XV, and went off and formed a Sunday league footie team. In our 6th form, the sporting duffers like me did as you describe - the "float group", alternating rugby, cross-country, hockey, volleyball and badminton. We were mostly unsupervised, so skived off as much as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 11 minutes ago, Xann said: In Tory Britain it is, aye. take it to the Bolitics thread Jeremy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Giving someone a lift as you are going to the same destination...and you are waiting on them, whether it's 5 seconds or 5 minutes. Be **** ready. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 34 minutes ago, Xann said: In Tory Britain it is, aye. The consequences of voting Tory all your life, I suppose. I'll tell him that later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 14, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 14, 2018 1 hour ago, mjmooney said: My grammar school didn't allow football, due to our snobby headmaster who insisted "This is a rugby school". The upshot was that most of the sporty kids refused to play for the rugby 1st XV, and went off and formed a Sunday league footie team. In our 6th form, the sporting duffers like me did as you describe - the "float group", alternating rugby, cross-country, hockey, volleyball and badminton. We were mostly unsupervised, so skived off as much as possible. We didn't play football, officially, until the 6th form in my school. And even then it was just the kids who were too shit at Rugby to play Rugby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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