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Boarding school - good idea or bad idea?
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostGenerally I support the teacher. But my son had one who was useless and he learnt nothing that year. However, these things are always subjective. Maybe others thought she was a great teacher? She was certainly very pretty...And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostIf you consider it an extension of university, what about that... boarding for the last few years as a middle ground between being coddled by mummy, and thrust to fend for yourself in the big bad world?
And being at home does not necessarily mean that excessive "coddling" has to take place.
Originally posted by d000hg View PostVery few people in any career would like customers turning up in their place of business. Especially at a school where most parents will feel honour-bound to take their child's side... child claims teacher is horrible, teacher claims child is a little sod, parent complains about teacher“The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”Comment
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Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostIncascerate them in a boarding school and bring them out at weekends
I think it seriously depends on the school - a dodgy "private" is probabaly worse than a comp, as Dodgy shows, but the best "publics" are excellent.
Winchester for my lad.Hard Brexit now!
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostI suggest you change your title text from 'greatest of Dads' to 'married to a bisexual nympho'; it would give you serious kudos.What happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostI suggest you change your title text from 'greatest of Dads' to 'married to a bisexual nympho'; it would give you serious kudos.Comment
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostWhat's the point of public schools if they can't even teach English?
I think it seriously depends on the school - a dodgy "private" is probabaly worse than a comp, as Dodgy shows, but the best "publics" are excellent.
Winchester for my lad.
Do you by any chance run a program that alerts you to spelling mistakes on this forum?Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostDo you by any chance run a program that alerts you to spelling mistakes on this forum?And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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