womanofdulwich

One of my colleagues explained this to me,as our other colleagues was a "bit chippy" - because their private/public school was not as good as his-an eye opener to me that some men suss each other out by finding out what school they went to. There is no end to the badge of honour mentality.

i think its worth throwing ?250 at- if you can find the right person. otherwise go and have one to ones with all your best mates who know you well and chat it through with them, the more you vocalise your thoughts the easier it will be to narrow them down- imo.

i think that is a very dodgy generalisation. if you grew up in a council estate in the 1960's the opportunities for social mobility were almost certainly better than they are now, but that applies to everyone. if you were clever then you could get go to university and get a 100% grant. now you are looking at ?9k tuition fee threat and maintenance costs. although these are means of borrowing this money and not paying it back till later ( or if poor enough a top up which is a grant) this is harder to sell as a life enhancing thing. Generally your aspirations will now be lower. I am sure those that are the brightest with supportive parents and friends can still make it, but it will be so much harder than it used to be. Of course higher education is not the only way "up" but it is one of the ways . I feel quite uncomfortable with the phrase "exceeding the expectations of your background". It is like putting a cap on you before you start. Or am I being chippy now?

only the chippy ones do.

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I think attachment parenting is what many of us would call natural parenting. I didn't read Gina ford,but I expect whereas I reached a point where " enough is enough" and I thought my relationship with my partner was worth putting the baby in another room - means I departed from attachment parenting. Otherwise it sounds good to me.(tu)

may be looking at courses for further training/education would give you some ideas as to where you could go to vis a a vis where you are now?

What happened? I've never seen the one show before- what could have been more interesting than Brockwell Park ??

i did not know this phrase- thank you- but now i have googled it- isn't this what everyone does anyway? how does it differ- or is it just " normal parenting" anyway with a different name?

Its amazing what you can find at the bottom of your freezer. I think you can stir fry anything. :)

RUSSIA? wtf??????????????????????????/

i cleared the path and scattered grit- but only for the postman not to sue me - not on the pavement.

Jeremy ,I am very impressed- make sure you have a full hip flask before you leave tonight:)

only 25 children? surely it is 30?

and sixth forms and ucas and then looking for jobs, bring it on...........................................

i am on shaky ground here but if you have children or other dependents and you know your journey home is going ot take longer that normal I think you should be able to leave a bit earlier.But if you are Brendedd you would have to leave quite a bit earlier.

st dunstans open as usual.(tu)

strange but beautiful.

i have already;-)

hal9000, please share the lamb and spinach curry recipe-sounds perfect in this weather.

oohh pebbles, do you think that was the truth? or maybe a slightly edited version?;-)-

st dunstans did a full day (tu)

cup cakes dont last long- they go dry. sweets are much better.coconut ice is easy and the chocolate and pistacchio fudge from nigella express is brilliant as you can freeze it. i am sure there are othe fudges and sweets. i think the hugh fearnley whittingstall book for family cooking does peppermints which are fun to cut out with toddlers- may be peppermint creams?

exactly new mother.

new mother, i am pretty sure the woman on check out does not go home and worry about how she did her job today. i bet she goes home and does not htink abou it until tomorrow. she probably has other worries but it is all relative when it comes to stress.