Athene
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Touche Ben!
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Well I sincerely hope he does not move in France anywhere near us!
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You are talking about older children again! I am talking about young children 4-7 years!
I would like to know where you find 'spare the rod..' etc in the Bible? 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth ...' Is the Old Testament but Christ changed that!
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And your friend's answer should be, "Go on ring up Esther and invite her over, I will put on the kettle and you can tell her what you have been upto and then we will see if she agrees with you or me as to whether you should spend time time out in your bedroom!"
Like you, Framboise, my girls are all grown and flown the coup but I still have amongst my most treasured possessions a little note that my younger daughter wrote to me once. I do not remember now what mischief she had been up to but I do remember I had sent her up to her room whilst the rest of the family was watching television. She had written this little note and pushed it under the sitting room door. The gist of it was to say that why couldn't I just smack her like her friend's mother and then she could come down and not miss her favourite television programme! The answer to that was too difficult for a 5 or 6 year old to understand, in that it would have hurt me a lot more than her to smack her! I do not believe that violence is an answer in itself. And I believe that the strong physically attacking the weak is just bully boy tactics. No I could NEVER condone a teacher pushing about a small pupil!
To quote a higher power then any of us on here - 'As you sow, so shall you reap!' - Galation V1
In life, you do as you would be done by. So a rule of hate inspires nothing but fear and hatred. Show respect, love and compassion and it comes back million-fold. I feel sad for some of you guys on here who are my sort of age and have not realised this basic truth!
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[quote user="Patf"]Framboise - what do you mean by " in UK a parent's right to punish their children has been removed"? This is clearly not so - part of a parent's job is to punish their children, as a last resort, however upsetting it is to do so and love and praise are better ways to train them. I think parents can still physically chastise their children, in England. Maybe not Scotland? There is a lot of pressure to make smacking by parents illegal but it failed to get through parliament.Corporal punishment in schools was banned in 1998. I might be wrong though.Pat.[/quote]
This seems to answer this one.
Following a European Court ruling last year, the government plans to clarify the existing law on smacking, which allows parents to use "reasonable chastisement" against their children.
Last September, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the British law on corporal punishment in the home failed to protect children's rights, after considering the case of a boy who had been beaten by his stepfather with a three-foot garden cane between the ages of five and eight.
The stepfather was acquitted by a British court of causing actual bodily harm. He had argued that the beating was "reasonable chastisement".
The 14-year-old boy was awarded £10,000 damages against the government and £20,000 legal costs.
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'And I've just seen a pig flying past! '
As a primary teacher of many years who still does supply in UK schools I speak with the authority!
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'Respect is earned and authority is admired.'
Deby
That is what education is all about! It is a two way thing - children must respect their teachers and teachers must respect their children! Respect is earned and does not come with the job! And there are sadly teachers today who bully and scare children! I suspect Ron Avery would be one of these had he the chance!
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Last year I counted my tee shirts - 45 !
If I ever feel the need for a different hand bag, charity shops are great !
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E-Bay too!
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We used Saga to buy our euros last time and it was a lumpy sum! In the UK we have a somewhat dodgy postman who always shoves things through the wrong door and he had put a note through a neighbour's house to say he had tried to deliver our money but had no reply! Now this money was NOT recorded delivery just the service where they give you a receipt on postage. When the money had not turned up, I rang Saga and they would have sent it out again whilst they made their searches. However, all ended well when the honest neighbour brought in the slip later in the day.
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[quote user="trumpet"][quote user="spg"][quote user="debseal"]
Anyone know anyone who buys older RHD English registered cars in France? [/quote]
You can do it but you will need to be proactive. Have sent you a pm.
Sue
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Why do you need a prophylactic. Sounds interesting[:'(][8-|]
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Now I know the powers that be on here my say I need to have my mouth washed out for even mentioning it but... There is another website that you can enter for sale items on for free. You might get lucky and find somebody that is going back to the UK that might just relieve you of it! You will need to keep the price low though!
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If you research them you will find things have moved on from "the middle ages" in the world of composting toilets.
As regards to what the benifits are, they are the use of no water to flush and free compost, that strikes me has good for my wallet and good for the enviroment.
Jon
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In primary schools, children need to have a really positive relationship both with their teacher and their school mates. It is a terrible idea to punish all the class for something one child has done and ruin the whole ethos! Parents need to know what is happening in school and a good school will welcome its parents in anytime they have some free time - the more the merrier! There should be nothing to hide! Teachers today try to foster the idea of a class family that work, play and laugh together and where the respect is mutual! When this regime is established you have happy children who behave well, learn well and love their school. You have happy parents because they see their children's progress educationally and socially (both being of equal importance!) AND a happy teacher who loves their job and cares for her class family.
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If we want to change house insurance companies we are rquired to give 3 months' notice, otherwise we would incur a penalty. My advice is to read the small print before you sign.
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I agree with all the other posts. My advice would be to buy a cheap UK house at auction and renovate then sell on or rent! This is an easier and more profitable exercise! French property and land sales are not your answer!
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It costs £300 for a check up and over £1000 for a crown with this dentist now. Yes he is a superb dentist and if I was rich, he would be my first choice but I have gone to another man who is still private but whose prices are less. At the end of the day, we all have a finite amount of money and what we chose to spend it on is our choice.
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Les Antilles in Jonzac. You can get day passes! It is a sort of seaside resort under a dome - Centre Park style. Has all kinds of things - water slide, diving, wave machines, boats and beach. Cafe too. It is safe with pool guards.There is also a gym. And there is a Casino for you whilst they cavort! You can make a mint ready for their next excursion! lol!
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I would be interested to hear how people using French dentists think their work compares to their last UK dentist. It is difficult to get dental work on the NHS these days as lots of dentists are going over to private practice. I had the same dentist for 20 years and then he went over. I stayed and paid his prices for a while. However a year ago, he changed the practice name to 'Start - Smiling!' and zoomed up his prices!
http://www.start-smiling.co.uk/treatments/makeover.html#costs -He says budget £700 per tooth!
Any takers here?
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We are talking about a small child here! You should never push children about! It is bully boy tactics! Totally inexcusable! You would ruin a child's respect both for self and for the teacher! For children to learn there needs to be repect and understanding on both the teacher and pupil parts. Very few children of this age in our UK schools do not want to please their teachers and they will work really hard! I know! I have taught this age group for many many years! Children need a firm framework of decipline that they understand the boundaries of and they know that to go outside the framework results in punishment. There are acceptable ways to punish children for misdeamours - missing a playtime or being kept in after school with parents' permission for example! Most schools today have system of behavious reports that are kept on file and if something happens, it is communicated that day to parents. If a set number of these reports builds up, children may lose the priviledge to stay in school for their lunch and have to go home! More reports and this leads to suspensions and ultimately expulsion.
We are talking about a small child here. Times have moved on from Charles Dickens Ron!
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Is this for advice on wine? My daughter is one and might advice you on what to purchase.
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As a UK primary teacher I echo what everyone else says here - do write! If your French is not good then write it in English. Forget French education rules, it is against the Geneva Convention and children's rights to do that with a child! AND tell them that!
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Today Essex has had sun and showers with the emphasis on the latter! Yesterday was undiluted rain! I have been out to buy a tumbler drier today!
'Roll out these hazy crazy days of summer...'
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I do agree with you Wen! I was brought up in the North of England and the common curtsey and friendliness of our neighbours in France puts me in mind of this. They have welcomed us with open arms into their village. It is a very different culture to life near London nowadays where most neighbours are not hostile but just nod and mumble a greeting in passing and go their own ways - a bit like 'you in your small corner and me in mine!' Sometimes I will pause to bandy a remark but it is not ever something they would do and I can see they are thinking I do hope she is not going to rabbit on and to stop us getting on! In France things are very different! Our neighbours knock on the door and come in - nothing needs to be locked! If you are eating no matter, they sit down and chat away and you offer them a drink or a portion of food. If they need help, they ask for it and vice versa. If any of us has a surplus of produce, it is shared. Yes, it has been easier for us as we speak French. We have not rushed into our decision to move out - we have had our house for 7 years. Luckily we are the golden oldies, so we do not have to find full-time work but will do some 'chambre d'hote' to put a little jam on the bread!
'All countries have their good and bad sides, I'm sure there are plenty that could ' ramble on indefinitely' about the failures of France or any other country'
I am sure France as a country does have its problems economically and politically. However this will not affect us greatly I feel. My father used to say about politics that the good politicians do, he would share and the bad - well he would suffer that too - life is like that. At the end of the day, we will keep the Essex house and enjoy the rental income. Will we ever come back? Who knows! Maybe if hospitals are straightened out and one of us has passed and the other feels the need to be nearer to the family.
I think everyone should live for the moment and make what you perceive is the best use of your allotted time. We are all different and what is good for one is not good for another!
'Chaqu'un a son gout!'
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'There is little difference between the UK and France in many ways, it is a misconception by many north Europeans, that one country is better than another, but in reality they are all the same,'
I beg to differ with you! French people are proud of their country and indeed have a great deal to be proud of! We English are in many cases disillusioned by the state of our country under its new Scottish PM! There are so many problems in the UK - starting with third world style hospitals with BIG infection problems and long waiting lists that the government blatantly denies are there!. France has some of the best hospitals in Europe! AND you can get treatment promptly! In the UK, the road network is continually having to be re-surfaced and then patched - why can't they build it right to start with? And Coning is a fine art here in the UK and the special tour de force is to have miles apon miles of it complete with speed cameras and cross over carriageways sections with actually nothing being done to the road whatsoever! Then if you do by some lucky chance happen across a road repair gang, look and see how many are actually working! That is wielding a shovel for instance and not leaning on one nattering or snuggled up in the cab of some van! Not many workers I will hasard a guess! The France road network is superb and, despite the country being in debt, it does not seem to have slowed down on their road building plans. We always notice such a difference between the M20 to Ashford and then the French motorways that are skating rink smooth! We travel with two elderly cats and one continually gives it large on UK roads and then settles down to sleep on the French ones! And our schools - a subject close to my heart as a retired teacher who goes back and is saddened by seeing what is going on! Poor teachers wading through realms of useless paperwork just to please OFSTED inspectors and not actually spending much time on planning lessons for their classes! Then there is the lack of funding... Oh I could ramble on indefinitely!
What do the rest of you think? Is there any chance the UK will improve? I would like to think so!
No I disagree with World Tuner, I think there are very big, important differences between the UK and France!
12 month stay without residency.
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England goes through phases with teaching children a second language. At the moment French is taught in most primary school or middle schools although at the moment it is a QCA recommendation and not a compulsory part of the curriculum.
Here is the QCA document that is widely used in our primary schools.
http://www.qca.org.uk/qca_11752.aspx