fao cheaty parents 15:02 - Oct 28 with 3719 views | giant_stow | You know when the teacher gives your kids a project to do during half term / bring back afterwards? Like build a famous building out of cardboard, make an ecosystem out of washing up bottles? Any chance you could let you kids do it themselves please, rather than make a 5 foot tall perfectly sculptured Eifle Tower, or a river ecosystem with night and day lighting and running water? Its just that the kids that do it themselves might be a bit disheartenned and you don;t really have anything to prove yourselves do you?! | |
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fao cheaty parents on 15:07 - Oct 28 with 3681 views | factual_blue | Your Eifle (sic) tower didn't quite work then? If I were a teacher, the work patently done by the parents would get no marks, and I'd smash it all up. | |
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fao cheaty parents on 15:10 - Oct 28 with 3666 views | giant_stow |
fao cheaty parents on 15:07 - Oct 28 by factual_blue | Your Eifle (sic) tower didn't quite work then? If I were a teacher, the work patently done by the parents would get no marks, and I'd smash it all up. |
I wish you were teacher for day in my son's class. Cheats! | |
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fao cheaty parents on 15:24 - Oct 28 with 3621 views | factual_blue |
fao cheaty parents on 15:10 - Oct 28 by giant_stow | I wish you were teacher for day in my son's class. Cheats! |
In the interests of balance, I would mercilessly mock his efforts. | |
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fao cheaty parents on 15:34 - Oct 28 with 3594 views | giant_stow |
fao cheaty parents on 15:24 - Oct 28 by factual_blue | In the interests of balance, I would mercilessly mock his efforts. |
No need - I take care of that. | |
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fao cheaty parents on 15:37 - Oct 28 with 3591 views | BrixtonBlue | I was at Cub Scout camp once when all us kids had to make shields and swords out of cardboard, to be judged for a competition. One kid's dad had clearly made his - and previous to the event rather than on the day with the materials supplied. It was a full suit of armour, complete with hinged visor. There was to be a battle after the judging and everyone was making comments about looking forward to him being in the battle. We ALL wanted to smash his creation to bits. His dad wouldn't let him take part, sadly. I can't remember if he won the judging part... but I totally agree with you, ridiculous, and parents who do that aren't really getting into the spirit of things. The joy for the kids is in the creation (and smashing each other's up afterwards!) | |
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fao cheaty parents on 15:39 - Oct 28 with 3579 views | jeera | Maybe there's just some really smart kids out there? I once got called a cheat by some ridiculous English teacher for producing a decent piece of work. Trashed my confidence as I was afraid to try hard again and risk further humiliation. The stupid person would be sued if that happened now. I might hunt her down as it goes. I wonder if she's still alive. | |
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fao cheaty parents on 15:50 - Oct 28 with 3538 views | Mullet | Parents evening is always fun for these. Dads can't help but give the game away. I always try and weave in what they do for a living. Works every time. "Builder eh? You can see he gets your eye for brickwork on that castle he built" [Post edited 28 Oct 2019 19:03]
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fao cheaty parents on 15:58 - Oct 28 with 3510 views | SouperJim | I usually do my eldest's, to a slap dash standard. Half term should be about having fun. | |
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fao cheaty parents on 19:02 - Oct 28 with 3348 views | ghostofescobar | But the marks I get now for some of my masterpieces are way better than when I was at primary school. I (via my son) have had some wicked comments from the teachers. Why shouldn't I get the reflected glow of praise, especially when my son is rubbish at that sort of thing. My castle a few months back was a thing of wonder. I find it's the small details that really carries it through. And my contraption for getting an un-boiled egg, unbroken, across a classroom was a work of simple, beautiful joy. What else would I do in the evenings? | |
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fao cheaty parents on 20:19 - Oct 28 with 3274 views | eireblue |
fao cheaty parents on 15:39 - Oct 28 by jeera | Maybe there's just some really smart kids out there? I once got called a cheat by some ridiculous English teacher for producing a decent piece of work. Trashed my confidence as I was afraid to try hard again and risk further humiliation. The stupid person would be sued if that happened now. I might hunt her down as it goes. I wonder if she's still alive. |
That happened to me, I was supposed to get the marks back if my next assignment was deemed good enough. Pah. And I once wrote a short story about Special Branch illegally investigating CND and being intimidating, back in the day. It was marked down for being a ridiculous premise for a story.....until there was a news item about people being followed about by Special Branch officers after attending CND meetings,... apparently it was then my style that was the problem. Crushed by the man. I coulda’ been a contender, I coulda’ been somebody...etc... | | | |
fao cheaty parents on 20:36 - Oct 28 with 3239 views | jeera |
fao cheaty parents on 20:19 - Oct 28 by eireblue | That happened to me, I was supposed to get the marks back if my next assignment was deemed good enough. Pah. And I once wrote a short story about Special Branch illegally investigating CND and being intimidating, back in the day. It was marked down for being a ridiculous premise for a story.....until there was a news item about people being followed about by Special Branch officers after attending CND meetings,... apparently it was then my style that was the problem. Crushed by the man. I coulda’ been a contender, I coulda’ been somebody...etc... |
Mine was a poem when I was 11. But otherwise identical in every way. | |
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fao cheaty parents on 20:46 - Oct 28 with 3222 views | Alexwaddell |
fao cheaty parents on 20:36 - Oct 28 by jeera | Mine was a poem when I was 11. But otherwise identical in every way. |
Haha I did that too created these great works of art for my son and in the end teachers just said destroy them all and the kids did that......wasn't much fun for the school cleaners!!!! | |
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fao cheaty parents on 21:37 - Oct 28 with 3176 views | Swansea_Blue | Booo, spoilsport. Just as I was over half way through my full scale model of the universe using just tissue paper and washing up bottle tops. | |
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fao cheaty parents on 21:40 - Oct 28 with 3166 views | jeera |
fao cheaty parents on 21:37 - Oct 28 by Swansea_Blue | Booo, spoilsport. Just as I was over half way through my full scale model of the universe using just tissue paper and washing up bottle tops. |
Just the one Universe? #slacker | |
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fao cheaty parents on 21:41 - Oct 28 with 3162 views | Swansea_Blue |
fao cheaty parents on 21:40 - Oct 28 by jeera | Just the one Universe? #slacker |
Just for now. Earth only took me 7 days, so I thought I’d just keep going. | |
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fao cheaty parents on 21:50 - Oct 28 with 3138 views | jeera |
fao cheaty parents on 21:41 - Oct 28 by Swansea_Blue | Just for now. Earth only took me 7 days, so I thought I’d just keep going. |
The first few days must have been a nightmare. What with not being able to see n'all. | |
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fao cheaty parents on 22:31 - Oct 28 with 3099 views | StokieBlue | Agree entirely. Teach your child chess. It has everything, maths, geometry, logical thinking and even better if the school has a chess club. If you have two teach the oldest and let them teach the youngest. SB [Post edited 29 Oct 2019 8:50]
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fao cheaty parents on 22:38 - Oct 28 with 3083 views | factual_blue |
fao cheaty parents on 21:41 - Oct 28 by Swansea_Blue | Just for now. Earth only took me 7 days, so I thought I’d just keep going. |
Did Slartibartfast help you with the fjords? [Post edited 28 Oct 2019 22:38]
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fao cheaty parents on 22:40 - Oct 28 with 3078 views | StokieBlue |
fao cheaty parents on 22:38 - Oct 28 by factual_blue | Did Slartibartfast help you with the fjords? [Post edited 28 Oct 2019 22:38]
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I thought you were Slartibartfast. I bet you love Norway. SB | |
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fao cheaty parents on 05:10 - Oct 29 with 3007 views | textbackup | have your kids ever asked if you could help them make an empty trophy cabinet..... as i know where you could find one to copy the design from | |
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fao cheaty parents on 10:26 - Oct 29 with 2862 views | Ewan_Oozami |
fao cheaty parents on 22:40 - Oct 28 by StokieBlue | I thought you were Slartibartfast. I bet you love Norway. SB |
Longest coastline on the European mainland - and don't get me started on fractals! | |
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fao cheaty parents on 12:11 - Oct 29 with 2802 views | eireblue |
fao cheaty parents on 10:26 - Oct 29 by Ewan_Oozami | Longest coastline on the European mainland - and don't get me started on fractals! |
Surely, once started, you could look a bit more closely and find a nice straight bit to finish on. | | | |
fao cheaty parents on 12:55 - Oct 29 with 2750 views | Sikamikanico | I used to detest art class. Have absolutely no interest in it. One day I was drawing a fish using chalk on black paper. Apparently it was looking good (for me) as the teacher got all excited and started offering pointers (she never gave me any time normally). In the end she changed a little bit herself. And then a bit more. Before you know it she has touched up the drawing so it was no longer my work. She marked her own work a B. | | | |
fao cheaty parents on 13:20 - Oct 29 with 2720 views | Tangledupin_Blue |
fao cheaty parents on 21:41 - Oct 28 by Swansea_Blue | Just for now. Earth only took me 7 days, so I thought I’d just keep going. |
Seven days eh? God did it in six. | |
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fao cheaty parents on 16:17 - Oct 29 with 2648 views | GeoffSentence |
fao cheaty parents on 13:20 - Oct 29 by Tangledupin_Blue | Seven days eh? God did it in six. |
Didn't he take a rest on day seven? Maybe that's why the world is rather less than perfect. Thankfully SwanseaBlue is a bit more of a grafter, putting a bit more time and trouble in to sort out all those teething troubles. | |
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