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HELP !

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avenanap · 23/02/2008 21:56

Hi, I'm not sure if this is in the right thread, ds (8) has been offered some work with a radio station. He's bright and articulate, however, he can be one of those energetic, obnoxious, over enthusiastic boys when he chooses and I am concerned about him embarassing his school. I need to phone and let them know tomorrow, have no idea whether to let him or not.

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avenanap · 23/02/2008 22:26

. Still need some help

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pooodle · 23/02/2008 22:37

let him go avenanap, if gets a bit silly then thats the schools job to deal with it, you cant if your not there!

they are only kids for a short time, let them have as many experiences as they can

he wont thank you for it when hes older if you say no and he finds out what a fab time they had!

stop worrying

dippydeedoo · 23/02/2008 22:39

im sure school know what his character let him go -he sounds the same as most little boys ...bjesus us mums fret dont we?

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avenanap · 23/02/2008 22:39

I'm taking him. They know nothing about it, well, until they read the email I sent. It's a private school, very high behaviour standards, apart from my ds! Thanks though. It's him and a journalist going head to head on ds's topic. Shit!

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pooodle · 23/02/2008 22:45

ha! good luck son and good luck journalist

(have you thought about resorting to bribery/threats to ahem encourage good behaviour?)

dippydeedoo · 23/02/2008 22:46

im sure he will be fine!! id be dead proud

dippydeedoo · 23/02/2008 22:47

forgot to ask.....whats the topic?

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avenanap · 23/02/2008 22:49

Yes. They've never worked before. One sign of a swivel chair and all my nagging goes out of the window. He's very bright and articulate but can lose the plot and become a handful very quickly. Bugger . He's promised he'll be nice but I fall for it every time, I have a feeling that he'll make a complete tit of things but I'm trying to hope for the best. I'm not sure what his school will say though. Shit!

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avenanap · 23/02/2008 22:51

Topic's anything my ds chooses. It'll be Harry Potter or Star Wars as he's a complete expert. I just hope it's not live so they can edit it if they need to. I feel bad, thinking he'll stuff up. I want to be able to think he'll be ok.

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dippydeedoo · 23/02/2008 22:53

he wont stuff up hun hes only 8 - they will be prepared for him im sure -stop worrying xxxx

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avenanap · 23/02/2008 22:56

Hmmm (cringing in the chair). How would you explain this to the head given he probably thinks ds is a bit of a liability?

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dippydeedoo · 23/02/2008 23:00

well its weekend and not in school time or hours and if he thinks your son is a liability then imo (sorry) he should either stop taing your crisp ten pound notes school fees and say it or he should wake up see its 2008 and understand the workings of a 8 yr olds mind....any 8 yr old whos confident and competent enough to go on radio gets my vote and respect.

dippydeedoo · 23/02/2008 23:00

i didnt mean that offensively btw ..... i love kids with life in them ....

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avenanap · 23/02/2008 23:04

They want him monday morning. I've got to phone them tomorrow to let them know. Stuff it. I'll just have a shot or three of brandy and keep my fingers crossed. I may be home educating next week but you can't have it all can you? He does ask some really good questions though, when he feels like it. Bugger!

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avenanap · 23/02/2008 23:07

He's got life, and lots of it. We met a journalist in the city centre who asked him some questions about the immigration tests that the government were introducing. The onlookers were in stitches. It was the journalist who asked him if he wanted to be on the radio. He's so excited but I'm ....concerned.

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dippydeedoo · 23/02/2008 23:09

aveanap i home school ds3 hes 7 send him here if he gets expelled lol .....im dying to know how it goes

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avenanap · 23/02/2008 23:15

Haa, thanks. I hope I'll be so drunk I don't care . I couldn't home school him, he'd drive me bonkers. He's just under level 5 for maths sats, above for english and science. I have no idea what to do for him so he's got to stay there. Shit. Well, it'll give them some publicity anyway, may not be good, may be excellent. I'll find out on Monday. Got to laugh really. I've been told before that he'll be well known. God help me!

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dippydeedoo · 23/02/2008 23:25

lmao @ you......

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avenanap · 23/02/2008 23:27

Thankyou.

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avenanap · 29/02/2008 17:49

Was about a 6/10. he wouldn't shut up and called his old school rubbish but wasn't too bad. The poor presenter could answer 1/3 of his questions. However, the head's asked me to see him on Monday . It may be either this, his antisocial behaviour, the PE teachers pissed off with ds, I've done something wrong regarding his next school or about the money I owe them. I wanted him to tell me what it was so I didn't spend all weekend worrying but he was busy. ds has done well in some tests at school last week, 6 marks off a level 5 in maths, level 5 english and science, not bad for an 8 year old but deep down I know it's going to be bad. I'm really tearful and want to cry. Still have toothache. Shit.

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pooodle · 29/02/2008 18:12

awww avenanap, sod school for the weekend - and this is coming from a teacher - down a glass or 3 of wine and take a painkiller - its mothers day sunday, just enjoy!

wish my 9 year old was such a genius, mind you hes chuffed to bits to be moved up to a 2a almost 3c for literacy! bless, hes even using commas now! (where did i go wrong????) shit

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avenanap · 29/02/2008 18:19

Thankyou. I can't do wine, I'm taking antibiotics. They don't see the lovely side of him that I get, I'm sick of trying to give them suggestions on how to cope with him when A) he's bored; B) he only mucks around at school; and C) the PE teachers a prick. I just wish he'd have told me if it was a moaning or a nice meeting. Bollocks. You don't want a genius, they cost too much money. I'm trying to work from home because his holidays make it impossible to find a job but I'm broke. I havn't paid this terms fees yet. I'm looking for an unqualified geography teacher job as I've nearly finished an MSc. So sad.

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pooodle · 29/02/2008 18:24

I do want an intelligent kid i do i do i dooooooo!

Eldest son is still a 3 friggin a. He is starting a high achieving secondary in september (mine), thats going to be interesting to say the least.

Can you not do a PGCE instead of going for unqualified teaching? Pay is peanuts compared to qualified but stress is the same. I think you would get a bursary of 9k, i think, plus loads of other brucey bonuses from the uni, well i did when i trained 5 years ago.

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avenanap · 29/02/2008 18:28

I don't know. I need a job now, I've applied for a career development loan but my credit's rubbish so they're probably going to turn me down. It's the school fees, they're killing me. I think there's a charity somewhere that will help but I can't remember what they are called.

You don't want a bright kid, what's a quark? How the hell am I supposto know. Are there really 4 states of matter, the obvious 3 plus plasma? Is plasma a state of matter? I've no idea. I'm going bonkers and I'm going to be bankrupt. Great, oh, and the head wants to talk. Even better. I'm tempted to email and ask him to put me out of my misery.

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scaryteacher · 29/02/2008 18:32

My take on prep school was that if the effort grades were OK, then the attainment was the teacher's problem...and I'm a teacher too. They are trained (or should be) to deal with students of all abilities, and if he is bright should be setting appropriate work for him, or suggesting that he does some peer mentoring, and helps those in his class who aren't understanding things as well as he does. Sometimes 'kidspeak' can help unlock a concept for a student despite the teacher having explained it from first principles a million times! (Well, 5 at least!).

The head probably wants to set up a radio station in school and was so blown away by your DS that he wants him to be a presenter! Hold that thought!