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DS1 IS WILFUL!

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LynetteScavo · 04/05/2007 20:47

A few teachers have described my son as wilful, as well as a neighbour who is a head teacher. Can anybody please traslate to me what this really means? ( and no, you don''t have to be polite!)

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thedogsbollox · 04/05/2007 20:50

I think they probably mean that once he decides on a course of action that it is very hard to dissuade him from it.

I suspect that the 'wiful' relates to negative acts, IYSWIM!

WigWamBam · 04/05/2007 20:51

It probably means he's headstrong and obstinate, and would rather do everything his way than do what the teachers tell him.

Which probably describes most of the children in your son's class!

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LynetteScavo · 04/05/2007 21:06
Hmm
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yaddayah · 04/05/2007 21:10

Wikpedia's words not mine :not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority; "disobedient children"

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LynetteScavo · 04/05/2007 21:23

That's more like it!

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