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| Thread ID: 125540 | 2012-07-04 23:32:00 | Pre School eduacation. | mzee (3324) | PC World Chat |
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| 1286013 | 2012-07-05 03:59:00 | In my day we went to Primary school aged about eight. We had pre-primary schools from about 5 to 8. These were private and there was no compulsion to attend. They went over the top! Besides reading and writing, we were doing maths, geometry, and algebra at the age of seven!! At primary school we wasted hours on learning Latin and French, and how Henry 8th beheaded his many wives. At the same time we were were not allowed to speak or learn the native language, Swahili. Much like the attitude they had in New Zealand regarding Maori. |
mzee (3324) | ||
| 1286014 | 2012-07-05 06:31:00 | For an eduacation [sic] thread we're not doing too bad ... disadvantage in not going - subject but an indeterminate predicate But the again - huh? brake - break :devil Whoops, my bad :rolleyes: |
ChazTheGeek (16619) | ||
| 1286015 | 2012-07-05 07:38:00 | Id also say there are families where there are no toys, or books in there house's, just TV's, PS2 / 3 or Xbox's......... and a lot i work with dont have computer's either. One Maori guy who has written a book or two (can't remember his name) was giving away books to kids and I will never forget the look on this little Maori boys face as he received one. Priceless. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1286016 | 2012-07-05 07:58:00 | . . . Maybe breeding permits should be introduced, some of the conditions being that the parents are literate, married, financially stable . Some councils insist you prove you are a fit and proper person before you can have a dog, - but having kids seems to be still classed as unskilled labour . I guess that is logical to the councils, they derive revenue from dog owners but kids may well be just a liability on the public purse . |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1286017 | 2012-07-05 10:51:00 | I never went to Kindergarten before going to school. My mother stayed at home to look after us kids. Most likely the kids of today who go to Kindergarten are those who have working mothers. I cannot remember being disadvantaged by not going to kindergarten maybe because it was a long time ago. Both my sons have attended Kindey, I am blown away by how much this expanded their world, mentally and socially. Line em up beside children who have only known the family home since birth and the difference is profound. if anything I consider it either selfish or lazy mothers who don't send there kids along. And I made an effort to introduce numbers, letters, and the real world to my kids, Still do introduce and discuss new topics and concepts with them, But that doesn't compare to my 4 year old telling me all the names of the planets, what order they are in and how big each one is, and then wanting to debate if Pluto is a planet or not...And how the heck does the moon create the tides? So I tell him about gravity, Turns out he knows all about gravity and tells me what happens on the moon..... when the youngest finishes I'm going to personally thank each staff member, what they do is awesome. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 1286018 | 2012-07-05 10:57:00 | I was brought up outside with no TV or computer. Read every night when I could read myself, before that mum used to read to us. Spent most of my time running around outside, I could spot and dodge a patch of gorse or blackberry on the sprint. When I had mates around i'd be off up the hill barefoot in a flash, i'd look back behind me and they would be still picking their way up slowly WITH shoes :D As a kid I hated no TV, thought mum was old fashioned and all that. Once I left primary I didn't really care about it that much, realized there were better things to do. Now preparing to finish 7th form I couldn't feel better about my upbringing, I'm a prefect in the Junior boarding house and over the last few years the kids have become more and more wussy if you like. All wrapped in cotton wool. It's terrible, the stuff we used to get up to makes them shudder. All they do is play computer games and crap. My kids (if i'm privileged/cursed enough to have 'em :p) are gonna hate growing up with no TV or internet in the younger years but I am glad and proud to have been brought up as close to proper as you can get these days. In fact I would have prefered to have been 18 entering the 50's. Got a decent job and lived a decent life. Maybe had a play with the tech when it rolled around in the 90's/2000's but other than that had a solid time. I also think the cane should be brought back, pain is a great educator, breaking the rules and being told to sit in a corner does piss all, as it used to be in the boarding house, being up after lights out would find you face to face with a 7th or 6th former with a cricket bat and 2x fists. No, we didn't like it but you knew, out of bed = pain so you ran the risk, yeah we got beat a few times, didn't like it at all but looking back it shaped us to who we are and gave us respect. I hate to think what sort of a world is less than a generation behind. The fact I am part of a generation that's causing a collapse isn't too comforting either :( |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1286019 | 2012-07-05 21:57:00 | My early childhood is an interesting one here. Went to a playcenter until I was 5. But, I'm homeschooled, have never gone to school. | Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1286020 | 2012-07-05 23:08:00 | Mate I feel very sorry for you. School is heaps of fun. :) | ChazTheGeek (16619) | ||
| 1286021 | 2012-07-05 23:18:00 | Mate I feel very sorry for you. School is heaps of fun. :) Which part because I never found sitting in a classroom heaps of fun. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1286022 | 2012-07-05 23:20:00 | Mate I feel very sorry for you. School is heaps of fun. :) Yea, well being home-schooled is okay too. I could go to school if I wanted, just always haven't as I'm worried that there will be a slight difference in the stuff taught, so there will be some stuff I'm behind on. But, ah well. |
Nick G (16709) | ||
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