Captain Chaos is carefully guarding his new great tasting toys.
That Apple Tree needs a serious trim. I had a go today. Managed to fall out of the tree. Bruised shoulder but the fall ended with a fabulous forward role which was perfectly landed. The boy has still got the moves…..
School definitely still has some moves. Sadly not always great ones.
We are in the early stages of a long road trying to manage and help with our son’s serious anxieties. Anxieties about illness, unclean things, viruses and diseases. It’s so easy to tip him further into the realms of excessive hand washing and isolation. Yesterday started off heading a little too close to the rocks. News broke that the small local cafe had to close as two members of staff had tested positive for the pesky pandemic. I’ve managed to keep that from him so far. I can imagine his reaction to the thought that the pandemic was only a couple of miles away.
So while I was managing the news – SCHOOL got to work. Firstly an email was sent to him letting him know that the virus had arrived at the school. Then we got to the Food Technology lesson. All about poisoning, bacteria and viruses associated with food. James was asked to research the main offenders, the symptoms and the associated health risks. So now food has been added to his worry list.
A rather cheesed off email was sent to school…..
And today in Science it was all about diseases. The class being asked to research childhood diseases and viruses. Further they were asked to look at the risk of inherited medical problems.
Thanks that was a big help….
You couldn’t make it up…..
Absolute minefield.
I feel for you both ππ€
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Sadly it is.
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How did you fall out of the tree. Clearly you do not have my tree climbing skills. I need help getting out of a tree. You found the quick water apparently. You need to stop that. Ouch… π
Glad you were able to keep the news from Hawklad so far. Sorry that school wasn’t so careful. π
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Iβm supposed to be a climber as well. π€·ββοΈπ€·ββοΈπ€·ββοΈ
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Talk about traumatizing a kid who’s already battling some trauma…Monsters.
I admire your restraint in simply sending a ‘cheesed off’ email. I’d probably have been on the phone berating everyone from secretaries to principals and superintendents.
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Sadly no answer so was forced into emails.
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I really need to read what I type… quick water? Quick way…
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No. Live on the edge……
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I already live on the edge. It’s a slippery slope. *smirk*
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Itβs more exciting that way. I can see the inner climber in you.
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There IS an inner climber in me.
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I sensed that. π
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Maybe as part of the school’s lessons, include the extras that show how scientists have overcome most things and the processes and procedures they follow. These may alleviate some of the stress that comes from knowing there’s a bad guy, to knowing what to do about the bad guys.
I hope.
they’re still bloody idiots. and inconsiderate. And f’ing stupid!
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Yes thatβs a good idea.
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Wow the blows from that school just keep coming! I’m not certain how schools over there work but in the US we have public cyber schools funded by tax payers like regular brick and mortar public schools… Are there not similar options over there?
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Not really here. Plus schools were asked to switch online education off to force kids back into the classroom.
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Oh ok so unfortunately your options are really limited if there aren’t cyber schools like ours π¦
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Iβm hoping they start to reopen some of the stuff soon.
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Oh geez – that is a whole lot of “nothing helpful.” Our school district has done their part to be transparent when positive cases have been found in the school sports – BUT they thoughtfully chose to send that info to parents only. That stinks yours went to the students. I am still hopeful for Hawklad – and that is a beautiful apple tree!
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We got another email about another positive school case today. Thatβs just kicking any return to school further down the line. It needs a trim though.
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Ugh…I’m sorry. There are so many more interesting, beneficial things to choose from.
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There really is.
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Totally insensitive of the school to follow this line.
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It really is
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Unbelievable. I am glad you sent that email.
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Letβs see if the act on it.
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Seriously?!? What theπ€¬π€¬π€¬π€¬π€¬
Send Hawklad to me, I’ll teach him some real Sciencey Stuff! π
Cagedunn had a great idea too! Smallpox was eradicated, Dr Jonas Salk found the answer to polio… measles, mumps, whooping cough… even HIV/AIDS can be controlled.
Too bad we can’t enter a state of suspended animation and come out after things are better, right? Poor Hawklad, so unbearably anxious, and poor Gary Kermit Superdad, unable to make it all better for his precious Hawklad.
You did the roll though, so HURRAY!ππΌπππ
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Today he got another school email, talking about another positive test in the school. A return to school getting pushed further down the line… xxx
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Awwww π I can totally understand his panic… he already has elevated fears and these things are only making worse
Awww – I wish he could be sheltered from all the bad news βΉοΈ he deserves to have a childhood and the virus is robbing that from him βΉοΈ awwww
Unfortunately right now this is what we face.
Hopefully soon this will be all over
Poor thing βΉοΈπ
Your hands are tied here. You can be supportive but is going to play out
Make sure he is aware you protect him and yourself… make sure he knows that in life sometimes we go through hard things – but they wonβt be forever and as a team you and him can make it through.
But you are going to have to let him have his panic- you arenβt going to be able to clear that until this is over
My prayers for you both π
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Itβs a long process. Just got to be prepared to be dong this fir many months. As long as it takes.
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Total lack of sensitivity
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Complete lack.
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Wow! Whar are they thinking? Clearly they aren’t thinking!
Ouch on the fall, glad it wasn’t worse. Next time you want to practice your forward rolls, don’t be so dramatic about it! LOL! π
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It was an ace roll, just need to get one of my shoulders from hitting the ground so hard. They arenβt thinking clearly x
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Keep practicing. π
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Will do
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School needs to get a grip. Idiots. RUn by idiots.
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I need to retrain in Idiot. Might boost my career path. x
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It just makes me boil, doing classes like this, sending out emails like this. It is like our increasingly descending into twatdom FM up here and that shocking covid video she put out the other week scaring the bejesus out of kids. I spent ages reassuring our grandie who is pretty bouncy and hard core fun, but who was going under, that he could not give us what he did not have and then she does that. There is scant consideration for kids and their wellbeing in all of this.
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Itβs not even considered. Here they have talked about giving kids access to the child mental health services. The very ones they have been cutting for 10 years. There seems to be a definite policy to scare. What happened to policy based on evidence.
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Oh there is a defo policy to scare. When I got to the bottom of how the wee man could quote the ‘death ‘ figures, ( his mum hadn’t wanted to press him–he’s a kid who will tell you in his own time, not before– but he never got it off watching anything on their telly, or ours.) it was off some kids’ video on youtube. A government advert. What the hell was that doing on there? He couldn’t process that. My policy with kids is the one I was brought up with, not to blink in front of them, So I was abso furious. They are the future. Some future if they are all creeping about traumatized.
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They donβt care about the future, itβs just about clinging to power now.
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Oh I think they care about the future all right. THEIRS. And lining their pockets in every way to ensure it.
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Sadly thatβs so true. x
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So when school finally sends out material for lessons it’s all about virus and diseases. I really feel for both of you. Hope you both are as ok as possible today, after school emails and “tree falling”. And I hope the sky today is as blue as in your photo, that the sun shines on both of you …
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You couldnβt make it up.
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My opinion is: Not school at home, but “Home School” and give the idea of all the local school’s hassle and stupidity the old heave ho! Totally relax, step back from their ideas and let the ideas of what to learn come from the beloved boy. You have a legal right to “Home School” and the back up you will get from the community of other “Home Schoolers” will be the help you need.
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P.S. I don’t think you’re suitable material to be a HS2 canopy protestor, if you can fall from a little apples tree. Bless, you’ll live and at least you can be a keyboard warrior against the destruction of said canopy.
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I could be used as a weapon….
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Absolutely right. Iβm convinced itβs the right move but ultimately itβs sobs call.
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Good grief! I’m sorry you had to deal with that. I agree – what were they thinking? Love the picture of the tree, though. It looks happy!
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Thank you. Yes they have a habit of not really thinking before they do stuff.
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How can they be so clueless? It verges on criminal.
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It seems as if school is doing nothing more than affirming the fears your son is already struggling with. A bit of forethought before they hit the ‘send’ button on an email would be helpful. Poor Hawklad! And poor you too. This really goes beyond the pale.
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It should be better than this.
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I often wonder what the hell is happening in our world – pandemic aside, things definitely could use a lot of improvement. I am grateful for people like you though/.
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Itβs madness.
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It is!
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OMG… soooo wow… no words
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No words at all
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Why are they sending the emails to your son and not directly to you? Surely the pupils dint need to be informed of the number of cases in the school? Strange place! X
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And stay away from trees, or ladders, or anything sharp, or anything very hot. In fact, get yourself in a huge duvet and hide behind the sofa …
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Best way really
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Keeping everyone informed I guess.
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Hmm. I get that parents might need to know but the kids? π€·ββοΈ
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I know.
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Wow, that’s all he needed. We didn’t study those kinds of things when I went to school–back in the dark ages. π Too bad they don’t go back to some of the simpler ways of doing school.
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It hasnβt helped.
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Time for you to go completely rogue, pull him out of school and enroll him in your Muppet School of Hard Knocks π
P.S. And where is that spotter? π
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Yes I think that time is coming x
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