11 January 2009
21:0712560And they get away with it.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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11 January 2009
23:0112568susan
i am confused here, you have always rattled on about your poor upbringing ( a farm where the nearest clean water was a days walk), council house, working for the old gpo answering calls etc.
now we discover that you sent your son to public school.
something does not ring true here.
12 January 2009
07:2812574I heard it was a shoebox in the middle of the motorway, where they lived, Howard. Nobbut a pebble to eat for supper and gravel for breakfast.
DT1- Location: Dover
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12 January 2009
08:5512581Reading back on your last post Sue, does you son work for Father Christmas?
Absolutely Bern, the drugs problems in public school is escalating, and we're not talking about little Johny from the local comprehensive getting caught smoking cannabis. But then again some of the kids at public school have connections in organised crime, half the reason their parents can afford it! They don't talk posh Sue, but they get a better deal...excuse the pun! ...and under a wholey privatised system they would probably be 'entitled' to a better level of care. Not like the non-drug using peasant types!
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
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12 January 2009
09:5612584Howard I did live in the country ,our home had very basic facilities .My husband also grew up in a low income family .WE both had drive and ambition and yes my son did go to Public school on merit .I can see hopefully both sides of the story and it is up to an individual to make the most of what they have .It wasnt a council house Howard my parents were well into their seventies before they qualified meanwhile we had a tin bath and an outside loo,not quite your public school image is it .A very good article in the Daily Mail today .I fear for the future we cannot all be leveled down we need to have inspirations and dreams .No not those Oxford ones .
Bern yes I think we do share some ideals .I think you are better at the debate ,however Im a very determined person and I will always work for what I believe in .Im sure you are the same my daughter has a hand on approach sees first hand what problems are .Im the same I look at problems then try to sort them out .I cant resolve everything ,and sometimes the answer has to be No I like the bleating part because we are slowly turning into a Nanny state ..
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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12 January 2009
20:1912630susan
how did he get to public school in the first place?
i am not referring to the method of transport(you could never have afforded to purchase footwear for the young scallywag), did posh barry have the contacts to get him in?
incidentally, is it true what they say about the erm er erm er showers?
Brian Dixon
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12 January 2009
21:4712657probably howard.
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
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12 January 2009
22:4012674Since you ask Howard on a scholarship.He could have gone to The Grammar School for Boys but opted for Public School .
DT1- Location: Dover
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12 January 2009
22:4512675Was the scholarship awarded for the hardest working child in his primary school?
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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13 January 2009
07:2912686Does it matter DT1. He won a scholorship, which means he got it on merit - isn't that what all the left wing grumbles are about ?
Roger
DT1- Location: Dover
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13 January 2009
11:5512703Of course it matters Roger, it's a leading question!
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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13 January 2009
18:0412730Why ??
Roger
