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Category Archives: ranting or raving
Tax, benefits, morality and #spartacusreport
I’ve been arguing with the HMRC website this afternoon. It’s coming up to the deadline for SA returns, and even though I’m fairly sure I don’t owe anything, I have to submit on time or I get a £100 fine. … Continue reading
Can you imagine it?
Yesterday I posted about the spartacus report and the government welfare reform bill and what you can do about it. I tweeted lots, watched the post views triple, emailed my MP, signed and shared the epetition, was featured by Mumsnetbloggers, … Continue reading
I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take this any more.
I read an article in the Guardian last night. It had chilling echoes for me of a previous situation where a government decided they didn’t like something and would legislate against it, regardless of the actual facts of the situation. … Continue reading
Book related rant – is Harry Potter really all that?
I’ve just, courtesy of twitter, come across the latest words of wisdom from a politician on reading. The headline is All children should read Harry Potter books by 11, says minister The actual quote is “By the end of primary … Continue reading
I have been accused of neglect.
Again. Oh no, it’s not the first time. No, it’s not me personally. It’s worse than that in a way. It’s yet another invidious slight against the home education community. This time at the hands of the TES (times educational … Continue reading
When do charity requests cross the line?
Last night Big returned home from Guides with the instruction that they’ve to take £1.50 in next week as they are going to buy Innocent Smoothies and knit hats for them for charity. This confused me on several levels. First … Continue reading
Some things make me cross.
Actually, quite a lot of things make me cross. I do a fair bit of ranting offline, and I used to do a fair bit on here too. I don’t know where the rant mode has gone. I think it’s … Continue reading
Things I didn’t buy today.
This is a t shirt for a 2 year old. It appears to have a built in garotte. I thought that was a nice touch. Brand name called out to me too. Not. Am I just hopelessly old fashioned? Two … Continue reading
Baby led weaning.
So there’s a new report out is there, that now says exclusive breast feeding until six months could be a problem. I haven’t read the report. I’m not going to. I haven’t even read any of the newspaper articles about … Continue reading
Won’t you think of the children?
There’s a journalist on twitter this afternoon rehashing old ground and proposing that home ed families should submit to monthly visits to ensure that their children are safe and not being abused. Leaving aside the issue of how a quick … Continue reading
School, huh, yeah, what is it good for?
Despite appearances to the contrary, given that we home educate, I’m not actually anti school per se. I’m just not sure I can see the point of it. And I think that there are an awful lot of ppl with … Continue reading
A quick rant.
I’ve been inspired by an article in a newspaper to have a quick end of year rant. Toby Young is displaying his educational ignorance in the Independent. As the father of three boys under five, I share the Government’s concerns. … Continue reading
The story of the carpark.
We went to the park this afternoon, as I mentioned. After a couple of hours we headed back to the car, to discover that someone had been there before us. Someone who had smashed the passenger side window and taken … Continue reading
Excluding four year olds
Schools need not expel under 7s In the report, The Exclusion From School of Children Aged Four To Seven, Ofsted said most children “responded well to the school’s expectations”, but a few found this difficult. In the BBC report on … Continue reading
Politicising the offspring.
This afternoon Big and I have wrapped IT and civics together by sitting down to talk through and complete her response to the current review on home education. Her identifier was 1103, so the numbers are climbing steadily this week, … Continue reading
Waste of money
We have just received through the post four separate envelopes, each containing three pages (printed on each side at least) about “the development of a New Health Centre” in town. I’ve yet to work out what is wrong with the … Continue reading
This is a good one.
Garden Organic outraged at plans to charge schools and community groups for composting I am frequently very annoyed that homes are practically blackmailed into recycling, sorting out waste, composting and all the rest, and you go to work or school, … Continue reading
Christmas no 2 and a birthday.
It’s Princess’s birthday today, so we gathered in a softplay area and gave her presents. We gave her a pack of books and an England supporter kit, and other ppl just kept on giving. I lost count of how many … Continue reading
Not adding up
I have been struggling to keep the joint bank account under control for some time now, and tonight, in a moment of clarity, I suddenly realised why. We have two credit cards with one provider and my understanding was that … Continue reading
UK’s renewable energy efforts ‘ineffective’ | Environment | The Guardian
UK’s renewable energy efforts ‘ineffective’ | Environment | The Guardian Britain ranked 31st in the cost league of 35 countries, prompting criticism from environmental group Greenpeace. “Our renewables industry has been left to wither on the vine while our European … Continue reading


