Maria87

On 26/05/2018 at 00:55, Lisa O`Brien said:

I have a good friend I have known since primary and secondary school. Although we were not really close while at school, over the years via social media we have become so. We have opened up to each other and confided in each other. She is warm, kind, caring and a wife and mother to three wonderful sons. Her youngest, who is now eight years old, has been home schooled by her for the past two years. The child claimed to have had his head shoved down a toilet by older children and he cried and refused to return to school. The school investigated and found no evidence whatsoever that the incident ever took place. However my friend, like most mothers wanted to do what was best for her child. The boy begged his parents not to send him back to school. Instead of finding a different school for him, they ( mainly the mother) have kept him off school ever since. The school used to telephone and threaten them with prosecution all the time, but now over a year has passed and they have stopped ringing. She has a set itinerary for him each day and she plans his lessons at specific times. She also takes him to trampolining lessons and nature lessons/trips to places and meet ups with other home schooled children. She said she has not seen her son as happy in years. Now this is my dilemna and I have had it for over a year now. My friend's spelling, punctuation and grammar are awful. Every post she makes, almost on a daily basis, are littered with the most basic of spelling mistakes and grammar mistakes. Really basic things. Now i'm not perfect at the English language; far from it. Yet I am not educating an eight year old daily either. I am concerned she doesn't realise and is passing those errors on to her youngest. In every post she puts commas where apostrophes are supposed to be and vice versa. For instance when she writes we've, instead she writes we,ve. When she writes i'm , instead she writes i,m. Today she wrote "On are way home" instead of our. Now, i'm assuming that nobody has so far pointed any of this out to her. Do I say something, in the nicest way possible? For the sake of her educating her young son? As a 50 year old, it probably no longer matters how her spelling and grammar are. Yet to that little boy, when I think of how she must be teaching him the wrong things, it makes me concerned. If he goes to a school when he is 11, ( and she said she will decide nearer the time whether to continue home-schooling him at that age or not), how far behind is he going to be? Am I doing her and her son a massive disservice in NOT saying something now before he gets any older? Will she be offended and upset I have pointed this out to her? Will she be upset if or when her son reaches secondary school and is unable to spell or use grammar correctly, that nobody had the decency to tell her beforehand? If it was me and it was my child being educated at home by me, if I were making such simple mistakes in my teaching with him I would jolly well want to know, sooner rather than later. I haven't seen her face to face to speak to in over 30 years. So I don't know how she would take it. Do I say nothing, and just let her carry on ? What would other people do? Many thanks. ( Sorry it's so long). x

i would talk to her in a kind manner and make sure she undertands you want the best for her and her sons. This is sad, as i know what you mean and feel, as i have same friend. He is a highly-qualified manager, but when he sends any email without commas and full stops it is confusing. I talked to him and he started taking care about this more than before.

On 28/11/2017 at 06:59, Melody said:

So it's finally happened.

 

Are people over there interested? Of course it's news over here, with Meghan Markle being American and all, but I'm not seeing much interest among Facebook friends other than in specific royalty groups.

my sis and I were so interested in that wedding, first, we adore the Suits and we adored the Mike and Megan couple, and the fact that she left the show was heartbreaking. On the other hand, who would do otherwise?) Stay on the show or marry the prince, hmm, let me think!))

I am looking for a dance school in Dubai, i found several, but couldnt choose any. Have you heard about Dance for You dance school?

https://dubaidance.com/ They have ballroom dances so i wanted to search some info about this school.

On 14/05/2018 at 14:13, penelopesimpson said:

How about worst costumes while we're at it?

 

I'll nominate Macrae's grey underpants in the recent Twyla Tharp.

 

Prize for most fuss about nothing goes to Erdem.

the worst costume ever was at my dancing competition in Toronto, my aunt told me she would make me one "amazing constume" i was so excited that i dint care much about the procces of making , but when i saw the result i was shocked, as it was not that i was expecting at all, though my aunt asked me few details upwards. Anyway, that costume made me feel uncomfortable..

On 17/05/2018 at 13:04, MRR said:

Link to the rehearsal:  http://www.roh.org.uk/news/watch-insights-into-the-royal-ballets-new-swan-lake

thank you for the link!

Thank you for the link

oh, yeah, i am a big cricet fan! I play cricet for a few years, but i adore it alot.