Do your thing Skinman {KAN}

Hi'
Iv'e just stopped doing cartwheels long enough
to tell all you {kan} members...how excited I
am to have a voice in the forum.

I hope you will join me in discussing...what I hope
will be varied and Interesting topics...that I'm sure
will keep you glued to your seats.

I'd like to thank Christine for Inviting me on to
her forum.

As she has already mentioned in her "Daddy gave
me the keys" post= please be mindful of the rules..

No swearing- name calling- biting- or kicking- when
replying to a post/ topic.

Please join us in what I'm sure will be a lively and
hopefully Interesting section.

YOURS TO THE BONE.

SKINMAN.

If you ask school- children nowadays
"How do you like school?"...most after
not much thought will say.."School stinks.

I think It's because there is not enough
stimulus In class.

With our so called (age of technology)
It seems It's more fun to miss out
school...stay at home and play games
on your computer than follow the school
curriculum.

Imagine what appropriate design programming
with proper levels of funding could do to motivate
young people into a meaningful career.

Something like a simulator to excite students
about becoming a pilot--or a virtual world that
takes children to the bottom of the ocean- to
explore...or another technology that would
allow students to make a virtual trip beyond
the bounderies of our own planet.

Just imagine what we could accomplish with
such an effort.

We might turn schools into a place where
children want to be every day.

A place that is exciting because of what
would be available to them.

A place where no pupil would dream of
staying home because of what they might
miss.

JUST Imagine!.

Hi skinman

Interesting thoughts I'll say and I think you are absolutely right. The interest and enjoyment of being in school seems to be gone.

Personally I think it would be so great if everybody could know exactly what they want to learn, and that would keep them motivated and interested in what they are doing and enjoying it.

As for my days in school some years ago, yes I enjoyed up to the point when I realised I didn't know what I wanted to do in life. Buuuut when I found out what I wanted to learn and do for a living, I went ahead and did it, and have never enjoyed it more being in school.

Hoping to see you more on COD4

David

Yooo Skinman,

I agree with you aswell but there is a big but

It's up to the parents to get the childs interest in school from when they are babies, playing with them reading to them etc, and especially praising them on their achievements, like I pin up on the wall my drawings from playschool and now school. Parents have the task to keep the interest going and guide the child the best way possible.

As far as i remember i never found it very exciting going to school.

I don't say, that's the way it should be, but i doubt many more pupils enjoyed
school in the past than nowadays.

hi all...

Well I left school in the dark
old days of 1962..at the ripe
old age of fifteen.

Already holding down two jobs
...delivering milk.before school
paper round after. the main
Incentive in going to school
was a sense of fear of (if you
are old enough to remember)
capital punishment ie. the cane
or the belt..still sends shivers down
my spine. the education part was good
we had the three r's.. sport (which I
loved...as for the tech side.....
we all had a pencil and some rich guy
in the class had his own eraser.

I think we have come along way
since then..maybe too far as regards
to the lack of control with pupils .
but I agree that many problems stem
from a lack of control by the parents.

the biggest part of the solution always
boils down to the same question....
WHERE'S THE MONEY GOING TO COME
FROM...priorities eh.....

I presently have twenty mgs.
I think £50 is a wee bit expensive.
wish I had the hundred mgs.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7783838.stm

agree on the discipline theory, kids today know the teachers cannot really do anything and even if your expelled, some leftie will blame on the child not having enough holidays etc etc and send him on one, and then let him back in cause its not his fault he was beating up people and such likes....

You can't believe the words that just
came out of your mouth.

You certainly didn't mean to insult
the lady in line ahead of you...

But it's too late now..what business
is it of yours..how many packets of
biscuits she buys?.

She's staring at you now..angrily.

You feel a sudden jolt as your
heart rate increases...you have a
coppery taste in your mouth..and
your cheeks begin to feel warm.

You..my friend are embarrassed..
and your blushing because of it.

When I was young I used to blush
for the simplest of reasons.

If a girl spoke to me I'd blush..
If anybody spoke to me I'd
blush!.

I didn't realise it till I got older
that it was all down to confidence.

Even at my age now...on certain
occasions...Iv'e still let the odd
blush slip out.

I read where one lady blushed
when she saw any colour white
(strange eh?).

Another had to pinch herself
to try and stop blushing...she
ended up all black and blue.

Then another lady blushed so
much..her glasses steamed up.

I must admit..sometimes when
I look at a female now...my
glasses steam up.

I wouldn't necessarily put that
down to blushing.

What makes you blush?.

Things that make me blush:

1. An intelligent man when he speaks
2. Complimenting my eye color
3. Whispering sweet nothings into my ear
4. A compliment in general. I am truly a humble person (yes! it's true)
5. When Jugador! looks into my eyes.

Everyone thinks because I am loud or bold that I am not shy but it takes me forever to truly warm up to people. That is why I have always relied on humor as a defense mechanism.

Ah, the cat is out of the bag now! LoW has put her kryptonite out there for the world to see. Oh my!

cough! splutter! chokes on coffee,my god the lady blushes!!
next your be telling us that your quite shy and rather humble.......wait a min....... dam!!

i like you lady, have always used humour as a defence mechanism and know exactly where your comming from.I guess i use it to conceal my true personality,in case people dont like what they find,i suppose its a lack of confidence in ones own self,and i suspect is quite a common condition.It takes a while for the barriers to come down,to reveal the real person.
many have tried but only a few have succeded,my wife being one of them.is that love?who knows anyways thats another question
not much makes me blush but public speaking i hate.been best man 3 times at friends weddings and hated making speeches,red faced throughout the whole miserable experiance,damn never again! except, as my wife loves to remind me,my daughter gets married,then ill have to make another dam speech and pay for the bleeding wedding as well!!

I read with ammusement that a
devout baptist couple...who
wanted a quiet night in..sat down
with a cup of tea to watch a film
they had bought from a local
supermarket

The film (DORIS DAY in the
PAJAMA GAME).

Instead they were confronted by
Italian sex film (TETTONE CHE
PASSION).

"Some topless young woman
appeared...and started talking in
Italian..It's not what you would
expect from a DORIS DAY film"
said Mrs Brown.

Her husband a retired Doctor said

"He picked up the film...which was
sealed in plastic wrapping for £3
from the bargain bin at a local
supermarket.

"It was a pretty raunchy..explicit film
It certainly pulled no punches"...
said Mr Brown.

"My wife and I were very shocked
but...we watched it until the end..
because we couldn't believe what
we were seeing". ( I wonder if they
watched It twice....just to make
sure?)

"The film became progressivly
more and more graphic...there
was no plot to it...it was just
sex..said Mrs brown".........

I might pop in to see if they still
have it!