Parents who take their children out of school for holidays

one or two days before term ends, does it harm their education, does it matter.

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Originally Posted by Philbccfc

one or two days before term ends, does it harm their education, does it matter.

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Please don't - not again!

At the end of the summer term I don't see it as a problem at all.

it doesnt just harm the childs education, it harms the whole schools education, pushes the teacher to either drink or drugs and makes the head teacher look sheepishly at the ground

ok i wont, .....btw won`t what?

Reason i posted , just read an article about pupils being excluded for wearing shorts on the hottest day, a while ago some "experts" were saying even one day taken could ruin a childs chances at school. i suppose being excluded doesn`t count as a holiday, (well not for the parents anyway)

you`ve just made that up.

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Originally Posted by Philbccfc

you`ve just made that up.

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No No, not at all, we have learnt that from the Oracle that is CCMB

My daughter is a teacher on the South Coast. A week ago, she and her children stayed with us in Tongwnlais, taking advantage of a two-day inset period.

Have the prospects of these poor children been ruined by the need to train up teachers?

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Originally Posted by Tall Midget

My daughter is a teacher on the South Coast. A week ago, she and her children stayed with us in Tongwnlais, taking advantage of a two-day inset period.

Have the prospects of these poor children been ruined by the need to train up teachers?

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yes they are doomed to a life of being tossed about alot

not by taking 2 inset days, staying in Tongwnlias though, have social services been informed.:hehe:

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Originally Posted by blue matt

yes they are doomed to a life of being tossed about alot

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My grandchildren are NOT midgets!

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Originally Posted by Tall Midget

My daughter is a teacher on the South Coast. A week ago, she and her children stayed with us in Tongwnlais, taking advantage of a two-day inset period.

Have the prospects of these poor children been ruined by the need to train up teachers?

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I've recently had the misfortune to work in Tongwnlais,how the fvck do you put up with it?

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Originally Posted by Philbccfc

not by taking 2 inset days, staying in Tongwnlias though, have social services been informed.:hehe:

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I have to say that when we passed the village school at around 11.00, there was a lot of mobile phone activity by Mums as they glared at us....the Tongwynlais Snitches!

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Originally Posted by goslow

I've recently had the misfortune to work in Tongwnlais,how the fvck do you put up with it?

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I am not pedantic.

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Originally Posted by Tall Midget

My grandchildren are NOT midgets!

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Oh I apologise

I did not know if it was hereditary

just googled it

There are many genetic causes of dwarfism with the most common being achondroplasia which is inherited in a dominant pattern from one parent or the other.

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Originally Posted by Tall Midget

I am not pedantic.

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But you are to be pitied

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Originally Posted by blue matt

Oh I apologise

I did not know if it was hereditary

just googled it

There are many genetic causes of dwarfism with the most common being achondroplasia which is inherited in a dominant pattern from one parent or the other.

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You have made the basic error of confusing dwarfism with being a midget. A little knowledge truly is a dangerous thing - especially when the amateur trawls Wikipedia. I suggest you get your facts right before you offend even more posters than you already have.

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Originally Posted by Tall Midget

You have made the basic error of confusing dwarfism with being a midget. A little knowledge truly is a dangerous thing - especially when the amateur trawls Wikipedia. I suggest you get your facts right before you offend even more posters than you already have.

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it was a quick google

it came from the National Human Genome research institute

Donna Krasnewich, M.D., Ph.D.: First, the word midget is not the right clinical word for individuals who have short stature, the correct word is dwarfism. There are many genetic causes of dwarfism with the most common being achondroplasia which is inherited in a dominant pattern from one parent or the other. This gene is called FGFR3.

I guess that could just be the " daliy mail online " of the midget world ? ? ?

after you had gone to so much trouble researching window cleaning, i thought it only polite to spend 5 seconds and look at the first page on google, it was only fair

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I am a teacher at a leading faith-based city college, and the foundation of all our educational philosophy is that the Bible is the word of God and the truth. Consequently, in biology we teach creationism as explained in the book of Genesis, and in mathematics we teach that pi equals 3, as stated in the book of Kings. Anyone pupil who believes in dinosaurs, or who puts 3.14159 into equations for pi is taken into the playground and stoned to death against the boiler-house wall.

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Originally Posted by blue matt

it was a quick google

it came from the National Human Genome research institute

Donna Krasnewich, M.D., Ph.D.: First, the word midget is not the right clinical word for individuals who have short stature, the correct word is dwarfism. There are many genetic causes of dwarfism with the most common being achondroplasia which is inherited in a dominant pattern from one parent or the other. This gene is called FGFR3.

I guess that could just be the " daliy mail online " of the midget world ? ? ?

after you had gone to so much trouble researching window cleaning, i thought it only polite to spend 5 seconds and look at the first page on google, it was only fair

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Do you have any idea how offensive it is to describe me as a dwarf when I am a midget?

"A dwarf is an extremely short adult who is less than 58 inches tall. The word midget is considered derogatory and offensive. Both words describe a short person, but refer to different physical characteristics and genetic conditions.

"Midget" refers to a person who is very short, but normally proportioned. The term midget is now rarely used and is considered offensive. But its usage was very common until the end of the twentieth century. It has given way to "short person" or "little person".

"Dwarf" refers to a person with one of several varieties of a specific genetic condition called dwarfism. A dwarf has disproportion of body parts. This is generally caused by a genetic or nutritional disability. Any adult human below the height of 4'10" (147 cm) is considered a dwarf. With reference to legends or folklore, a dwarf is considered a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man, who lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure."

I am certainly not a tiny old man, who lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure.

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Originally Posted by Tall Midget

Do you have any idea how offensive it is to describe me as a dwarf when I am a midget?

"A dwarf is an extremely short adult who is less than 58 inches tall. The word midget is considered derogatory and offensive. Both words describe a short person, but refer to different physical characteristics and genetic conditions.

"Midget" refers to a person who is very short, but normally proportioned. The term midget is now rarely used and is considered offensive. But its usage was very common until the end of the twentieth century. It has given way to "short person" or "little person".

"Dwarf" refers to a person with one of several varieties of a specific genetic condition called dwarfism. A dwarf has disproportion of body parts. This is generally caused by a genetic or nutritional disability. Any adult human below the height of 4'10" (147 cm) is considered a dwarf. With reference to legends or folklore, a dwarf is considered a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man, who lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure."

I am certainly not a tiny old man, who lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure.

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How are you with 'Imp'?

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Originally Posted by goslow

How are you with 'Imp'?

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Just as long as you don't pity me! I can endure 'imp', but not said in a pitying way...

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Originally Posted by Tall Midget

Just as long as you don't pity me! I can endure 'imp', but not said in a pitying way...

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Best assume he was just being impish :thumbup:

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Originally Posted by Tall Midget

Do you have any idea how offensive it is to describe me as a dwarf when I am a midget?

"A dwarf is an extremely short adult who is less than 58 inches tall. The word midget is considered derogatory and offensive. Both words describe a short person, but refer to different physical characteristics and genetic conditions.

"Midget" refers to a person who is very short, but normally proportioned. The term midget is now rarely used and is considered offensive. But its usage was very common until the end of the twentieth century. It has given way to "short person" or "little person".

"Dwarf" refers to a person with one of several varieties of a specific genetic condition called dwarfism. A dwarf has disproportion of body parts. This is generally caused by a genetic or nutritional disability. Any adult human below the height of 4'10" (147 cm) is considered a dwarf. With reference to legends or folklore, a dwarf is considered a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man, who lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure."

I am certainly not a tiny old man, who lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure.

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the only experience i have with dwarfs and Midgets are the Simpsons

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M37iIlr-zP...1600/11-13.png

it is the horse riding episode, rather good imho

infact thinking back on the issues

they have done another episode ( a quick google says she was called Maya ) moe meets her

http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/...20140326140408

Oh and Max and paddy, Max dated one

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/smbN0haCf1I/hqdefault.jpg


thats it i am afraid, more might come to mind tonight