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Thought for the Day!

I was looking at the notice-board in the local primary school, where I go to listen to the children read, and saw the following notice. Before you speak - THINK: T = is it true? H = is it helpful? I = is it inspiring? N = is it necessary? K = is it kind? How pleasant our world would be if we could all live up to these standards! 🙂 I have to say that the children are some of the nicest, politest children I know and the school got an "Outstanding" in their latest Ofsted report.


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7th Feb 2018 18:00:31 (Last activity: 7th Feb 2018 18:36:13)
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Response from CaroleAH Original Poster made on 7th Feb 2018 18:36:13
Well, Lochinvar - I had to Google tawse! It sounds like a medieval instrument of torture - and probably felt like it! I wonder if Elizabeth flirted to put you off your work 🙂 but at least you, no doubt, were able to keep the book whereas she probably had to return the silver cup for the next year's winner.
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1st Feb 2018 15:22:45 (Last activity: 1st Feb 2018 16:56:25)
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Response from CaroleAH Original Poster made on 1st Feb 2018 16:56:25
Sadly, that seems to be true, Lionel. I remember being able to leave coats, outdoor shoes, gym kit etc hanging on a cloakroom peg and they stayed there. These days in secondary schools, the children have to carry all their stuff round with them from class to class. Although I wouldn't say that I feared my teachers, I certainly had a healthy respect for them! My granddaughter couldn't believe that when I was at primary school in the late 1950s, we had a headmaster who used to hit pupils across the palm of the hand with a ruler. Nowadays they would be charged with assault!
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