General Chat

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree often no doubt.
I'd like to think I'd notice if one of my kids turns up with something, in fact my youngest has done swaps a couple of times at school and I know it wasn't fair........one child did much better than the other....so I contacted the mother and sorted it out. They were young enough that I think it was very innocent....hopefully !

My 15 year old had hers stolen a couple of weeks ago from the changing rooms, there were others laying about but picked hers??

I asked her if she takes her phone to school a (Blackberry) yep she does??? If she looses it she will not get another from me but I will still have to pay for her contract...She has a weekend job so perhaps she ought to put money by for these unfortunate things that happen at school these days.

Or perhaps they will learn school is not the place for them unless they are locked away in a secure locker

Just a thought!!

Might not look too attractive but maybe scratching - Property Of - and a few details on expensive items may be offputting to potential thieves (harder to sell on)

Although mother always said "if they want it bad enough they will take label and all"

Tough lesson to learn though, sorry for your lad
:-(

Thanks everyone.
As for his phone, he pays for that himself every month $20 from his grass cutting in the summer and snow clearing in the winter - though not much of that this year...yet ! He knows if he can't pay it one month he's lost it....tough again....sure but it teaches him to budget his money.

sorry to hear about this, Caroline!

Hi Sylvia,
there's worse things happen at sea !!
He'll live and maybe just maybe he'll do some school work now rather than sit there glued to the bloody thing......reports cards were just out need I say more =0)

:-) :-)


no report cards on this side ...... teachers are not on strike, but are only doing teaching, not administration


think many students might be very happy :-D

Let's put it this way then....I think my oldest would love to live on your coast not ours !!
Now we have to choose his courses for next year.......and he's reaching really high which is good but will he cope or be swamped ?!
Interestingly enough he wants to study Canadian law amongst other things....maybe there is a brain waking up in there somewhere....maybe the theft was a good thing after all !!

possible!