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That man above is Will Hay!
Eddie - I am always surprised how old I am. Hiram Holiday was yesterday in comparison to Will Hay but I remember them both. And the original Captain Pugwash.
Will Hay? And enjoyed the "Son Of Paleface" film whilst remembering Bob Hope's Paleface too. Roy Rogers and Jane Russell? And Trigger? Sounds like a weekend indeed.
Yet Harry Patch lost today. Sad. I suggest one of Natures Gentle-men - in both senss of the word - Gentle.
Subject: sounds like a weekend
Anagram: kin wakened - delouses
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I think a look into the negative press and viewpoints that young people recieve in relation to the positive.
This breaks down into a number of areas. Firstly there is the point that young people as a group only appear on the news when there is a stabbing or the next batch of binge drinking statistics are released. Perhaps the odd feature on the news, particularly at a local level, featuring the voluntary work done by a large number of young people. Just to balance things up occaisionally.
Secondly, and this is linked to the first point, there is a distinct belief that teenagers are 'dangerous' and should be avoided. The vast majority of teenagers (and I hope that I can count myself amongst this group) are decent people who won't just stab you for your wallet.
Thirdly, there is the negative attitude to young drivers. Personally, I have noticed that young drivers are far more likely to let me out of junctions, say thank you when I give them space to change lanes, indicate correctly on a roundabout and park in sensible locations (unlike some of the school run mums in their 4x4s). It is seen that by simply making it harder (and more expensive) for young drivers to actually drive, there is no acceptance for a resit of tests, every 10 years for instance. This is, I believe, because a good number of drivers understand that deep down they have developed a range of bad habits and would in fact fail the test.
Whilst these points could all warrant a seperate investigation/discussion I believe that they are all linked by a general negative attitude to young people that is heavily pushed by the media.
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Listening to radio 4 early today , there was mention of a organisation
" Woman @ Work " which I have never heard of ,and this set me wondering
just how much of my tax £ goes to supporting these none productive
quangos, and how many new ones have been spawned since Labour came to power. As we seem to have one for every aspect of our lives, Can radio 4
investigate ?
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Regarding the photograph heading this thread;
"Wheres mi wash board. have yer seen it, have yer, have yer!? Wheres mi washboard"?
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Why when there is so much fuss about shortage of places in clearing is there no suggestion that young people return to college to retake their A levels and improve their grades. Third year sixth was not unusual 35 years ago, my husband did it and ended up getting a joint honours of 2:1 & 1st, yet when he suggested it to a young friend who hadn't done well the thought of returning to her school sixth form was completely unacceptable.
This is where I think the problem lies, we are fortunate to live in an area where there are 2 6th form colleges serving the whole city, amongst my childrens friends one decided at the end of AS that she had picked the wrong subjects so started again and is just about to start her third year, another finished her A levels and realised that she didn't have the ones she needed so is about to start again, a third left school and got an apprenticeship at 16, but now his friends are off to university has decided to return to college to do his A levels, I doubt if any of the above would be doing this if it meant returning to or extending time at school, some I know disliked school so much probably wouldn't have taken A levels if it had meant remaining at school and now are off to university.
Another year at college to make sure that you go on to the right course at the right university should be considered more seriously rather than panicking young people to take anything they can get at clearing.
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