Blogging On The Ragged Edge
Musings of short, female Welsh person with little ambition but to enjoy life…
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- ZentangleWhat is a Zentangle? In a word, a doodle. A structured, contained doodle. The term 'Zentangle' was invented by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas when, one day, Maria described her experience, as she created her art, as feeling timeless, free and engendering a sense of deep well-being'. Rick recognised that she was in a meditative state and so Zent […]
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- Traditional Welsh FoodOften when people think of Wales, they are reminded of mountains and Welsh Male Voice Choirs and railway stations with unpronounceable names (yep, I can say Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch). However, it often takes a little while before visitors realise that Wales has a deep-rooted culinary tradition all of its own. Traditional Roa […]
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- The Original Scrapbox - Storage for CraftersLast year I spent a lot of time and quite a bit of money making a workspace for myself, my laptop, my writing and my art and craft materials. We have a huge bedroom so I bought two 12 drawer storage units, a solid beech work surface, an artist's adjustable table, a comfortable executive chair and a bookcase. I painted and decorated, making it all creamy […]
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Seriousness is not an option…
Good post.
I have a hard time understanding how the school could blame the victim when she was physically assaulted. I’d be suspending kids right and left. Given a chance, I’d expel them, but here they get three chances to straighten up. I’d use some of their chances on not following teacher’s or administration’s directions.
(Wishful thinking, I suppose, but one of Genevieve’s acquaintances from middle school killed himself partly as a result of bullying, so I get worked up about children being abused at school, no matter who the bully is.)
Mer
Our schools regularly blame the victim – they say, “she’s too quiet” or “he’s an obvious target”.. then the bully gets a foreign holiday as a reward for being a psycho. The schools are unable to deal with the problem and it is getting worse. xxxx
I despair when beaurocrats get involved in anything. They start by asking a leading question then use the reply to justify action and interference on their part. It all ends up with the majority well ordered and conscientious citizen/business/organisation being over regulated whilst failing to stop the “bad guys” who will always get away with everything.
Here comes my letter to Ed Balls (up) xx