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(DIR) Post #9rUFtqUfqgJvD7KTlw by Camille@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T07:53:21Z
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Private schools criticise plans to get more poor students into university.Rich kids might get discriminated against they cry, not one bit bothered about the actual lack of opportunity for poor kids. đhttps://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/jan/29/private-schools-criticise-plans-to-get-more-poor-students-into-university?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
(DIR) Post #9rUGIHy9Lb5JNFluYC by QuinnLeigh@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T07:57:45Z
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One of the biggest reasons poor kids are put off is the constant barrage of being put down as kids. You can't tell a whole group of people they're shit and then expect them to achieve their potential. And that's without the financial burden and the rest of it - dealing with class bias and the crabs in a bucket syndrome. Can't win. @Camille
(DIR) Post #9rUHIuqysNYpvTHVyK by Formermediocremale@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T08:09:04Z
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@Camille The irony!They are happy for poor kids to be discriminated on grounds of class but not rich kids!
(DIR) Post #9rUIc53jFvgV2BwkSW by FeartnTired@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T08:23:41Z
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but they paid all that money, and compromised their morals etc etc, to become rich in the first place - so that their child will have an advantage. if you make it *fair* they should get a refund. poor dears. @Camille I do wonder what happens to the tutoring kids when they get to uni. they spend secondary having a 1-1 ÂŁ60/hour tutor for all their hard subjects to make sure they get As and into uni. then what?
(DIR) Post #9rUInO52sMG9DGxCKm by Ladyfat@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T08:17:01Z
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I agree, our year at school (an absolutely terrible school by all regards) weâre constantly told by multiple teachersâyou are the worst year weâve ever had, youâre lazy, thoughtless etc etc.â THEN when GCSE results came back they said âyour results are terrible, weâre too ashamed of you to publish them in the local paperâ . I wonder why our GCSE results were terrible ? I think they believed the insults were motivational! đ Bizarre. @QuinnLeigh @Camille
(DIR) Post #9rUInPX5TaHhiX56gK by Camille@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T08:25:47Z
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Agree. Poor kids get told on a regular basis that theyâll never amount to anything. Youâre a kid from a less privileged background aiming to beat the odds? Stand down kid. Youâll never make it anywhere anyway. But the notion that a meritocracy âpunishesâ the privileged is one of the more ridiculous things Iâve heard in a while. I mean, it seems like they issued that statement without irony. Mind you, at least in the UK theyâre paying the economic cost of that privilege in school fees. Here in Ireland we subsidise exclusive fee paying schools. Really. Go figure. đ@Ladyfat @QuinnLeigh
(DIR) Post #9rUJ3fCMzyeGwB8nKq by Ladyfat@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T08:26:14Z
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Ignore the typos (blame the school!) @QuinnLeigh @Camille
(DIR) Post #9rUJ3fUntROTrLlW4G by Camille@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T08:28:44Z
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Câmere, as one who marks third level studentsâ work (most of them from the creme de la creme of the Irish school system) if theyâre not bothered by typos in the work they submit for their degree, I donât know why youâd be bothered about typos on social media!!@Ladyfat @QuinnLeigh
(DIR) Post #9rUJZBNxNWwvjxadg8 by Camille@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T08:34:26Z
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Theyâre the ones who spend their time lodging appeals on the grades they receive, and complaining about the lecturers.I had a student who sent a snotty complaint to the Dept head because they had to go to the library to get a course reading. Imagine! She couldnât just google up a pdf & was outrageously required to schlep into the library! This final year student also told me she âdidnât have time to read booksâ.Thatâs what happens to them.@FeartnTired
(DIR) Post #9rUJbvAi7JMgK6hSdM by SouerTeresa@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T08:14:46Z
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@Formermediocremale @Camille yes apparently theres no such thing as class until the elite are affectedđ¤Ł
(DIR) Post #9rUMIBrgdsZiAQ5KjI by LastEXXitToNowhere@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T08:38:42Z
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@FeartnTired @Camille They try to weaponise the mitigating circumstances policy for everything from Grannyâs death to a stubbed toenail, scrape a 2:2 but get a decent job anyway because Mummy and Daddy can afford to pay their rent and expenses while they do their unpaid internship at that FTSE500 company where âDaddy knows someoneâ.
(DIR) Post #9rUMIC45tkV2mttF4K by LastEXXitToNowhere@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T08:39:23Z
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@FeartnTired @Camille (Yes Iâm working class. Yes Iâm bitter.)
(DIR) Post #9rUMICPMcfVtqrqEDo by FeartnTired@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T08:39:57Z
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I'm sorry you are bitter! but you made it? @LastEXXitToNowhere @Camille
(DIR) Post #9rUMICcpoaHyWe8zDc by LastEXXitToNowhere@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T08:42:58Z
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@FeartnTired @Camille Not to uni - my parents needed me to start working at 18 to contribute to our household income. I had a decent job and was a higher rate taxpayer for a while, until health stuff got in the way. Now I have a less well-paid job and a slightly better work-life balance.
(DIR) Post #9rUMICzATY9Zduap1s by FeartnTired@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T09:00:21Z
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that's a shame, but you did well on your own efforts, so that's good. sorry about health stuff, I have plenty of that getting in the way of ruddy everything. My Mum had to leave home to get work at 16 so she wasn't permitted even to do highers or attempt uni. I never got the chance either. I just wish it didn't go to those who'd waste it or take it for granted. @LastEXXitToNowhere @Camille
(DIR) Post #9rUMIDHxLhBMaBNpJY by LastEXXitToNowhere@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T09:02:46Z
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@FeartnTired @Camille <empathic Spinster hug>One day I like to think Iâd be able to manage an OU degree but if it ever happened it would almost certainly be too late for my parents to see me graduate. Itâs on the bucket list though.
(DIR) Post #9rUMIDb6CWUjXYL79U by Camille@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T09:04:56Z
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I bet theyâd be proud as punch to know youâd enrolled though. And âmatureâ students are always the best students :-)@LastEXXitToNowhere @FeartnTired
(DIR) Post #9rUPHYWpC5pK1tiSLA by QuinnLeigh@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T09:18:46Z
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I started an OU the year before last - you should just do it, even if it's only 1 module a year. It's surprising how quick the time goes. Fees are paid by government so you don't have to worry about that and it's a tiny amount to pay it off unless you're earning a bucket load. @LastEXXitToNowhere @FeartnTired @Camille
(DIR) Post #9rUPHYs5v0qB5rfRUe by FeartnTired@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T09:19:37Z
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ooh! good for you. what are studying? and which country of UK are you in? @QuinnLeigh @LastEXXitToNowhere @Camille
(DIR) Post #9rUPHZAsn9ry28SRmK by QuinnLeigh@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T09:21:03Z
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I'm in Swindon - Art History and Philosophy but thinking of ditching philosophy for history. One of my daughters started doing law at the same time. (she's 24 and I'm 46) @FeartnTired @LastEXXitToNowhere @Camille
(DIR) Post #9rUPHZYzLX9TEtjhLs by Camille@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T09:38:28Z
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No one should have to choose between philosophy & history - two magnificent subjects! However, if youâve got philosophy skills, you can do history alone. đ @QuinnLeigh @FeartnTired @LastEXXitToNowhere
(DIR) Post #9rUPQrn4wmfiNOl5Hc by QuinnLeigh@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T09:40:10Z
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That's the dilemma... they're both incredible subjects. @Camille @FeartnTired @LastEXXitToNowhere
(DIR) Post #9rUPhmil37VrZlnwga by FeartnTired@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T09:23:47Z
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well my Scottish linked trivia is no use to you then đ . you sound very cultured. being very low brow meself. I fancied studying Psychology. Or Dietetics. did computing at college for a while, then sewing. I'm a maker, like to know how things work. So although I like colour and crafts, I'm not an artist and tend to be very 'I like it, I don't like it' about art. not very useful in such a degree! @QuinnLeigh @LastEXXitToNowhere @Camille
(DIR) Post #9rUPhn8dUuDGs1uc1Q by HebrideanHecate@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T09:30:55Z
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@FeartnTired @QuinnLeigh @LastEXXitToNowhere @Camille I would love to have been able to take a proper seamstresses course when I was still able to see properly to sew.But never lived anywhere that offered dressmaking classes.I can use a pattern in a basic manner but don't know how to do a properfitting to my body shape or the tailoring tricks.Well, have read plenty but work better from having someone to show mein person. Also, being crap with numbers always makes me panic when it comes toanything like that as I know I'd be staring blankly at any numerical instructions đŹ Not helped by never having got to grips with the metric system, I still work in Imperial.
(DIR) Post #9rUPhnYrvNCGBOBYuW by FeartnTired@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T09:35:44Z
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I'm sorry you can't sew any more. really sorry. I'm afraid that I won't either with current health stuff and it's scaring the shit out of me. I did dressmaking for years - making not fitting, started reading books and got Threads magazine to learn more about fitting, but most teachers don't teach it. then got to go to college part-time for 3 years to do Clothing Technology and Manufacture at HND level. that included lots of industrial sewing techniques, pattern drafting for production and I took optional classes for fitting and hand tailoring. There were still MASSIVE gaps in my knowledge! they really didn't teach fitting on the many lumps and bumps that humans are. but I did learn lots.@HebrideanHecate @QuinnLeigh @LastEXXitToNowhere @Camille
(DIR) Post #9rUPhnqEsn5j3GJQzA by HebrideanHecate@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T09:40:28Z
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@FeartnTired @QuinnLeigh @LastEXXitToNowhere @Camille It sounds good, I always fancied having the taped own body shape thing,you know the one, where you wind tape round yourself in a t shirt etc, looksso handy.I desperately miss having a hobby but between my crappy eyesight and my achey fumbly hands ...what?!! Can't see properly, can't grip properly and drop everything even when not in painat the time. Had to give up my patchwork and embroidery too, anything which needs persistent grip or seeing closely is out.
(DIR) Post #9rUPhoB9d1p06868aO by Camille@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T09:43:12Z
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Aw lads. Iâm so sorry. @HebrideanHecate @FeartnTired @QuinnLeigh @LastEXXitToNowhere
(DIR) Post #9rUPoVZHDoheP7ZlIm by FeartnTired@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T09:42:33Z
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I could not do philosphy. ma heid wid fall aff. I did an access course in Social Anthropology many years ago, it was very interesting, great teacher, but man the reading was SOOO hard. @QuinnLeigh @Camille @LastEXXitToNowhere
(DIR) Post #9rUPoVuBy3QvRzMSu0 by Camille@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T09:44:25Z
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Nonsense. You Feart would ACE philosophy. Never mind that anthropology. You are a born philosopher. @FeartnTired @QuinnLeigh @LastEXXitToNowhere
(DIR) Post #9rURfpaDdVrTmZ0TRI by QuinnLeigh@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T09:32:37Z
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Cultured? đ I'm north Yorkshire born and bred for the most part...I like craft-type arts and surrealist photography. I thought the art history might expand my interest and help with analysing symbols in images. I love myth and story, old-school stuff. When asked what I wanted to be at the age of six my first response was 'a witch'. I'm still annoyed they told me that wasn't a proper job. I like psychology..I like anything that makes life feel more meaningful. On not liking some art - I'd happily have another reformation and burn the work of Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. It'd make a great bonfire for Foucault's books to burn on. @FeartnTired @LastEXXitToNowhere @Camille
(DIR) Post #9rURfpxGFqIEw1msM4 by HebrideanHecate@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T09:34:08Z
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@QuinnLeigh @FeartnTired @LastEXXitToNowhere @Camille And i'd help you set fire to that lot in a heartbeat!
(DIR) Post #9rURfqHp1OjvxnPIP2 by QuinnLeigh@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T09:35:41Z
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đ we could stick some Judith Butler on there too... and all the other pomo shit. @HebrideanHecate @FeartnTired @LastEXXitToNowhere @Camille
(DIR) Post #9rURfqe9gMbX53r8DI by HebrideanHecate@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T09:40:59Z
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@QuinnLeigh @FeartnTired @LastEXXitToNowhere @Camille she can be on top of the bonfire....talk about bonfire of the vanities đ
(DIR) Post #9rURfr2yC6SCK1SwtM by HebrideanHecate@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T09:59:42Z
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@QuinnLeigh @FeartnTired @LastEXXitToNowhere @Camille That was the last thing I made, for a late friend's daughters, then theirsmall friends clamoured for some too.I asked them if they wanted me to fancy up the faces a bit for them but no, they said they wanted them like the pattern....which, to me, makes them look like some weird alien rather than the supposed rabbits đ I used to enjoy doll/toy making Also made them mermaids....my, how tainted they have become in the intervening years đŹ
(DIR) Post #9rURfrTCcZRBdNjtmS by Camille@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T10:05:15Z
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Aw Hebs, theyâre beautiful!Iâm really feeling for you guys, losing the capacity to do these kind of things is just horrible. I just started knitting again. And Iâm loving it. I wish there was something I could do to give you that capacity back. @HebrideanHecate @QuinnLeigh @FeartnTired @LastEXXitToNowhere
(DIR) Post #9rURgokcDTQHUTL8c4 by FeartnTired@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T10:05:27Z
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I might be good at coming up with my own rubbish, but promise you I could NOT do the reading. my brain does not work like that and I have the concentration powers of a goldfish. when JCJ or DocStockk are in full flow I'm lost so fast!! @Camille @QuinnLeigh @LastEXXitToNowhere
(DIR) Post #9rURq4wrMcHIKfU1OC by Camille@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T10:07:08Z
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I think you are underestimating your own genius.And as you know by now, Iâm never wrong đ@FeartnTired @QuinnLeigh @LastEXXitToNowhere
(DIR) Post #9rURzY3CX18TCJxsGm by FeartnTired@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T10:08:47Z
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it's not so much that you are wrong as you underestimate quite how wrecked I am. I started out with a pretty high IQ, which is just as well, because with the brainfog (cognitive dysfunction) I have now I'd otherwise be left with the brainpower of a potatoclock. my potential is affected by the material reality of my disability! @Camille @QuinnLeigh @LastEXXitToNowhere
(DIR) Post #9rUSJPDj4VzdbRMA52 by FeartnTired@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T10:12:26Z
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met a young woman from Armagh at a social policy thing a couple of years ago, she said she didn't knit. I was appalled! told her she needed to learn, it's her heritage! Do you know the designer Carol Feller? She's very good and nice too, I met her once. She has classes on Bluprint (online video classes, she has a couple of free ones) and does all sorts of tutorials on her blog too. @Camille @HebrideanHecate @QuinnLeigh @LastEXXitToNowhere
(DIR) Post #9rUSy2Mgx6uWahvOHQ by Camille@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T10:19:46Z
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Iâm sorry Feart. Itâs just unfair.@FeartnTired @QuinnLeigh @LastEXXitToNowhere
(DIR) Post #9rUT8gND3bU9ZRF7ia by FeartnTired@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T10:21:41Z
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aye tis. people say "I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy" I'm not very nice. I totally would. they can have it. worse you are, more damage you do, you'd acquire others' ailments, pain, and permanent damage. @Camille @QuinnLeigh @LastEXXitToNowhere
(DIR) Post #9rUUjKq4BWaXS1mWoK by Camille@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T10:39:32Z
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That's my girl! đ @FeartnTired @QuinnLeigh @LastEXXitToNowhere
(DIR) Post #9rUVZ9DAezaGRpIKlE by FeartnTired@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T10:48:54Z
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Scots/Irish Kindness Alliance Party @Camille @QuinnLeigh @LastEXXitToNowhere
(DIR) Post #9rUWJVc1hr99FB1lVw by Camille@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T10:57:16Z
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Hey, given Brexit and the seemingly growing divergence between Scotland and England, that may be an entirely viable proposition!@FeartnTired @QuinnLeigh @LastEXXitToNowhere
(DIR) Post #9rUXWPkmtrXQnAqKv2 by QuinnLeigh@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T11:10:48Z
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Don't be leaving me out.... what about a WISE/kindness alliance? (Welsh, Irish, Scottish, English)@Camille @FeartnTired @LastEXXitToNowhere
(DIR) Post #9rUYU0qubwwQwB7txY by Camille@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T11:21:34Z
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I can't say no to the Welsh. Except, obvs, re rugby.Poor auld England's gone to the dogs though! But the Alliance will take kind English refugees :blob_blowing_kiss: @QuinnLeigh @FeartnTired @LastEXXitToNowhere
(DIR) Post #9rUaAtnYoVEHSwZY4u by QuinnLeigh@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T11:40:32Z
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We'll bring yorkshire puddings, cheese, and erm, can't actually think of anything else. đ @Camille @FeartnTired @LastEXXitToNowhere
(DIR) Post #9rUaRE0fR51gmeUJ0a by Camille@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T11:43:29Z
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Love Yorkshires, could live off them. I'll take some clotted cream too. But I'm afraid Ireland can kick England's ass on the cheese front!!As this is the Kind English we're referring to, you could usefully bring the curry :blobwink: @QuinnLeigh @FeartnTired @LastEXXitToNowhere
(DIR) Post #9rUmSIIy9PKfqQKBs0 by QuinnLeigh@spinster.xyz
2020-01-29T13:58:08Z
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đ â @Camille @FeartnTired @LastEXXitToNowhere