Ive just read thru what every one has said.... and i have to agree... my parents would of berated me for not saying thank you too Bunne!
Ive lemented since yr 12 really.. ( 2000). ive been babysitting the same child since he was 3, in 1997, and well.. he got a mobile phone when he was in yr 3 as he went to St Andrews in sydney cbd and his mother is paranoid and neurotic and the daughter of a rather influential family and is terrified he would get snatched. I love Jo, but she neurotic.
He has ever toy he could possibly want, however she treats him like a adult, if he wants something and she doesnt want to buy it for him he has to " work" ( do chores or help her with work stuff) to earn money for it... One time the entrepenaurial child held a lemonade stall outside our house ( we live 15 mins to the city) which i had never ever seen anyone ever do in the last 10years near the city..... and he made money! people driving and walking past bought drinks!!!
But most kids i have seen are so rude! People and kids alike expect so much of so many people. They expect the bus driver to stop even when its not a bus stop cos they forgot to press the button or cos they cant be bothered walking to the bus stop. Are bus drivers not human beings?? theres a bus stop for a reason , u stupid people...
They expect sales people to do everything for them, and kick up a stink when what they want isnt there, as though they arnt allowed to run out, or they yell at people who are trying their hardest becuase they expect so much from a sales person, or if they cant find something its the sales persons fault ( even if the person has nothingto do with that department, its still their fault), or they expect you to know exactly where the specific item they want is. ffs no one is a mind reader!!!!
They drive their car and act like they own the road, as they are obviously more important that everyone else in the entire universe, that if they cut u off you deserved it cos you were in their way ( regardless of who is actually in the wrong), man some people even run red lights over and over again. ive seen it!! i mean ffs there was over 100m for you to stop in, you stupid idiot, red lights are for saftey, not there for you inconviniece to just frigging ignore!!!
Ohhh and with teachers!!!! Depending on the type of teacher,they expect teachers to, as well as teach their subject:
- provide help for every other subject the kid does
- disicpline their child
- not touch their child
- not have an issue if a child kicks/hits/abuses/ throws stuff/etc( and this contradicts discipling them!)
- treat their child as special
- make sure their kid gets high marks ( to the extent they do their assignment, ask for extrastuff for their kid for stupid reasons etc) and its the teachers not the childs fault if the kid fails - makes them a crap teacher apparently!
- not confiscate items that distract from learning ( ipods, mobile phones, etc) ig the child is disrupting the learning of others, thats unfairthat their child has to miss out on their stuff! And so manyother stupidthings that just didnt happen when i was at school
- just let their kid not do the work if they dont want to
- if they dont want their child to learn something, their child should be given special treatment ( obviously certain things are acceptable,but jsut cos u dont want to, is not a good enough reason)
- not give their child detention cos " they are a good kid" - umm hate to tell you they fucked up mate, otherwise they wouldnt be in detention!!!!
They treat Behaviour team teachers as though they dont know what they are talking bout ( my mother runs the south west sydney granville team and she has a masters in special education in behaviour as well as a BA Dip Ed and did the eq on 4U Maths, 4U English, and 4U History when she was at school). They act as though they know what the best thing to do at the school is, they wonder why their child doesnt have friends or associates with certain children, why they have certain homework if the kid doesnt like it, they expect everything to be catered to thei kid... theres another 15-29 other children in the damn class!!!!!
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on 2006-02-25 07:05 am (UTC)Ive lemented since yr 12 really.. ( 2000). ive been babysitting the same child since he was 3, in 1997, and well.. he got a mobile phone when he was in yr 3 as he went to St Andrews in sydney cbd and his mother is paranoid and neurotic and the daughter of a rather influential family and is terrified he would get snatched. I love Jo, but she neurotic.
He has ever toy he could possibly want, however she treats him like a adult, if he wants something and she doesnt want to buy it for him he has to " work" ( do chores or help her with work stuff) to earn money for it... One time the entrepenaurial child held a lemonade stall outside our house ( we live 15 mins to the city) which i had never ever seen anyone ever do in the last 10years near the city..... and he made money! people driving and walking past bought drinks!!!
But most kids i have seen are so rude! People and kids alike expect so much of so many people. They expect the bus driver to stop even when its not a bus stop cos they forgot to press the button or cos they cant be bothered walking to the bus stop. Are bus drivers not human beings?? theres a bus stop for a reason , u stupid people...
They expect sales people to do everything for them, and kick up a stink when what they want isnt there, as though they arnt allowed to run out, or they yell at people who are trying their hardest becuase they expect so much from a sales person, or if they cant find something its the sales persons fault ( even if the person has nothingto do with that department, its still their fault), or they expect you to know exactly where the specific item they want is. ffs no one is a mind reader!!!!
They drive their car and act like they own the road, as they are obviously more important that everyone else in the entire universe, that if they cut u off you deserved it cos you were in their way ( regardless of who is actually in the wrong), man some people even run red lights over and over again. ive seen it!! i mean ffs there was over 100m for you to stop in, you stupid idiot, red lights are for saftey, not there for you inconviniece to just frigging ignore!!!
Ohhh and with teachers!!!!
Depending on the type of teacher,they expect teachers to, as well as teach their subject:
- provide help for every other subject the kid does
- disicpline their child
- not touch their child
- not have an issue if a child kicks/hits/abuses/ throws stuff/etc( and this contradicts discipling them!)
- treat their child as special
- make sure their kid gets high marks ( to the extent they do their assignment, ask for extrastuff for their kid for stupid reasons etc) and its the teachers not the childs fault if the kid fails - makes them a crap teacher apparently!
- not confiscate items that distract from learning ( ipods, mobile phones, etc) ig the child is disrupting the learning of others, thats unfairthat their child has to miss out on their stuff!
And so manyother stupidthings that just didnt happen when i was at school
- just let their kid not do the work if they dont want to
- if they dont want their child to learn something, their child should be given special treatment ( obviously certain things are acceptable,but jsut cos u dont want to, is not a good enough reason)
- not give their child detention cos " they are a good kid" - umm hate to tell you they fucked up mate, otherwise they wouldnt be in detention!!!!
They treat Behaviour team teachers as though they dont know what they are talking bout ( my mother runs the south west sydney granville team and she has a masters in special education in behaviour as well as a BA Dip Ed and did the eq on 4U Maths, 4U English, and 4U History when she was at school). They act as though they know what the best thing to do at the school is, they wonder why their child doesnt have friends or associates with certain children, why they have certain homework if the kid doesnt like it, they expect everything to be catered to thei kid... theres another 15-29 other children in the damn class!!!!!
Arragghh!!!
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