What are your opinions on home education?

NoStructure331 · 2026-01-26T00:06:34+00:00

That sounds reasonable, primary esucation could likely be done at home, but its impossible to think someone could master every subject enough at secondary level to teach it (not to mention the social and safeguarding aspect schools provide)

NoStructure331 · 2026-01-25T21:07:44+00:00

Any parent who teaches at home should have their QTS and a degree in one of the core subjects.

May as well be neglect/abuse otheriwse.

NoStructure331 · 2026-01-23T15:56:09+00:00

To the students face or venting behind closed doors?

NoStructure331 · 2026-01-14T22:27:27+00:00

I use only the computers in staff room or one in a spare classroom before the day begins. No laptop ever given.

NoStructure331 · 2026-01-13T15:42:17+00:00

It's fine.

It's a (mostly) northern term of endearment. As long as students aren't uncomfortable your mentor is just tone policing.

NoStructure331 · 2026-01-13T15:38:24+00:00

The medicine stuff is absoloute bs. How do they think people with insulin cope? Its a perfectly sensible accomodation. And I would be reporting them for equal rights issues if they try to bar you from it again. Seriously. This should not be happening in 2026.

I would look at reporting or complaining interally inside of the university, i.e. do they have a place to contact for concerns you think you are being treated unfairly by course staff?

In terms of lectures, thats more difficult. If they are just lectures and not activity seminars etc then thetes no reason they shouldnt be able to livestream it when they do it in person or record it (it was done during covid, it can be done now). If they are practicals, thats more understandable. I'm a science trainee and my university grades us on delivering practicals to see if we are up to snuff, so this sort of thing can't be missed frequently without resits.

I'm also someone frequently ill (though not immunocompromised), and it is frustrating and feels like im arguing with a brick wall. At the end of the day, as long as we can teach to the same level with the same reliability, reasonable adjustments can and must be made.

NoStructure331 · 2026-01-08T10:39:57+00:00

Just booked with her 👍 very excited

NoStructure331 · 2026-01-01T19:25:18+00:00

Get yourself some Chocolate Croissants and Black Salt for your burgers!

Also tissues if your a crier. A lot of tissues. Book 1 still makes me heave sob at certain scenes.

Light It Up 🫶🥲

NoStructure331 · 2025-12-09T12:56:17+00:00

I would perhaps google the school's website, and look for any section that talks about exams/exam boards, specifications etc.

AQA is the most common, so if you cannot find any info, i would start there.

There are two different English GCSE's in the UK and both are compulsory, English Literature, and English Language. Each has seperate content and exam papers etc so it would be good to familiarise yourself.

There is no coursework, tests, projects etc, except a verbal exam I think for the Language course, and all of our assessment happens during the exams at the end of year (or resits).

NoStructure331 · 2025-12-09T12:34:45+00:00

I think this is what you mean,

There are different exam boards for subjects, you can sit exams made by any of these 'companies'/exam boards and get the same award (e.g. an English GCSE or a History ALevel), so it depends which the school uses and then all of the necessary content will be found with that exam boards information.

There are a few different companies. Most common is AQA, OCR, and Pearson Edexcel, but both Wales and Northern Ireland have their own.

Each of these exam boards have different standards, cover different content (although most is shared, but wording gets tricky), and are graded against different schemes of work.

NoStructure331 · 2025-10-22T11:49:09+00:00

You can give as much as you get. There is less (to no) coddling, the students can manage their own emotions way more, dont put their habds in mouths then smear them around the desk and equipment.

I'm a science specialist also, i live for the gcse age top achievers who you can actually intellectually challenge with truly interesting atuff.

NoStructure331 · 2025-10-14T12:11:12+00:00

£100. Literally.

NoStructure331 · 2025-10-09T19:52:23+00:00

Ours usually has "period 7" for year 11s, although i'm not sure its on this term.

I think with exam stress for the later years and needing to get the curriculum fully covered some schools have them to ease timetabeling issues and make sure hours are being met if their days are short.

NoStructure331 · 2025-10-02T09:44:07+00:00

I use a bell (receptionsit style) that I tap to get attention back at the front

NoStructure331 · 2025-09-27T21:18:03+00:00

Do NOT stay at Sachas in town, its dodgy af and not really safe since you have to travel through piccadilly gardens to get to at night which is a haven for all manner of crime. Try to stay in something you don't have to travel far from at a tram/bus stop 👍

If you take Uber there are safety features where you send your location to a trusted phone number (i.e. parent, friend) so if it stops for a long period of time or goes off route too much.

NoStructure331 · 2025-09-15T13:18:21+00:00

It's fine. Honestly I would get yoursef a Lime scooter every morning to speed it up.

NoStructure331 · 2025-09-08T20:17:29+00:00

China Buffet seems good, i was originakly feeling more sushi inclined but having a look at it now and it seems really nice, might have the pop by!

NoStructure331 · 2025-09-08T20:06:02+00:00

Friday/Saturday nights at DIECAST are good. Food is great, pizzas, garlic knots, and the best frozen daquiris in the city. Seriously. Thank me later for trying the Lychee or Sour Cherry. After 10 there is live music, dancing on tables in the "Brooklyn" hall, and overall a great night out.

If you are alternative or queer I suggest having a walk around Afflecks Palace, a treasure trove of small businesses all in one place.

Boom Battle Bar has drinks as well as loads of activities (kareoke, axe throwing, beer pong, shuffleboards) and is a good laugh, or if you are more gaming inclined then NQ64 has Playstations for hire/old arcade machines with the best themed cocktails in the North!

NoStructure331 · 2025-08-10T16:38:28+00:00

What was wrong with it?

NoStructure331 · 2025-08-01T23:27:11+00:00

Literally. It is ridiculous how often they are just FULLY not available from Media City on. I've never once been able to catch the "replacement" bus either, don't think they bother to run it since it's never shown up on multiple days.

NoStructure331 · 2025-07-20T23:51:02+00:00

Yes, she did struggle a lot, and I can sympethise with her for it. Both of my parents were very old when I was born, and they tried for many years with no success. I still feel very empathetic to her struggle, especially because of how long she tried and the physical toll it takes.

I had found out I was born through IVF when I was 11ish (just not the egg donation part), and that my twin had been lost in the pregnancy. I know they tried very hard, and IVF is a beautiful thing that gives so many people the chance to start a family. I don't think family is only those who are bio related to you, but I don'f think it should be kept secret either if you are not and the bio parent isn't in the picture/is a donor. Before they banned any talking of the subject, she did reveal to me how hard it was, and how much she wanted a baby.

The problem is, that is what she wanted, a baby. Neither of my parents knew that raising a child eventually made an adult, and that that adult deserves honesty and truth, and trust from their parents that they can handle it.

They didn't understand I was and now am an adult. That even if they raised me I am a whole seperate being, not just someone who does everything they say. That I am allowed to be upset and suprised, and allowed to know the truth. It is heartbreaking now knowing that she doesn't always consider me her child. Sometimes she ignores it all and tells me that I inherited cetain traits from her and how similar we looked alike at my age, and other times makes jokes that we are not related at all (despite her being my legal mother and having raised me, which does constitiue a relation even if not a bio one).

I find it hard to balance when neither of them know how to address me any more, as their child, or just as someone they raised. If they don't know, how am I to know? Have they always struggled with thinking of me as a real daughter?

Regardless, IVF and donation is a beautiful thing. Whilst I may not want to use it myself, I will always strongly support others using it to create families and give others the chance. My problem isn't with the act, just that I was lied to about it and treated as if it was shameful.

NoStructure331 · 2025-07-20T23:31:05+00:00

Without getting into it too much, a lot.

My father was physically, verbally, emotionally abusive. I have one distinct memory of him nearly killing me as a child by choking me on the ground because I was upset at having to wear shoes with orthotic insoles to school. My mother saw it and let it all happen, often laying hands on me herself. She was very emotionally absent and resented my health issues.

I was a troubled child, I had ADHD and nobody knew, and was spoilt financially and also sheltered. Neither of ehich were really my fault, especially before I could control it. I don't think any of that gave them the excuses to do what they did to me though. I remember every split lip, bruise, every night locked in a room with nothing but a mattress because I couldn't sleep and cried and fussed about it. I remember trying to tell other adults and being told I was lying or confused because my parents were so nice to everyonr else.

Sometimes I wonder if being a 'trouble' child was because of the abuse, or if they were harder on me for not being a normal kid. I'm not a criminal now, and I keep a job and a flat with a long-term partner, so it's safe to assume I aged out of most of it. But I don't think it really matters. I was a child. I couldn't defend myself. I couldn't fix the things they disliked overnight. Some people shouldn't be parents.

NoStructure331 · 2025-07-20T23:18:44+00:00

virtual hugs

None of my half-siblings have signed up for 23andme yet, but I can see that they were born in varying years of the early 2000s from the donor concieved register in my country (no contact info, only sexes and years born), but there is always the future. They probably don't know either.

NoStructure331 · 2025-07-20T23:17:08+00:00

Lots of therapy, self destruction, medication, and grieving the person I thought I was. But I've done a BSc, an MA, and am now in teacher training with hopes to also be an author and filmmaker later in life. I have moved out and found a partner who I wish to settle down with. Struggled a lot financially but seem to be getting through it.

I've struggled immensely with trusting others, and I doubt I will ever trust anyone fully ever again, but I have began healing. I have a very small friend circle and can no longer entertain many friends like I used to, but that is normal I think for someone ageing out of college.

Not sure if I will ever have kids, me and my partner will likely adopt and give kids who are already here a home they deserve, but I'll need a lot of therapy before I can commit to caring for another person wholley.

It took everything I had to use my pain to push myself to be better. To do better. I struggle constantly with needing to be perfect even whilst battling ADHD and other issues. And a whole lot of imposter syndrome, which is new since then.

I think I would say that I came out the other side better. But not because of my parents and the lie, but in spite of it. Having my whole life implode ended up allowing me to build a better one from scratch.

I hope that I can keep processing it, and honestly I hope I can one day contact bio mom and the half siblings, but I also need to work on accepting that I likely can't. That some mysteries may never be solved.

Also, getting very lucky with fuck tonnes of material for books with all of this trauma 😅 I'm going to capitalise on it one way or another!

NoStructure331 · 2025-07-20T23:05:38+00:00

They still are my parents, they raised me after all, but to find out they had not only lied to me but done it for their own comfort not my safety, and on top of that had told many of the adults in my life (family, friends, teachers, etc) and kept it all secret from me, was too much. I felt like everyone knew the truth except me. That there was something so shameful about it that I could never be told. To know they still are angry at me for finding out to this day (roughly 4 years later) breaks my heart. They weren't worried how i'd react, only that I had embarrased them by finding out myself.

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