http://edubuzz.org/blogs/guineapigmum A Parent's Perspective from a Ross High Mum Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:27:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We went to the Royal Garden Party at Holyrood earlier in the summer and had a very pleasant afternoon in the sun.  Yes, the sun shone, a rare event this year.  We didn't chat with the Queen but did pass the time with some friends we bumped into.  I didn't ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/guineapigmum/2008/08/25/royal-connections/ Apologies if you've made a comment recently and it hasn't appeared.  There are 12 waiting for moderation that I can't access for some reason.  Of course, all 12 may be offering Viagra and may not be anything intelligent at all.  But at least one of them is one of my ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/guineapigmum/2008/08/16/on-comments/ It was the end of June and so the end of term when I found myself reminded of the reason why I adopted Guineapigmum as my nom de blog.  Three years ago (was it really that long ago?) the school decided to bring the Standard Grade exams forward a year.  The ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/guineapigmum/2008/08/14/guineapigs/ I'm sure you've all heard of extreme ironing...             What lengths we have to go to to get boys to read.   http://edubuzz.org/blogs/guineapigmum/2008/08/13/extreme-reading/ My email inbox has been pinging with excitement over the last day or so.  And why?  The pings trumpeted (can pings trumpet, I wonder?) the arrival of several work-related messages which were sent on the 7th April.  So that makes, ummm, approximately 3 months in the ether.  They could have ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/guineapigmum/2008/07/04/snail-mail/ School's out.  It's the last day of term.  Yay!  But there's a small problem, and I know I'm probably too late to post this.  Everyone's suddenly on holiday but we need to find a tutor for English Higher for next term.  Can anyone in the East Lothian/Edinburgh area point me in ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/guineapigmum/2008/06/27/tutors-help/ When they're babies Yours are perfect and everyone else's are horrible.  Childminding is a huge expense, and why isn't it tax deductible? They're smaller than you.  You can pick them up. Just as well, really; you need some sort of head start.   They generate so much washing.  Sick-covered washing.  Lots of tiny baby ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/guineapigmum/2008/06/26/when-theyre-babies/ A week or so ago I was on the Menai Straits in Wales inspecting the underside of boulders.  As you do.  More of that another time, I hope.  I came home to find, amongst the usual glut of emails, one telling us that Ken Farrow, a fellow diver and long ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/guineapigmum/2008/06/25/a-step-back-in-time/ "You're an overprotective mum. "  :roll: "No I'm not, I'm just interested.  Do you know all the people on your contact lists?"  :?: "Of course I do.  Do you think I'm stupid?" :mad: "Well, anyone can see those pictures you've put on." :???: "No they can't.  It's private.  And I haven't put my surname, or ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/guineapigmum/2008/06/11/protective-or-overprotective/ If you look carefully on the State Theta website, you'll see a picture of Guineapigmum indulging in an arcane Pilates ritual.  I've been doing Pilates with a local teacher over the winter; just what I've needed to get my much abused body back under control.  Anyhow, Audicia is planning to ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/guineapigmum/2008/05/28/happenings/