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If this is the education authorities idea of a sutible curriculem no wonder school leavers cannot read write or do maths properly. Somebody somewere has a warped sense of humour or dosnt give a monkeys. How much of this problem is due to "targets have to be met" syndrome?

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Right I might get pounced on here, but, who decided these words were swear words.
Who was the first person to say f''''off , and get done for swearing.
Who decided that 'please' was not going to be a swear word. What i am saying is, these are words, everyday we talk 1000's and 1000's of different words. Who depicts the swear words, and how the hell did we find out they were swear words and not something simple like 'please or thankyou'.

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Mark Twain was considered racey when I was at school. Oh how times do change.

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good point slinky.....makes you think doesn't it?

so insted of say byeeeeeeee i could say %^$%*^ &*%$% &%& for now!!!

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Exactly romps, and if no-one thought of it as a swear word, then I would simple say " £^&*(&%^$££"!%^&*())__*)(*^&%^$" back to you, and that would be that.

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Would it be OK if I said %"&^ and *$%& or is that going to far again? :o

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No because some do gooder said " aww dear you cant say that, it's swearing", but who said it's swearing?? that's the point. Who said PLEASE aint a swear word but P''2 is??

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i swear i heard you swear,,,,,you naughty girls...

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It is quite spooky how much we have in common. Dora Brien as Rita Tushingham's blousey Mum is one of my all time favourite cinema portrayls. I do a great line from the film of her in character, which is too rude to post here, and it works better with a slap.;)

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show me at the next meet then, can't wait!

U know it took me ages to place Rita Tushingham when she turned up in 'Bread'!

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I did Cider with Rosie at school, and found it one of the most boring books I ever had the misfortune to read.

I got bored before the end of the first chapter, the second chapter was even harder going, and I gave up before the 3rd chapter.

As for Eminem, Nelly, etc, I enjoy their music, but I would never play it in front of the kids (until they are older, anyway), and other media like 18-rated computer games (Grand Theft Auto) are off-limits as well, but there are loads of sites where 13 year-olds are swapping tips and hints on how to complete various missions.

Personally, I blame the parents...

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Personally, I blame the teachers.



I was fortunate enough to have had a wonderful English master, one who explained the content of the book in context, which led me to read the next of his biographies about leaving Slad and going to fight in the Spanish Civil war.

I know we all have differing literary likes. You mentioned in another thread you read a red top newspaper, something which would bore me by........ page three.;)

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A genuine question? Is it not possible to ask what books a child will be reading at the begining of the year? Since most of the national curriculum is set country wide, this should be possible, if it isn't it is wrong. Parents and gaurdians should have a right to know, partly so they could read the books to help the child, as well as to object if they so wish.

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Kids will swear whatever their upbringing it's part of the growing process. More important is where and when they swear. I remember writing a poem at school with a friend called Frank. The poem contained all the swear words we knew at that time. I still remember it to this day but it did not contain some of the really serious swearing of today.