[Chris]

There's a special "bad weather" code they use so as not to affect the attendance rates.

Well, so the BBC said yesterday.

[chrysostom]

Ah, I was reading an old piece from 2010.

We have in September 2010 amended the relevant regulations so that, when a pupil cannot get in because of severe weather, the school can use attendance code Y, which means that the pupil’s absence will not affect the attendance statistics. However, if the headteacher believes that a child could have got to school, then the child should be recorded as code O - an unauthorised absence.

[JayE]

Most of the schools here were closed - for absolutely no reason other than that the headteachers were too lazy to open them. The decision is left to the headteacher, and when you have several schools close together, and one opens and had no problems whatsoever, and the others close, you know you have some lazy-arse headteachers out there.

What if a child or parent slipped on ice and killed themselves around the school? They would have to live with that should they have chosen to open in icy conditions.

Exactly Deadly! The amount of times I've actually almost slipped over walking to and back from school is quite shocking. But my Headteacher seems to think that the School is ok to be open. Even though he hasn't turned up himself for the past 2 days.

[chrysostom]

The amount of times I've actually almost slipped over

MEANWHILE, IN CANADA.

[JayE]

Well all I'm going to say to that is I wish we had that much snow at the moment because I'd probably be off school for weeks.

[Yudster]

Grow up. You aren't three.

[chrysostom]

How I wish that my primary occupation was still to go somewhere, work a 7 hour day (with 90 minutes worth of break time), spend time with my friends and learn - with 60 days of holiday (excluding weekends & bank holidays).

[JayE]

Grow up. You aren't three.

True. I act like I am sometimes though.

[bmstinton93]

Looking for placements for next year now seems to be taking over my life. I've applied for probably over 20 places now and only had 2 telephone interviews (GE and Lloyds). I've just spent the last couple of hours emailing around lots of small accountancy firms in Bristol as well. This coupled with 3 pieces of coursework and normal Uni work as well as working part time is meaning I currently have no life. I just hope it all works out at the end!

[dimtimjim]

meaning I currently have no life.

Welcome to life after education - its all down hill from here kid.

I just hope it all works out at the end!

me2, best o luck sir.

[JayE]

meaning I currently have no life.

Welcome to life after education - its all down hill from here kid.

I just hope it all works out at the end!

me2, best o luck sir.

Wait a sec, I don't have a life now and I'm still in Education. How does that work?

[dimtimjim]

You obviously don't appeal to the lay-dee's like our wee-Benji...

[JayE]

You obviously don't appeal to the lay-dee's like our wee-Benji...

I suppose I'm not at that stage yet. Sadly.

[Yudster]

Wait a sec, I don't have a life now and I'm still in Education. How does that work?

It means you are wasting your opportunities. Going by the things you have posted here I would say it might be because you are lazy, and expect everything to be done for you, which would include being "given" a life. If someone drops "a life" in your lap, you'll do it, but if you have to reach out and grab it for yourself, you won't bother. Hence you are complaining that, at the prime time in your existence, when you have everything available to you that you will spend the rest of your life wishing you still had, you have no life.

Grow up. You aren't three.

Looking for placements for next year now seems to be taking over my life. I've applied for probably over 20 places now and only had 2 telephone interviews (GE and Lloyds). I've just spent the last couple of hours emailing around lots of small accountancy firms in Bristol as well. This coupled with 3 pieces of coursework and normal Uni work as well as working part time is meaning I currently have no life. I just hope it all works out at the end!

Good luck Ben, hope your efforts dig up something good. I'm sure they will.

[JayE]

I'm not complaining at all. I do all my school work and I'm a good student and I'm doing really well. And I don't expect everything to be done for me I have a lot of responsibility whilst at home. I make my own bed. I cook my own dinner. I make my bag in the morning when I'm getting ready for school. I do my homework by myself. Basically at weekends I have no life. I just play Xbox and watch TV. Which to me isn't unusual at all. Especially all of my mates. They're the same.

[Yudster]

Well, that's just a little sad, but not particularly reprehensible. And JayE, sorry to go on at you. I do have a gob on me sometimes. I'll try to stop nagging.

[dimtimjim]

Basically at weekends I have no life. I just play Xbox and watch TV.

Sounds good to me - 'well jell' is the phrase, I believe!

I do have a gob on me sometimes.

She does. But hearts in right place, take it as motherly advice.

[bmstinton93]

Basically at weekends I have no life. I just play Xbox and watch TV.

Sounds good to me - 'well jell' is the phrase, I believe!

Reem

[The Deadly]

I see Yudster as the strict female teacher I had a crush on in school. I'd love her to give me some extra private lessons.

[Nicola_Red]

A 'life' is a social construct. If you enjoy playing Xbox and watch TV, if those things truly make you happy, then don't worry about whether it meets anyone else's expectations of what a life should be. This is what I have learned over the years.

[chrysostom]

But in the future, you may well wish that you'd spent that time watching TV & playing Xbox as time wasted. Especially during what (for a lot of people) is the easiest time in your life to learn new skills without the stress & worry of having to support yourself.

That is exactly how I feel. Looking back I was happy playing Football manager/Xbox/just spending time with my girlfriend at the time and scraping by with my uni/school work.

However, I could have been getting invaluable experience when it came to extra curricular activities, qualifications, work experience, seeing the world - or even just new skills by donating 30-50% of my free time, which would leave me in a much more comfortable position now.

Because I lacked the drive to set myself up well between the ages of 16 and 23, enjoying the fun of 'doing nothing' - I have limited my options in my career, and have had to find a niche that I can lend myself to and have to work doubly hard to achieve my goals over the last 18 months.

I agree that you shouldn't worry about other people's expectations for your life - but you should look at your own expectations for your life in the future, whatever they are. It's important to start working toward that from the ages of 15-18, otherwise you'll find that your current idea of happiness is unsustainable. It's a tough world out there, and in the next 5-10 years the job market is only going to get tougher.

Stay in school, and work hard kids.

[dimtimjim]

But in the future, you may well wish that you'd spent that time watching TV & playing Xbox as time wasted. Especially during what (for a lot of people) is the easiest time in your life to learn new skills without the stress & worry of having to support yourself.

That is exactly how I feel. Looking back I was happy playing Football manager/Xbox/just spending time with my girlfriend at the time and scraping by with my uni/school work.

However, I could have been getting invaluable experience when it came to extra curricular activities, qualifications, work experience, seeing the world - or even just new skills by donating 30-50% of my free time, which would leave me in a much more comfortable position now.

Because I lacked the drive to set myself up well between the ages of 16 and 23, enjoying the fun of 'doing nothing' - I have limited my options in my career, and have had to find a niche that I can lend myself to and have to work doubly hard to achieve my goals over the last 18 months.

I agree that you shouldn't worry about other people's expectations for your life - but you should look at your own expectations for your life in the future, whatever they are. It's important to start working toward that from the ages of 15-18, otherwise you'll find that your current idea of happiness is unsustainable. It's a tough world out there, and in the next 5-10 years the job market is only going to get tougher.

Stay in school, and work hard kids.

This is one of the bestestest posts ever made on 'ere. Take note young 'uns...

[JayE]

Well, that's just a little sad, but not particularly reprehensible. And JayE, sorry to go on at you. I do have a gob on me sometimes. I'll try to stop nagging.

It's fine Yudster I know you mean well by it.

[bmstinton93]

More uni stress for me. We have coursework in in about 4 weeks and another 2 courseworks to be completed about 2 weeks after. All are group courseworks so I sent out a group message to my group last week and asked them all to start one and sent a few more and started myself and ended up doing about a third of it on my own after I only got responses off one of them and they're now saying that we need to all meet up and start it together so now I'm meant to take even more of my time out working on this when nobody else has even looked at it. Even worse, I live with 2 of them. Right now I'm just so pissed off and stressed with uni!

[R94N]

I hate it when you do a load of work when you're working as a group and no one else can be arsed to do anything so you end up doing it all.