On 21/12/2019 08:46, harry wrote:
On Friday, 20 December 2019 18:00:50 UTC, ARW wrote:
I gave a scathing report to his tutor.


So the little ******* told his Dad that I had given him a bad report and
his Dad called me to find out why.

There was no shouting, swearing or making threats. In fact it was quite
a polite conversation until I said to his Dad "If your son spent as much
time taking an interest in electrics as he spent smoking he might learn
something".

His Dad went ballistic but not at me.


Things are not helped by most of the schools these days not teaching a craft skill. (Woodwork/Metalwork etc.)

They do, but they now have trendy names like "Design Technology -
Resistant Materials"[1], "Metal tech", "Art Craft & Design" etc

[1] Which is Wood, metal, and plastics with a lump of CAD/CAM and IT
related stuff.

Must come as a shock having to use tools as an apprentice.

They don't even seem to do domestic science these days.

Food tech or Food Preparation and Nutrition seem fairly widely available.

(needless to say they are all GCSE options, so can be avoided if desired
by the students).

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Cheers,

John.

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