Set up to fail....

Yeah thought that @vanorak after I posted that it would be proberly road safety and thats the best place to teach them

 

I'd disagree really, I'd rather my boys come home dirty, after having a fun kick about.. Letting off steam on the field. The restrictions in the tennis court kept them pent up.

 

Have you expressed your view to the school? Not nagging, but unless they hear that they're cocking stuff up, they're unlikely to change their ways. Worth a try.

 

Anyway whats wrong with falling off 5 times , it is good to learn how to fall off ,for when some prat motorist knocks you off because he cant be arsed to look properly or stop at a junction. Ask me how i know

 

In my day you fell of your bike because some barsteward had done a runner with the wheels and if you wern't muddy after your cross country run you had to do it again

 

In my day, if you didn't throw up into the bushes at least twice on a cross-country, you weren't trying...

 

In my day if you didn't try you had to do it again , i think Peter Harris is still runing

 

My boys come home caked in mud most days. It's not a big deal. We have a washing machine and they are playing and having fun. I pity the parents who get the hump.

 

I don't actually think it's the parents. It's head teachers who a) are crap and b) live in mortal fear of being sued.

 

in my day we knew the short cuts and won most weeks

 

In my day Cheats never prosperd and have to live with the fact that they cheated , you would never catch me doing that

 

I told them last week, that he'd be a liability on the roads, given his lack of control...
I also made sure that his SEN was standing next to me, when I asked the boy to ride around the pitch...he reported back to the head....it was patently obvious he wasn't ready. Given the boy's lack of skill, a couple of hours practice would be insufficient....I gave him a Level 1 certificate and badge, along with congratulations on being able to ride...I also wrote a note to his parents with some exercises and games they can do at home (with the emphasis on they)

 

the short cuts were nicer scenery and it gave us time for other stuff , i didnt need the exercise id already done 2miles in the pool in the morning.

 

I think heads have to tread a very fine line....I don't envy them in this respect...

 

the short cuts allowed us to have a fag.....

 

na didnt smoke didnt like the taste

 

Go on Barney....just one puff....it won't kill you!

 

i spent my money on other pleasures