Jun
28
A couple of nice surprises
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Today I arranged to meet with my Mum who lives nearby. We are planning a birthday cake for my son who will be 21 next week. I don’t want to give anything away but we needed to visit the toyshop..
Anyway the big store is next to Marks & Spencer’s brand new - as in opening […]
Jun
27
Some time back I had a bit of a run in with my bank. They messed something up and I needed my book altered to ensure that we were now back on track. Simple though that may sound now it caused me to have to make several visits to their offices and when I finally believed […]
Jun
26
The importance of education
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There are many ways to learn … and this story from Steve Olson made me smile ( link below). I have worked with many people whose school experience was not positive and have done great things with their lives despite the lack of paper qualifications so for me this is a story of family support and encouragement.
It […]
Jun
25
Graduation day celebrations
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On my way to a meeting today I passed the McEwan Hall in Edinburgh which is where the graduation ceremonies for students of University of Edinburgh are held. The area outside was swarming with those about to graduate in their gowns and colourful hoods - and their proud families and friends. There was something about the […]
Jun
21
Respect between the generations
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I was speaking with some young people recently and the issue of respect came up. They mentioned that they are accused of not respecting their elders but they disagree and feel that they themselves are not respected.
According to my dictionary respect can mean - “to regard, consider, take into account”.
I have had this conversation with young […]