Things I'm sad my children will not learn. And shit.

[Scuba_Steve]

From what I'm hearing through others with kids at school, they're gonna miss out on pen & paper, cursive & to Hitchers horror, grammar.

[Grubber]

see, i would have thought that about you, grubby, but that you already have. And i trust theyve muddled their way past your narrow minded teachings.
But, who am i to judge?

Anything constructive?

Well done....you are no one to judge!
Narrow minded???? You think you know me, but you don't know jack shit!
At least my kids aren't racist bigots, if you think that's narrow minded you're fucked in the head as i always thought you were!

[rustyrobot]

From what I'm hearing through others with kids at school, they're gonna miss out on pen & paper, cursive & to Hitchers horror, grammar.

Hmmm, I went through the New Zealand primary school system in the 1980s and High School in the 1990s. I wasn't the most attentive student but I don't think we ever got past Verb, Noun, Adjective. It wasn't until I tried to learn other languages and teach English that I realised how little I knew about English grammar, and I went to a grammar school too ironically.

I wonder when that did stop being taught? Perhaps in the late 70s?

[SMOKEU]

Well done....you are no one to judge!
Narrow minded???? You think you know me, but you don't know jack shit!
At least my kids aren't racist bigots, if you think that's narrow minded you're fucked in the head as i always thought you were!

You really should teach your kids the facts of life.

[Rhubarb]

How to spell

LOL, Soz, LMFAO, ......... WTF !!!


Other than that, I think my children are growing up in a fast changing and quite exciting world.
As a parent I can't complain if my child is sitting inside playing Xbox - who bought them the Xbox? I did. My Xbox, my rules.

Don't complain because your kid just plays on his iPod all day. Get your own lazy arse up and do stuff with them.
Give them some memories of their own. They won't realise it at the time but they will later in life.

I remember scratchy records and bull rush but today's youth will have their own nostalgic memories of their time growing up.

I'm excited about what they have in their future, not what they may have missed out on in my past.

(I hope I haven't made any spelling mistakes, otherwise it would make my first sentence a little embarrassing)

[Scuba_Steve]

Hmmm, I went through the New Zealand primary school system in the 1980s and High School in the 1990s. I wasn't the most attentive student but I don't think we ever got past Verb, Noun, Adjective. It wasn't until I tried to learn other languages and teach English that I realised how little I knew about English grammar, and I went to a grammar school too ironically.

I wonder when that did stop being taught? Perhaps in the late 70s?

Then I would have to guess it started dropping out in the 80's, maybee early? as I must be of similar age to you but I got taught all that stuff; whether or not I utilise what I was taught is another thing, but at-leat I was taught it.

[Grubber]

You really should teach your kids the facts of life.

If that's your facts, then they won't be getting taught any of it.
What a fuckin retard!

This thread started of as something reasonably entertaining until you and Axle grease turned up! Shame really!

[Katman]

how to put on a record of their favorite band

I believe vinyl may be making something of a comeback.

[SMOKEU]

If that's your facts, then they won't be getting taught any of it.
What a fuckin retard!

This thread started of as something reasonably entertaining until you and Axle grease turned up! Shame really!

What is reasonably entertaining is your reaction to a poorly disguised troll.

PS. Everything found on ED is true.

[Katman]

This thread started of as something reasonably entertaining until you and Axle grease turned up! Shame really!

That's really quite funny considering Akzle started the thread.

[Grubber]

That's really quite funny considering Akzle started the thread.

Yea fuckin hilarious!

[HenryDorsetCase]

i keep my decks dusted man!

And im not sorry katy perry isnt stamped into vinyl!

you can get KP on vinyl

http://www.discogs.com/Katy-Perry-Te...elease/2448178

[HenryDorsetCase]

Building a trolley using pram wheels, some wood and a box. Finding out how fast it can go down a hill. Finding out that no brakes is not always a good idea. Learning that experience can hurt.

cutting bits of car tyre up and taping to your shoes to use as brakes. Bonus getting mad tyre squeal and the smell of burning rubber.... Parklands Drive..... yee ha. there were fuckall houses up there then.

[Flip]

Thunderbirds on the only TV channel.

Hearing Grandads stories about how many Nazis he "reeducated" during the war.

Driving a tractor.

Hunting birds with a old BSA slug gun.

Spending all day at the local swimming hole and walking home after dark.

Going hunting with the older cousins for the first time.

Getting your first Rabbit, Pig and Deer.

Learning to ride an old BSA Bantum around the farm.

Pulling apart old farm junk in the back of the shed and sometimes just sometimes getting some thing going.

Sticking an old mower motor on a push cart and finding out that 30mph is a bad idea without brakes.

Being shown by Dad how to use a lathe and how to weld.

Being shown by by Grandad how to use a ham radio.

Being left alone but having parents who took an interest in what I did.

Analogue TV, analogue phones, analogue music.

Being able to fix a car-tv-music player with basic hand tools.

Not throwing away devices because they were broken, not being supported or last years model.

[SVboy]

[QUOTE=Akzle;1130691730]Things Im Sad My Children Will Not Learn. And Shit.

Having a positive "male" role model as a consistant father figure in their lives?