tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post114505260150470296..comments2016-08-22T12:00:03.978+01:00Jeremy[email protected]Blogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-1145095698439527182006-04-15T11:08:00.000+01:002006-04-15T11:08:00.000+01:00Yes, I agree that TBlair should go but not because of the "neo-labour project becomes enmired in sleaze, via the cash-for-peerages row?", he seemed to have run out of ideas. The Tories are still working on the next big thing while No. 11 has perfected a solution and I think GBrown will be the next PM.<BR/><BR/>Education cannot be funded by the state entirely hence ppp. In my experience as a school governor, my "not so poor" borough can only do as much. Unless you turn the PTA into an unpaid fully fledged marketing outfit, you will NOT be able to get the best out of the school as a whole.<BR/><BR/>What will you replace Thatcherism with? Uthopia?nigeria, what's newhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767962513563359016[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-1145095126154665582006-04-15T10:58:00.000+01:002006-04-15T10:58:00.000+01:00Indeed extended families serve their purposes, I sometimes ruminate about how it probably makes child-rearing easier than in the West.<BR/><BR/>Also, child discipline is important, but sometimes our parents find themselves brutalising and abusing the child thinking it is hard punishment.<BR/><BR/>Once when my parents ganged up on me, all my father said was "Mind his eyes". (That was all of an expression of deep love, concern and control).<BR/><BR/>My mum was a school principal so we all had to be "Nelson Column" examples of good conduct and more.<BR/><BR/>However, the downside to this as St Antonym notes is that we never get to develop a good and vibrant parent-child friendship and some of us are yet to be forgiving of times when things could have been better managed.<BR/><BR/>As I run a large family of ONE, my extended family outlook is a lot smaller than my patriarch father expects me to oversee.<BR/><BR/>Somehow, I prefer the nuclear option.Akinhttp://akin.blog-city.com[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-1145092352022988812006-04-15T10:12:00.000+01:002006-04-15T10:12:00.000+01:00http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/1632874.stmEdo Benin[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-1145092279055430012006-04-15T10:11:00.000+01:002006-04-15T10:11:00.000+01:00Centuries ago, papa and mama dey beat pepper out of dem pikin for England. My Oyinbo friend sef, di school wey im papa go for the 1930's, dem dey beat di pikins no be small. Na that time we still dey for 9ja. <BR/><A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/1632874.stm<br/>" REL="nofollow">Osanobua!<BR/>!</A>Edo Benin[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-1145055401295771082006-04-14T23:56:00.000+01:002006-04-14T23:56:00.000+01:00On the other hand, Naija parents sabi beat person. Chineke!<BR/><BR/>Oyinbos generally spoil their kids, it's true, and it's a very serious problem, but Naija parents also need to chill a little bit. They don't have to be so obsessed with "respect."<BR/><BR/>How many people grow up in Nigeria with parents that they end of fearing. My parents weren't so bad (hi mom!), but I'm still a bit jealous of my oyinbo and akata (and even Asian) friends who are very close to their momsies and popsies. People tell me their mom is their best friend, and I just can't get my head around it. During my teens, me and my mom and dad, it was like Enter the Dragon all day every day. And we were "close" compared to some.<BR/><BR/>I think this will change in Naija the coming generation. The distance between parent and child will be mitigated a bit. And that's to the good.St Antonymhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07513842500787261783[email protected]