TODAY I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE LIVE IN THE UK

Ice skating today.  Well went to the ice rink.  Callum doesn't skate. He took the laptop with him today and played Roblox.

Just as we were leaving a school group came in.  Don't know which one, but they reinforced why I don't send Callum to school.  Two boys got into a fight, one was so verbally and physically violent that he grabbed the boy, threw him up against a wall, swore in his face repeatedly and then threw him on the floor.  Teacher, a female, was about half his height and tiny.  Had no hope of dealing with him.

Then in the car park there was another group of boys, assuming from same school as they were in and around a mini bus, probably aged about 15/16 smoking!!  No adult supervision from what I could see and all looking rather intimidating.

Really saw the difference today as we have a few teens in our group.  They were upstairs playing pool together AND they asked the receptionist politely for some more chalk for the cues.  None were rude, none were arguing and none were outside smoking!

So grateful that we can lawfully home educate and I feel so sorry for those children that really struggle at school and then have those oiks to deal with on top of it all.