Just deleted another comment from table bint over on M&T. This time picking me up on a couple of spelling mistakes. I’m pretty sure I know who she is, another Home Educator on the blogring that isn’t Early Years and the Far Out Crowd one too – and having learnt recently just what they all think they are far out of I am pretty much filled with simple irritation at the lot of ’em anyway.
I really loathe the fact that the biggest challenge to Home Educators actually isn’t the government, it isn’t other people who have their children in school, it isn’t that nosey checkout operator who asks ‘no school today?’ every time you go to the supermarket and it isn’t misleading articles in the TES. It’s other bloody home educators!
I’m not saying I don’t judge other people, I do it all the time, and within my own little circle I could even be described as scathing (yes, really 😉 ) but I can only assume that people’s need to go and make little snidey comments on the blogs of total strangers is to feed their own insecurity at their parenting, educational provision or lifestyle. I’m not going to respond, the table rant was on a bad day when I didn’t follow my own usual advice to ignore people not worth responding to, but the blog is now moderated for anyone I haven’t approved a comment from before and hopefully in the style of most of life’s minor irritations if I don’t pay any attention to her she’ll give up, go away and focus her attention on something a little more worthy, like her own life.
NIc, are you sure you aren’t just a victim of a troll of some sort? The one that used to bother me made a habit of impersonating people with just one spelling mistake in the name or email address. She still pops up from time to time too.
What exactly are they all far out on btw? I’ve never quite understood all that!
Comment by Merry — 26 May 2007 @ 1:39 pm
Obviously I haven’t turned the computer off; this is exactly what I was trying to get at on Wednesday.
“It’s other bloody home educators! ”
I am so fucking sick of it – these sanctimonious windbags who spend so much time being ‘concerned’ with what everyone else is doing, who are never shy of providing unsolicited advice but are deeply clueless and lack the intelligence or self awareness to realise that other people are different to them
If I meet one more mother of a preschooler who has all the answers (rolls eyes) I’ll scream.
Wankers … and god am I sick of the motherhood fetish that seems to be so prevalent amongst HEers.
Comment by layla — 26 May 2007 @ 1:40 pm
“the motherhood fetish”
Ugh yes, that’s something that’s been particularly annoying me lately. I’m all in favour of a main caregiver or two (or more), promoting good attachments and all that, but it doesn’t have to be sodding mummy.
Comment by Alison — 26 May 2007 @ 2:14 pm
Someone actual told me I was brave for ‘letting’ Simon take Jasper out! LETTING him! He’s his sodding father FFS.
Obviously its damaging/neglectful/un-attached to think it perfectly normal that the children have a relationship with their father independent of me.
Comment by layla — 26 May 2007 @ 2:21 pm
oh blimey, picking up spelling mistakes??? Please God don’t let her find my blog then!
For some reasons M&T had gone from my RSS so I missed your table rant (and your day in pictures which was lovely by the way) but I’m almost, notice I say almost, tempted to make you some sort of “ancillary table accessory” (of the seriously twee sort naturally 😉 ) to decorate your poor tables (ducks and runs!)
Love my table, where would I dump the washing if I didn’t have one??? What? we are meant to eat breakfast at it????
Comment by t-bird — 26 May 2007 @ 7:13 pm
“we are meant to eat breakfast at it????”
Only if you can see the telly from there 😉
Comment by Alison — 26 May 2007 @ 7:16 pm
I’d quite like it to be anyone other than mummy actually. How about a convent. Me or them, whichever. I’m easy. Or does being easy preclude convent life?
Comment by Merry — 26 May 2007 @ 8:25 pm
Is there a re nun order where you’re not allowed to speak, or is that just monks? I’d love to go somewhere like that as a retreat, where no one coudl talk to me – bliss 🙂
Comment by Alison — 26 May 2007 @ 9:02 pm
I’m sure there is… and there are definitely retreats that are silent. I’ve visited one.
Comment by Merry — 26 May 2007 @ 11:35 pm
“Or does being easy preclude convent life?”
Merry, not if you fancy women – I’ve got a book of true life exploits of former nuns that is so rude I have to hide it from the kids.
Blimey, spelling mistakes – what?? And PLEASE someone tell me what they are far out of?
Motherhood fetish gets me a bit sometimes too – all that bleeding, lactating, deep biological bonding stuff makes my toes curl rather. My life experiences have made me realise that what counts is the love, teas provided and hugs given. Not saying biology is nothing but it sure as hell isn’t everything.
Comment by Allie — 27 May 2007 @ 1:08 pm
ROFL – i so want to see that Allie!!!!!
Although, Max might not cope, i’m sure he thinks there is something going on btw me and Claire, especially when i told him we were planning a weekend in London to visit a few famously womens only sex shops!!!!
Comment by Merry — 27 May 2007 @ 5:29 pm
Yep, Ady’s mother sure as hell didn’t keep her part of the nurturing bargain and he’s turned out just fine!
I guess people just have very empty lives in order to spend any of their time worrying about other people’s really.
Comment by Nic — 27 May 2007 @ 8:43 pm
hmm, well i guess i do want to have more kid time, but that’s cos i’m deprived, but i don’t think my kids are. daddy is just fine for them [and him].
could be a troll.
on subject of weirdness, someone is coming to mpc having got permission from headmistress to take out of school, just-in-case???
Comment by HelenHaricot — 28 May 2007 @ 11:50 pm
ROFL Helen, I head scratched about that one too! You can see the conversation cant you – “hello headmistress, I would like permission to take my kiddies out of school for the week to go to a home education camp in case we decide to take our children out of your school altogether”
Comment by t-bird — 29 May 2007 @ 9:55 am