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Scottish schools sceptic (convert through experience of 4 Perth schools). Stories from schools. Stories from the NHS to come.

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What 'wellbeing' in school looks like. And what do they do about it? Nothing.

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@DaveBucket1 I had a problem by my eye that kept getting irritated and flaring up. Then it got infected and I felt I really had to get it seen before we went away. And that is exactly what they said. So I drove to Manchester with a high temp & 2 kids in the car. What can you do?

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26 days to get an appointment with my GP.

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@DaveBucket1 So you wait and wait and hope to get better by yourself, then you get worse and then they say how long have been ill and you say 3 weeks and they say "No cos it's obviously not urgent then, is it"!

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Found myself searching to see if I could see Living with Teenagers at the cinema instead of going Perth High School. That's how much I dislike going on to school property nowadays.

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Our huge primary cancelled Burns night event due to lack of support. If the school was liked, trusted & was a place people enjoyed visiting no doubt parents would want to go. That they don't, says everything.

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Our most read blogpost of 2019: Adverse Childhood Experiences Are Not the Answer for Policy https://t.co/lnUQPvqgiF

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@DavidAn91623930 @RonaldMcDog Given how people eventually realised how complex Brexit was I thought Labour's idea was good: get a deal and then put it to people. #NotetoSturgeon That's the way it should have been in the first place. If indeed Cameron should ever have started this. #ALotToAnswerFor

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@DavidAn91623930 @RonaldMcDog Given how Scotland did vote, esp on Europe I have sympathy with the indy view. But there seems to be an assumption that Scotland will join Europe (and the euro?) directly after a Yes vote. Given the deficit (and god knows what else) that that doesn't seem guaranteed to me.

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@DavidAn91623930 @Peteonone It is a a part of the SNP agenda of control & authoriarianism again. That's the main reason I would never vote SNP. Their supporters aren't seeing that - yet. I see it most in child & family policy but I see it spreading,at least within our (non SNP!) LA.

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@Peteonone @DavidAn91623930 Head Gardener was a particularly creepy one, especially since analogies of growing (vs building) are usually an excellent sign. Most miss it, so when the opposition gets and appropriates it, that's quite worrying.

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@Peteonone @DavidAn91623930 Re "let it happen". We don't actually have a choice. If you've ever tried suggesting, remonstrating or lodging a complaint with a school run on SNP lines, you'll know. I've tried four of them (schools, not complaints).

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@fatbadger442 @speyquine I've nearly said many times: can't call #ToriesOut unless you're voting. I can relax!

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@fatbadger442 @Leahurst66 Ah.

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@fatbadger442 @deetoured @speyquine @Leahurst66 Oh god...

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@PerthandKinross Come on guys, be fair, it's not as though @PerthandKinross has any authoritarian or controlling streak. (I mean the bans or as they like to say "individual communication protocols" on contacting council departments are nothing like either.)

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@deetoured @speyquine @fatbadger442 @Leahurst66 They already do it if you go to hospital too much or if your child gets salmonella they assume you're an unfit parent. School's the next most obvious place to do the very same thing. They probably already do.

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@deetoured @speyquine @fatbadger442 @Leahurst66 Ooh, that's quite generous! My go-to remark to my kids is "You can't wear those shoes / those trousers / not wear a coat or we'll get us assessed by the school spies & then someone will visit us & then god knows what they'll do." Because that is what it feels like.