SG's invade Brittish Pubs.. with their parents in tow..

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SG's invade Brittish Pubs.. with their parents in tow..

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Re: SG's invade Brittish Pubs.. with their parents in tow..

Post by GRUMPY PIRATE » Wed Oct 15, 2008 12:47 am

Goodness!

thats crazy. I always thought of a pub as a bar, that sometimes served food. strictly adults only because of the alcohol.


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Re: SG's invade Brittish Pubs.. with their parents in tow..

Post by GaTechGal » Wed Oct 15, 2008 9:49 am

We take our kids with us to our local tavern. They have good food and it allows us to enjoy a pint or 2. And they have video games and have started having Wii night were you can come in and play some. Now there is only 1 Wii system, so everyone has to share, but I've yet to see an argument over whose turn it was. And we make our kids behave (just like everywhere else we go). I've spoken to a child or 2, but I'd do that anywhere if kids were tearing around. I think this article is really about bad parenting, and so SG's have indeed invaded British pubs.



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Re: SG's invade Brittish Pubs.. with their parents in tow..

Post by felinefan » Wed Oct 15, 2008 7:36 pm

When I worked at Knott's, I looked forward to Brits coming to my rides. The children were well-behaved and if they got the least bit out of line, Mum or Dad would be swift to put them right. They were among the best-behaved guests. I guess the Brits are starting to pick up our bad behaviors, in not adequetely discipling or controlling their kids. Hopefully they are the exception rather than the rule.
Pubs were the first restaurants, originally serving drinks and food to travelers and townsfolk alike. Thus they became social centers, and now they are on the level of American sit-down restaurants. I was reading the site of the New Scotland Yard, and the list of what British kids can do at certain ages is, to my American mind, appalling. I mean, kids can decide to stop schooling at 14? :eek: The legal drinking age is 18 over thee; I have a cousin who's studying there in England, and he got into the pubs and got himself an alcohol problem. And all they do is go to lectures and then just write a report on what they learned. :eek: :eek: But he has to finish there, because the units aren't transferable here across the pond. Ay, yi, yi! To me, going to lectures and then just writing a report on what you learned, with no homework assignments--sorry, I hardly call that learning. Homework is to give you practice in using new knowledge, and to enable you to memorize what you've learned.


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Re: SG's invade Brittish Pubs.. with their parents in tow..

Post by GRUMPY PIRATE » Wed Oct 15, 2008 11:34 pm

felinefan wrote:When I worked at Knott's, I looked forward to Brits coming to my rides. The children were well-behaved and if they got the least bit out of line, Mum or Dad would be swift to put them right. They were among the best-behaved guests. I guess the Brits are starting to pick up our bad behaviors, in not adequetely discipling or controlling their kids. Hopefully they are the exception rather than the rule.
Pubs were the first restaurants, originally serving drinks and food to travelers and townsfolk alike. Thus they became social centers, and now they are on the level of American sit-down restaurants. I was reading the site of the New Scotland Yard, and the list of what British kids can do at certain ages is, to my American mind, appalling. I mean, kids can decide to stop schooling at 14? :eek: The legal drinking age is 18 over thee; I have a cousin who's studying there in England, and he got into the pubs and got himself an alcohol problem. And all they do is go to lectures and then just write a report on what they learned. :eek: :eek: But he has to finish there, because the units aren't transferable here across the pond. Ay, yi, yi! To me, going to lectures and then just writing a report on what you learned, with no homework assignments--sorry, I hardly call that learning. Homework is to give you practice in using new knowledge, and to enable you to memorize what you've learned.
That almost sounds like they are using a sort of socratic method of teaching.


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