rather than doing my own study. He really needs to get a C in this but it's all doouble dutch to him and his teacher is no help!

that's exactly my point...should I do this much, am I holding their hands too much. 95% of me says not, Sam needs every kick he can get

you're doing the right think getting your studies out of the way now while they are young Maddy Lou! I 've found less and less time since

both are at secondary!

How's your project coming along? (I read a couple of papers yesterday but they weren't that relevant so I need to find more!)

no problems

you are right about finding something that catches your interest for learning to happen. He sat up late last night watching a programme

the trenches at Ypres, he was glued to it! He's doing History as one of his exams so despite the programme ending at 10.45 I let him watch

it, something relevant to his exam might come of it!

the trouble with chemistry is that alot of it isn't experiments and hands-on so it's hard to understand. Ask him about an experiment they've

done at school and he remembers it all...ask him for an empirical formula and he'd have to look up how to do it

...so would I, and I have a BSc

what Sam will do later in life when confronted with things he finds difficult?

now you're scaring me Eingang! Hopefully maturity will play a part!

I suspect there's a fine line between helping people find the path and encouraging co-dependency.

I can understand wanting the best for your child but what does happen to them as adults?

mind, I'm not a parent! I'm just wondering, especially seeing the difference between me and my brother, and…

Mr. IBM and his younger sister.

there is a fine line Eingang, you're right. I do encourage independence but when I can see that if I just sit back he will too I'd rather

'butt in' and give him more guidance. My daughter is different, very self-motivated with her school work, she's like me while Sam is like

hub. Hub came out of school with one CSE. Luckily it hasn't stopped him from doing well. He did an apprenticeship with British Rail, sussed

that he was going to go nowhere and moved to London Transport. He worked his way up to management. Unfortunately Sam sees that this means

qualifications aren't the be all and end all!!

Right, enough thought from me, I have a ton to do today!

should I send you some good luck with that?

errrggg... I've been down the road of not being a FT employee before and having troubles. Frankly, I never managed to resolve them.

sounds complicated!

I've heard that before too and it didn't work. )-: it's mostly loot now for me because Moodle resolved the issue.

my problem was I couldn't get a VPN token to use the intrrnal network. I couldn't update the course web site or release/fix content

even though I was the course chair. Moodle's all web-based & not hidden behind the internal firewall, so I can do that.