Or kneesh market

Wonders immediately if you can make them into prints for a niche market

Call off your giraffes?

See also the cobblers

And there was lots of white dog poo about. Whatever happened to white dog poo?

1. Smokestack Lightning - Howlin’ Wolf
2. Ocean Rain - Echo and the Bunnymen
3. Stormy Weather - Eta James
4. November Rain - Guns n Roses
5. I think it’s going to rain today - Randy Newman version
#FridayFive

Looking fab. Where’s that water feature from? ❤️

And reading it brought strange comfort. It has always been thus.

And the children of the 70s were watching graphic film in school so they knew what to do in the event of nuclear war.

I’ve just finished reading Barnaby Rudge. Written almost 200 years ago, and set during the Gordon Riots of 1780, the parallels with today are remarkable, particularly with regard to mob mentality and frenzy.

Is one of his testicles still in the Albert Hall?

Of course, there’s balance to be had and we can’t wrap them up in cotton wool, but I do think society’s behaviours have changed and children are too easily exposed to disfunctionality leading to increased anxiety.

We need to know the grown-ups knew what they were doing (even if they didn’t) in order to feel safe.

I can remember, in very rare cases, the anxiety when around adults that made me feel unsafe. I think this exposure may now be much wider.

/2. *including their access to social media

I’ve been thinking about ‘bashing & attacking’ : it’s become prevalent & the norm. When I was a child we were shielded from any cross words; disagreement took place away from our ears. Now children are exposed to this*, how much does adult behaviour account for increase in mental health issues? /2

Things that the AI target would obviously need to consider yet just as obviously won't:
*Number of pupils with major medical needs
*Number of pupils on reduced timetables at the request of local authorities because no proper specialist provision is available

*Number of pupils where parents have effectively withdrawn them while awaiting appropriate SEND provision but pupil is kept on role for safeguarding reasons
*Number of pupils where doctors hands signed vague letters advising that they need not attend school for a period