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Those soft skills can be translated into later life. My eldest son benefited from the air cadets in his early teenage years—I know that I look far too young to have a kid that old, but there we go—so I know the value that is attached to such groups for young people.
The member will know better than I do that Culloden is just one choice of all the things that children can visit. My son is going to visit something in Glasgow during the week, which is subsidised by the local authority, too.
My mother was Scottish, and she would be proud to see her son here today.Before coming to Scotland 10 years ago, I was business editor of the Manchester Evening News, and before that I was editor of the Western Daily Press in Bristol.
My recollection is that the communication from March 2009 was to update us on their personal situation with regard to their son, rather than to provide the committee with a response to the policy issues.
Such children also bring to the classroom much knowledge and experience of different parts of the world. My son attends Bruntsfield primary school, which collected good stories on migration from children from all over the world, under the title, “Migration Stories”.
One of the things that I picked up on was that you said that education is not just about passing exams. Frankly, I dispute that. My son is sitting his highers this year and, when he applies to university, he will not be asked if he had a fulfilling and holistic education; he will be asked how many As and Bs he got in his highers.Parents decide what schools ...
Parents are constantly asking themselves whether something is appropriate for their children.I am the mother of a son and a daughter and I worry that they are crushed by the expectations that are placed on boys and girls by inappropriate imagery and goals.