Tag Archives: college

No Business Like Snow Business

Posted on Nov 30, 2010 by Granny

Flights cancelled buildings with no electricity, Schools closed and so it begins. The chaos that is British Winter restarts for 2010; you would think we would be better prepared by now. As temperatures hit record lows and Schools in my … Continue reading →

Posted in GRUMBLINGS, JUST SAYING, RANTS | Tagged Britain, college, Education, FE college, GRUMBLINGS, panic buying, people, pot holes, shopping, snow, snow ploughs, TESCO, TRAVEL, weather | 1 Comment

HAIR RAISING SKILLS – DO THEY MAKE YOU A BETTER PERSON?

Posted on Oct 27, 2010 by Granny

I have just had this conversation again! “Why do we need more hairdressers, there are 6 salons in the local town and they can’t fill those, so why do we need more?” I have two words to describe this conversation … Continue reading →

Posted in GRUMBLINGS, JUST SAYING, RANTS | Tagged age, college, communication, Education, English, essential skills, government, HAIRDRESSING, key skills, life, people, sector skills councils, tranferrable skills, vocational, work | Leave a comment

THE HEROES THAT HELP THE HEROES

Posted on Oct 17, 2010 by Granny

I have just spent a lovely evening with my Son, Daughter in Law and 2 Grandsons, not unusual you may say. Except this time we were having a get together as my Son is leaving for Afghanistan on Tuesday, to … Continue reading →

Posted in JUST SAYING | Tagged Britain, british armed forces, children, college, English, family, government, Help for Heroes, heroes, life, people, siblings | 5 Comments

ONE OF THOSE DAYS!

Posted on Aug 17, 2010 by Granny

Good morning, Granny calling……I am having one of those days, you know, the sort of day that starts out wrong. When you try to put the lid of the teapot on the kettle by mistake (and it falls in) and … Continue reading →

Posted in GRUMBLINGS | Tagged age, cleaning, college, GRUMBLINGS, Grumpy, life, people, woman, WOMEN | 4 Comments

WITH RESPONSIBILITY, GIVE US THE POWER!

Posted on Jul 7, 2010 by Granny

According to The Guardian teachers will get tougher powers to deal with unruly pupils in a “zero tolerance” crackdown on nuisance in the classroom…….. Staff will be given powers to search children for mobile phones, music players, pornography, fireworks and … Continue reading →

Posted in GRUMBLINGS, RANTS | Tagged age, anger, angry, children, college, Education, language, lecturers, life, MEN, old, parents, people, power, responsibility, spiderman, teachers, teenagers, time, woman, work | 4 Comments

CANADA – 5 DAY TO GO…..

Posted on Jul 5, 2010 by Granny

Granny calling, Five days to go and I’m still not organised. I have ordered dollars, I have finished all the washing and ironing and I am struggling to stay focussed at work due to the fact that I have so … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada 2010, TRAVEL & HOLIDAYS | Tagged Britain, Calgary, canada, college, life, manchester, people, time | 2 Comments

TODAY’S CHILDREN ARE TOMORROW’S ADULTS

Posted on Jun 17, 2010 by Granny

Imagine this, you wake up one morning and you are suddenly a ‘teenager’. You are no longer 12 but 13! When you went to bed last night, you were treated like a child. You woke up this morning and you … Continue reading →

Posted in GRUMBLINGS | Tagged age, Britain, children, college, Education, fat, gentlemen, Grumpy, hormones, language, life, media, MEN, old, people, respect, scaremongering, siblings, the sun, WOMEN | 4 Comments

IT’S ONLY WORDS?

Posted on Jun 9, 2010 by Granny

So what is it that people hate about swearing, after all, you can say all manner of words, but if you use them in a certain way, they can be described as offensive. These are the type of things I … Continue reading →

Posted in GRUMBLINGS, RANTS | Tagged age, Britain, children, college, Education, expletives, GRUMBLINGS, Grumpy, language, life, manners, MEN, old, people, siblings, swearing, WOMEN, words | 4 Comments

CAN ANYONE ANSWER THIS QUESTION?

Posted on Apr 12, 2010 by Granny

WHAT IS IT WITH SMOKERS? I work in a College of Further Education, a large establishment which accomodates around 1,500 full time, and around 1,000 part time students on a daily basis. Given the new rules on smoking in public … Continue reading →

Posted in GRUMBLINGS | Tagged anti-social, bins, caretakers, college, fags, habit, Health and safety, litter, mad, mess, nicotine, people, rubbish, shelter, smoke, smoking, studying, wasted, work | 1 Comment

WHY I HATE MONDAYS

Posted on Apr 3, 2010 by Granny

Tell you why, I don’t like Mondays? Do you ever wonder why when you get up in the morning, especially on Mondays why you even bother to make plans? I lay there most Monday mornings at around 06.00 waiting for … Continue reading →