Quote from: dextrous63 on Yesterday at 12:02:44 PMI once worked in a school which was so far behind the times that it was ahead of the times, and hence successful and highly regarded.

Along came a new head who proceeded to modernise it.  Standards and reputation soon fell.

I think you can see the parallel I'm making.

Exactly.  Same experience for me - change of head and change of OFSTED reports.
Fortunately not too long before I retired.

Ah yes the dreaded question....

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To me it suggests emotional in stability  on the part of the teacher in this case 
Following the break up of her marriage she may have felt lonely and unwanted
I doubt she became a teacher in order to seduce 15 year old boys ..
Which is what peadophiles do.
They look for situations where they can seduce children .

The fact is physically we are still cave men .
15 year olds are old enough to father children .
Not so long ago they would be working perhaps doing a mans job 
In fact the human being  is more fertile in the early teenage years .
We are no longer cave men and childhood is much more extended .

The teacher behaved unethically and abused her position .
Perhaps fathers should take heed should and give their teenage sons guidance on sexual behaviour and what is and what is not acceptable 

Yes the sales growth has fallen a lot.

Early adopters all have them
Nobody will  buy a secondhand EV
Removal of subsidies
Slow build of chargers
High cost of commercial chargers
Inconvenient for long journies
Increasing insurance costs - more so for EVs than ICE
Much dearer than ICE even with massive manufacturer subsidies
Increasing awareness that the "climate crisis" really is a lot of hot air

The planned phase out of ICE cannot happen without some huge changes that are unlikely to happen. Even if it did the grid couldn't cope - the energy density and energy produced by fossil fuels is huge and renewables can't make up the shorfall in the time available (or probably ever) Nuclear is going to be needed for sure as fossil fuels run out.

My son has one for driving to work. That saves him money. He also has a diesel though. Just as well as sometimes the overnight charging fails - it isnt 100% reliable and in the main getting diesel is. When getting diesel may be a problem is known about in advance too because it is usually strikes.

The one my son has is PCP. The car's value now is already well below the residual the PCP provides so he'll just hand it back and the problem will be the finance comany's. Repeat that for most PCP contracts and they will either no longer be offered or at far less favourable terms,

'Does my bum look big in this' ?    Yes it does..

Cloudy here today.. I cut one of my hedges yesterday.. Looking out of the window i notice that the bloody thing is well crooked..

Quote from: klondike on Yesterday at 11:10:09 AMCruising the street is free....

We can not cruise the streets near the hospital.. It is built away from any roads..

The buildings look dull because of the stone that is used..  

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I've said right from the start I didn't want one. Are more people feeling that way now do you think?

BBC News - Is the move to electric cars running out of power?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-69022771