i love juice

So I guess I have to look for yet another one GRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrr. DAMN IT!!!!

Even while in school I had a job and worked for my money so that I would never have to ask, so when leaving school I went to college and studied to get a job that would pay me well through my teens. I bought a car, I had two in that time, I paid rent to my mother and got pissed on my own money. Then the time came to go to university, I had paid taxes for them best part of 5 years and thought that this justified leeching of the state. Even in uni I had several jobs until I got my degree and up to now I have had two jobs in my profession. All of this, all of my work and experience and I struggle to break £25,000.00 a year But if I knew then what I know now I would have surely got pissed and done the deed with my first girlfriend at 13.
To say that society is broken is a fair comment but what do you expect when our NuLabour Government spends hundreds of billions a year pulling fat cat bankers out of the shit then tops the bill by promoting a better life for those that don’t work and get pregnant at 13.
£30,000.00 a year is the wage for two children whose combined age is 28. It’s ridiculous and yet Nulabour still believe sex education in primary school is a good idea, I wonder is it cross curricular with mathematics?

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After all the controversy surrounding the appeals for Gaza, the so called peaceful protests and the BBC refusing to show the appeals on the TV things didn’t look good. But hey you get the second rate celebrities that vowed to never appear the BBC again and things start to look up; I wonder what they think now that the convoy of 1 million pounds worth aid had to be stopped because it was harboring Terrorists.
I chuckle away, im having such a lovely week.

“YOU’RE NOT DOING THIS MATE, WE ARE NOT DOING THIS!”

The day started out pretty normal, the same alarm, the same train and the same Starbucks but the rest of the day seemed to come on very fast and very surprising. I usually as a rule get in to work and check me emails first thing but as today was an open evening I had quite a lot to do and so I got started on the many jobs before the sessions started. It wasn’t until late morning that the first bit of good news came through, my job had been advertised which meant I would be able to apply (I had been working on a temp basis and the job had been made up for me personally to stay). Nice one, the bit of security I had been waiting for, I just hope I don’t mess the application up and we will be cruising. The rest of the day was rather busy with great feedback from an Observation I had earlier in the week and the usual winding up of the students to help make the day go faster.
It was about 4:00pm when the guys mentioned they would be going to the pub before the open evening began, this would ease the boredom for those who had to stay and fill the gap between students going home and visitors arriving. Now I have a rule when going the pub that you never leave on an even number, therefore you can have one pint but it must be one otherwise it will have to be three. We stayed for the three, well what I can say I had a good day and the conversation was good. So when the time came and Tenbellies was calling, my friend the Painter and I headed off to the train. The cool air and clear sky started to bring the Ale on but as we chatted on about the day and past week we hit traffic and walked over the bridge.
The Painter who is a big guy and pushing a bike was on the inside as we walked along the bridge and was the first to come in contact with a rather pissed chavy looking fella, as he bumped into he painter quite aggressively and unsteady we both thought the same thing and carried on walking not to provoke any kind of response but as we hit the crossing things took a very different turn. Feeling the aggression in the troubled fella we both turned and found that he had now started to climb over the side of the bridge ready to jump. Things here on in moved very quickly but started with myself running and grabbing the guy before he lost contact with the bridge. As my hot breath hit the cold air I shouted “YOUR NOT DOING THIS MATE, WE ARE NOT DOING THIS!” In a micro second it was not about him but us, his decision involved me now and I was pretty determined in not going for a swim in the icy water. The guy lunged forward and I started to go but within those moment the painter caught hold and it was final that this guy was going to stay very dry and very alive.
I’m not sure why this fella wanted to end it all or weather it was the drink but the look in his eye showed no remorse or regret just determination and distress. I didn’t feel sorry for this guy and I really didn’t care if he threw himself off the bridge it was just the fact that his sin, his shameless act and his trouble had been seen by my eyes and at that point his decision to kill himself was no longer his decision to make. When the police arrived and took him away the painter and I both tried to work through what had just happened and all I could feel was a kind of anger, shock and bewilderment. I’m pretty much still trying to understand this but I also have a feeling that I never will and that’s probably the best way.

I read a rather disturbing article this morning while on the way to work, this article stuck in my mind throughout the day as I tried to see the sense in it I kept coming to the same conclusion that it was completely insane.

The gist for those that scan articles is that basically, mother with two very young children is a smack head; grand parents take the children so to be with family while mother goes to rehab. Social Services take children off grandparents because they are too old, grand parents fight for custody but find legal bills too much and have to agree to adoption. Children get adopted by two Gay men even though children show dislike to men but Social Services disregard this and the four other couples that apply and the children go to gay couple. Grandparents show outrage and get slammed by Social Services for being homophobic and threaten to never let them see their grandchildren ever again. Phew that’s about it.

Firstly, it would be completely wrong in taking these children away from their family at such a young age and to have two loving Grandparents willing to take them on it would be stupid to cut ties with their family. There has to be some hope that their mother would get better and make up for the mistakes she has made, surely the Social Service could help the family stay to together rather than split it up.

Secondly, threatening the Grandparents with the action of never letting them see their Grandchildren again because of their disagreement with them being looked after by two Gay men is not only ridiculous and surely illegal in some way. Gay Parent Adoption is still fairly new and therefore I’m sure people still disagree with it, and doesn’t it make sense that there is need for stable structured family for these children. I.e. a mother and a father?

Finally, the fact that the children show discomfort around males is just complete lunacy placing these little children with two grown men. Surely someone in the Social Services can see this and needs to state the obvious as I’m sure it would be classed as child abuse. The Social Services should be working hard to look after those in need especially with past cases of child neglect that they are so blatantly responsible for. Torturing two young children by taking them away from there family and placing them in a home of two strange men for the sake of Political Correctness is crazy.

I feel so blessed in knowing that the Secretary of Education is none other than Ed Balls, to have such a wise and in tune academic fills me with complete security in knowing that not only the children of our future will be given the best in education, he also poses as a role model for educationalist like ones self. In his latest comments he has come up with the supreme knowledge and wise words that the rise in Teenage Pregnancies may have something to do with the rise in Binge Drinking.

Hmmmmm, right ok I can see how you may have got to that Mr Balls.

TIT!!

Maybe it has a lot more to do with your lovie dovie party breaking up the morals of society and introducing sex education in Primary school. Or could it be that Chantell (13) and her mother Tracy (28) from the council estate know that they can get a shit load off the social if they get up the duff; it’s easier than school or getting a job.

In a week of stating the obvious it was announced that we are officially in Recession, after easily 8 months of media bombardment of the economic downfall not just in the UK but around the world some clown who is probably being paid hundreds of thousands of pounds by the tax payer has made the official declaration that its here. Well blow me down I wouldn’t have guessed, I mean when was the final box ticked that indicated this was happening and do they wait till that very moment when the banks are empty and their own houses are taken from beneath them. Bummer Brown seems to think its all ok and we will be fine, “go out and spend” he continues to say while sticking he head in the sand or up some fellas arse what ever takes his fancy. The Boy Cameron says the country is on its way to bankruptcy what with plans to pay out a further £200 billion to save the fat cats, I wonder where this money comes from. £50 billion last year, VAT cuts and high unemployment I kind of think that things are not going to be ok and that maybe we need to have some one who is a little less delusional about our current situation.

On a different subject I was extremely surprise with the BBC in refusing to air the appeal and rightly so. The BBC should look to all its viewers and stand completely intermediate and not take sides. I’m surprised by the BBC in doing this but as even more start to shout and condemn them, will they buckle? There was no surprise however to see the Archbishop of Canterbury criticising them, what does he stand for again?

The big story of the day is without doubt this little gem, yep its out in the open now and I wonder how it will affect show. “Some say” that it was like telling children there is no Santa. Personally those people need to get a life it’s just a shame people have to ruin things.

Oh and I suppose this can’t go without a mention. The house is recognisable to many people who hold it as a classic comedy, I woke up with a “bastard behind the eyes” this morning and come to the decision that drinking on a school night is wrong.

Oh yeah and I’m sure Saddam is sat with his 72 virgins having the last laugh today.

I learned a few things about myself today as I sat in a classroom full of colleagues listening to an Ex Prison guard lecture about mental health, NO I’m not nuts. I learned that I was completely chilled and under a lot less stress now that I am in my new job, life is good right now and telling myself this every now and again is important for me and Tenbellies. The rest of the session was a little more serious and complex as I try to understand issues like Self Harm and dealing with children who suffer from depression and suicide. I have an understanding that children can become depressed and in a society that is crumbling like a cheap biscuit dipped in very poor builder’s tea, what do we expect and with this we have mental health issues that can lead to suicide. Our very selfish world makes for very lonely and isolated people. The hardest thing for me today was to accept Self Harm as a method of dealing with problems, and there is without doubt that through my life and the many issues that have tested me emotionally I have never thought to harm myself in any way to help me to deal with it.
There are many forms of Self Harm but I would like to concentrate on the act of cutting, and over the past 10 years or so its become more acceptable for children and adults to do this and that we are not to prevent but to ensure that it been done correctly and safely until the individual finds another way of dealing with their pain or problem. But the fact that society has made this acceptable and normal makes me think that more children do this without the true understanding but as a statement of identity and act of individualism. Part of my job is to ensure that children are safe, but from who? Society has in one way or another got a hand in the abuse of every child that chooses to deal with their problems but cutting themselves, the break down in communication and support from families is a result in the lack of ability for children to talk about and deal with their problems rationally. The family house hold is slowly disappearing and as parents become younger and the point of having a family that being mum, dad and children all under one roof is slowly evaporating. We stick our children in front of TV’s, computers, nannies, sports, clubs etc with a false knowledge that it is the right thing to do and with exception of a few there is the thinking that as long as their out of your hair you can reclaim some of your life back. But in the process you lose touch with your child and begin to know less about the person they are growing into and the abandonment they feel as they go through the most difficult time of their life. Having children should not be the result of a ten minute knee trembler but in the knowledge that you can give that person the best life possible filled with love and selflessness and in no circumstance inflict pain onto them physically and mentally, never give them a reason to resent you for having them. Its you responsibility not just to that child but the future of your grandchildren and great grandchildren, society because somewhere that has been lost and now we are finding the cracks and the only way to deal with it is to accept it as being normal.

Finally …I read a great post over on News Bleat it’s worth a read, good job Black Sheep.