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[Oracle]

if you havnt got anything nice or constructive to say then dont say anything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What's more constructive than paying due regard to education?

Isn't that what you want for your kids?

How about setting them a good example ....

[Bananiot]

Cyprus can be very frustrating for newcomers. Especially for those that do not understand where they are letting themselves into. The biggest issue I faced when I came back in 1980 was the rudeness of its people. Once I stopped at a zebra crossing to let a poor sod cross the road. The drivers behind me started sounding their horns but the worse, the guy I stopped for, looked at me in such a way as though he was saying "are you crazy?"

I think things are better now but we still lack behind on the politeness issue. Kids are school are also a good measure of the adult society. Most of them will cheat liberally if they get half a chance during class tests and they will boast about it if they are not caught. This is probably a Middle East thing where cheating and not getting caught is considered to be clever. When they get caught however, they come up with all sort of excuses in order to plea for mercy. Pathetic, really.

[alexjames2]

Bananiot... many thanks for your reply, sounds quite what i have experienced so far..manners account for a lot and yes rudeness here is not uncommon. I want my kids to be little gentleman..

[Oracle]

I want my kids to be little gentleman..

... are "they" Siamese twins by any chance?

[alexjames2]

identical twins!

[miltiades]

[quote="alexjames2"]Bananiot... many thanks for your reply, sounds quite what i have experienced so far..manners account for a lot and yes rudeness here is not uncommon. I want my kids to be little gentleman.. [/quote
Gentlemen are very few and far between in the UK now . Greed has replaced civility , politeness is a sign of weakness , gentlemen are seen as a relic of the past. Where is the "gentlemanly " approach in the UK today , and it will get far far worst. The MPs scandal will affect all sections of our community . The little man will copy the examples set by the "gentlemen" that rule out nation. Please dont make your children " little gentlemen" they would be at a disadvantage with society.
The Cypriot kids are not constantly reprimanded by their parents for not not saying please and thank you but at least they are brought up in a family environment with cousins , aunts and uncles , grandpas and grandmothers not like the British kids who dont even know who their father is !
I have two grandchildren , in a few months I will have 3 .There is no where else that I would like them to grow up than Cyprus .
The feeling that they know their mum and dad , their cousins aunties and uncles , the very fact that they are a part of a Cypriot culture that still relishes family values is for me the greatest gift that children can ever have.

[alexjames2]

thats a sweeping statement about british kids not knowing who their dad is! im going to sleep now goodnight all

[miltiades]

thats a sweeping statement about british kids not knowing who their dad is! im going to sleep now goodnight all

Statistiscs show that 1 out of 5 new born babies are illegitimate !!
We have the highest number of single mothers in Europe , we are a nation of illegal immigrants , crooked MPs , Bankers Traffic bastard Wardens and real bastards .

[purdey]

Naughty Milti, I don't know what it's like in your neck of the woods but it is not like that up here.

[suegwyn]

Milti, if it's that bad where you live, why are you still there???