Had to post a link to this “news article” about house prices, Northern Rock being bailed out and the rapture. Very funny, perhaps because it also generates a bit of fear that there might be some truth in it! 🙂
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Slight problem. We took Indianna to the childminder for the week to try and get her ready for Lori’s return to work next week. However Indi had other ideas, she cried at every session and would not eat or drink. Picking her up yesterday we were informed they could not accomodate her next week. This means Lori had to cancel her return to work. Whilst this is good in that Lori gets to stay with Indi we could have done with the income. So plans for the day van are on hold but hopefully it will give Lori the time to do some more writing and look after asbo baby.
Yesterday Iain (BCYM) was running a session for line managers and said a throw away phase that caught my imagination. In line management we needed to have “relationships of equality rather than relationships of power”. A great phrase that says a lot about management style and approach, good to keep in mind as we approach others. It also reminds me a Transactional Analysis and how much better management is when you have adult to adult conversations.
The issue is how easy it is to revert to power bases particularly when you are in a hurry or have loads of expectations from others. Couple of other interesting points came up. Paul rasied the issue about how often ministers/ clergy are metaphoriacally seen as more “white” coller staff, professional expecting to manage their hours themsleves etc, but other staff can be seen as “blue coller” needing to clock in and out, request time off etc.
Had a great time at Greenbelt. Didn’t do the usual running around to catch speakers, as the baby took time and we had a nightmare journey. Enjoyed chilling with friends and the kids. Beth (9) went off with two friends for most of the festival, and I hung around with Jo (12).
It is great how kids surprise you. We were in messy space playing pick up sticks when Jo notices the Tote betting, Tote gambling etc branding and signs around the walls and rest of site and made a thought provoking statement.
“Just like Greenbelt, G-Store, G-shop, G-Talks,”
I was really surprised by the observation. He doesn’t worry about wearing brands, never asks for the branded cereal over the supermarket own. His connection was just an observation. Yet the “just like” is a little disconcerting. How does a 12 year old navigate the branded world, decide what brands to trust, or begin differentiate between an ethical brand or another?
Even where they try to facilitate a counter cultural apporach, is branding an inevitable consequence for Greenbelt as they recoup costs, keep prices low etc through merchandising? Is there a third way for Greenbelt?Mute Witness dvdrip
There is a great video here The Wackness dvd Invasion of the Body Snatchers movie . Take five minutes to view it.
Are you going to Greenbelt? FYT will be hosting a daily ‘Afternoon Tea’ session at the Tiny Tea Tent at 3pm for youth workers to come along and share their experiences, meet other people or just chill out together. Anyone want to catch up?
When we go on holiday we have the habit of bumping into famous people. in Wales I saw a guy from a bbc 1 series about something northern, okay I cant remember his name but his face rang a bell. In Morcombe we spotted Edwina Curry. In Cornwall Rick Stein, Amelia Fox at Corfe castle, and we just saw Stephen Fry in Norfolk. Okay we haven’t been anywhere exotic, but that means every holiday Lori and I have had we did see someone vaguely famous. Would it be any better if we spent time traveling miles abroad, we would probably just bump into Brad and Angelina!!!
On Aug 18th we are running this event with One eighty to highlight the need for Lights at chard skate park and present the Town council a DVD and Powerpoint outlining the case. Find out more info click town c below for a copy of the powerpoint being presented or on the image for a copy of the poster to display.
time for blog break and holiday.Turistas movie download
Yesterday FYT launched the findings from the Labels are for Jars not young people, which researches the views adults have of young people. The findings (see here for full details or below for a snapshot) are critical of the media. So it is not really surprising that none of the invited media showed up to press launch despite 6-7 foot jar being driven down Fleet Street. The research shows strong evidence that adults opinions are being distorted by media representation, had been a trial and the defendant failed to show a guilty verdict would have been passed.
Overall the research shows categorically that young people are viewed negatively by adults in England and it goes on to offer ideas about how the negative labels might be challenged and replaced with positive ideas for change.
The research offers significant evidence that when adults are thinking of young people as ‘perpetrators’ there is an overestimation relating to levels of anti social and criminal behaviour (in some cases very significantly). However, when thinking about young people as ‘victims’ adults are underestimating the extent of young people’s vulnerability. The research clearly shows that adult opinions are being distorted by media representations that are creating a negative spiral in attitudes and beliefs across different generations.
