Britpick Question and Fic Update

[amberfocus]

First the Britpick:

Do you have such things as parental volunteers in the British School system? Parents that come in and work as teacher's assistants or helping with such things as school field trips?

As for the fic update:

Chapter four of Doubt is coming along quite nicely. It's current word count is 2093. I've just got to the part of it where School Reunion is actually starting. I may yet finish this in four parts instead of the five I thought I might have to expand it to. Gotta love Jackie. The first 2000 words are mostly hers. But what she says may entirely surprise you. Not sure when it'll be finished. I need to take 45 minutes and watch SR one more time. Or at least the dialog heavy SJ/Rose and Ten/Rose and Mickey/Ten bits. Fortunately there is no Nutcracker rehearsal tomorrow because of the holiday weekend. I didn't think I could ever loathe that music in my life, but...yeah...getting there.

Zeppelins is coming along slowly. I think I'll take a small break after I finish Doubt and focus on Zeppelins and You're What? for about a week before getting back to the next Moments in Darkness fic. And not write one single ounce of angst. Just fluffy bunnies and happy/happy.

I had one horrible, horrible angsty plot bunny for Doomsday, but I don't know if I can bring myself to do it. I'm not sure I can bring myself to do Doomsday at all for MiD.

Also, azriona, I had this idea for a crack!fic that I don't even think I could begin to do justice to, but you on the other hand so could. I'm not above begging. I could trade it for a smut!fic of Nine/Rose, Ten/Rose, or Ten2/Rose.

Comments

[captain91.livejournal.com]

parents come in for field trips in primary school (5-11) and secondary school (11-16). they often also help to get students there via car if a bus isn't being used, ie for a band trip

parents generally aren't allowed in a helpers for normal classes since it distracts the kids too much. the only time they come in is for very practical things like painting sets for plays - you need eyes on every pupil then!

[solarflar3.livejournal.com]

Parents do come in regularly to listen to kids read etc in the younger stages. Usually for years R to 3, though frequently they will help with reading in years 3 to 6 too. It is encouraged and most primary schools will be screaming out to parents for that kind of help.

[captain91.livejournal.com]

with reading in my school the top 2 years would sit and listen to the younger ones read. year 7 and 8 also came back on teacher training days at secondary school to help out.

we'd had a "problem" with a parent there though a few years before so parents weren't let in much

[solarflar3.livejournal.com]

Oooh nasty, not surprised they stopped the practice then. Though I have to say that isn't the norm. I work in schools as well as having 2 school age kids and at the schools I work at parents are encouraged, actually 'my' schools are desperate for that. Same with my daughter's primary school, though not my son's high school. Reckon if I went in there to read with the kids, my son would die of embarrassment!

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

We have to have background checks and fingerprints taken to volunteer in the classrooms of the public schools here. You can chaperone a field trip without it but anything else requires the checks.

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

Okay. I was thinking about having Ten2 volunteering in the schools for the Forward Stesp Along the Path series.

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

Okay, thanks.