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On 08/01/2017 at 0:29 AM, RelentlessOblivion said:

I hate to make unfair generalisations but here we go. All movies post 2010 suck.

Thought this one would slip past, hey? ;)

I reckon there are heaps of great movies since 2010. 

'Interstellar'

'Star Wars The Force Awakens'

'Star Wars Rogue One'

'Batman v Superman - Dawn of Justice' (second + viewing of ultimate edition with subtitles on exclusively. A single viewing of the theatrical release is a nonsensical mess that only comes together with orientation, like an initially obscure metal album. This is a masterpiece)

'The Big Short'

'The Wolf of Wall Street'

'Inception'

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3 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said:

The little one starts preschool tomorrow, glad it's finally happening but I'm nervous for him.

 

Yeah I know exactly what you're going through...when mine started he went 2-3 days a week until he acclimatised to others (i.e. realised there were other kids on this earth and the sun didn't specifically rotate around him); and then he went full-time when he was almost three. So he's been going 5 days per week for a year and a half now.  Its actually really difficult letting them go for the first day ('heartbreaking' according to my wife) and mine used to cry a lot when we left...but now when I go to get him he refuses to come home...he's made so many friends and gone to heaps of birthday parties etc. He has so much fun. He even sings songs in French and Chinese now because they teach them all sorts of fun stuff like that :)

We saw a garden snail in the garden a few weeks ago and I said "Look - there's a little snail Willy " and he said to me "No dad - that's petit escargot". Lol little 4 year old smart ass  schooling his dad in French - but that's all what he learns at pre-school.

Anyway buddy, you'll handle it as best you can - there's no manual or tricks involved. It takes some time to adjust (both he and you) but like all parents - you'll get there. And he will have so much fun playing with his friends.........trust me.

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Yeah I know exactly what you're going through...when mine started he went 2-3 days a week until he acclimatised to others (i.e. realised there were other kids on this earth and the sun didn't specifically rotate around him); and then he went full-time when he was almost three. So he's been going 5 days per week for a year and a half now.  Its actually really difficult letting them go for the first day ('heartbreaking' according to my wife) and mine used to cry a lot when we left...but now when I go to get him he refuses to come home...he's made so many friends and gone to heaps of birthday parties etc. He has so much fun. He even sings songs in French and Chinese now because they teach them all sorts of fun stuff like that :)

We saw a garden snail in the garden a few weeks ago and I said "Look - there's a little snail Willy " and he said to me "No dad - that's petit escargot". Lol little 4 year old smart ass  schooling his dad in French - but that's all what he learns at pre-school.

Anyway buddy, you'll handle it as best you can - there's no manual or tricks involved. It takes some time to adjust (both he and you) but like all parents - you'll get there. And he will have so much fun playing with his friends.........trust me.

Thank you. :) Yeah... Ah man, all I can think of is things I haven't prepared him for yet, times I wish I'd done more with him, all that... It's only two days a week, it'll be fine, I know, I know... He needs it! I'm just worried for my little guy, hoping he gets the idea of being around other kids and not being the center of attention, and I'm hoping the teachers will take the time to recognize the methods in his madness.

He's such a smartass already. I wish we could have started him much sooner, but with money and the big move coming up last year, we didn't feel right putting him in preschool in NYC. Weird to think he could be meeting people tomorrow he might know for the rest of his life!

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On ‎8‎/‎01‎/‎2017 at 0:29 AM, RelentlessOblivion said:

I hate to make unfair generalisations but here we go. All movies post 2010 suck.

 

16 hours ago, Requiem said:

Thought this one would slip past, hey? ;)

I reckon there are heaps of great movies since 2010. 

'Interstellar'

'Star Wars The Force Awakens'

'Star Wars Rogue One'

'Batman v Superman - Dawn of Justice' (second + viewing of ultimate edition with subtitles on exclusively. A single viewing of the theatrical release is a nonsensical mess that only comes together with orientation, like an initially obscure metal album. This is a masterpiece)

'The Big Short'

'The Wolf of Wall Street'

'Inception'

 

For every "Human Centipede Pt II" and "A Serbian Film" there have been plenty of quality films from 2010 onwards:

 

The Cabin in the Woods

Django Unchained

Argo

Black Swan

Drive

The Place Beneath the Pines

Gravity

Sicario

Zero Dark Thirty

Looper

Nightcrawler

Prisoners

Room

10 Cloverfield Lane

Don't Breathe

The Green Room

Buried

 

 

 

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Thank you. :) Yeah... Ah man, all I can think of is things I haven't prepared him for yet, times I wish I'd done more with him, all that... It's only two days a week, it'll be fine, I know, I know... He needs it! I'm just worried for my little guy, hoping he gets the idea of being around other kids and not being the center of attention, and I'm hoping the teachers will take the time to recognize the methods in his madness.

He's such a smartass already. I wish we could have started him much sooner, but with money and the big move coming up last year, we didn't feel right putting him in preschool in NYC. Weird to think he could be meeting people tomorrow he might know for the rest of his life!

My eldest daughter starts primary (elementary) school at the beginning of Feb which we're all very excited/nervous about. She's been going to day care two days a week since she was about a year old, and she went to kindergarten (preschool) two days a week last year, so we're expecting it to be ok. It's just madness, though, seeing her in her school uniform (which she loves and has worn to their orientation days etc). Going to school - I can't believe it. 

All our babies are growing up! *sniff*

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