Someone once said that they wouldn’t like to live in the past because the present and future is always the best.

I wonder what they must be thinking now, for some people it is the loneliest time of their life, most of them are elderly and in isolation, this is not helped by families moving around to find employment. If you remember families were bought up in small towns and villages or compact parts of big cities. Everybody knew everybody else if you were are unwell someone would call on you with a warm broth, you certainly weren’t left wanting.

Now think when was the last time you spoke to brothers, sisters, grandparents or even parents, it might well be that they are in isolation. Now I am talking from experience I am in isolation and have been since the beginning of March. Matters were made worse because my wife died in February. I must admit that at the time friends and family were very supportive. My family live over a hundred miles away. No it is not that they moved rather it is that we moved, we made new friends wherever we went but now of course as we got older our friends got older and a number of those are in isolation or no longer with us as well.

So yes when I talk about loneliness I do know about it, but we were talking earlier on about living in the past now in the past there weren’t such things as Facebook, emails and blogs, so yes it could well be in certain circumstances people were very lonely then.

To a certain extent I feel that I’m in touch with people, new people through the social networks, you can talk with people I say talk rather most of it on Facebook is written as you well know, I can communicate with people about the past, the present, television and films, that i have enjoyed or detested, in other words you are not isolated you are in remote communication with new friends at a time that suits you.

What about this fiasco going on now, yes the exams. How on earth can such a mess have come about?
Who knows the educational standards of these teenagers, who has been cramming knowledge down their throats for the last few years, yes the teachers aided by classroom assistants. It could well be that these teachers know more about their ambitions and hopes than the parents. The parent usually has their own dreams about what they would like you to do, not always compatible with what you want. I wonder what the percentages of parents who have attended every parents evening at the school?

Now I have dictated this with a voice recognition program so any errors I can blame on something else any good points of course, are all mine.

Thank you for reading it criticise that if you wish.