British - Comedian | December 6, 1957 -
I'm the co-chair of the PTA at my kids' school, Ashmount Primary, in north Islington, London.
Arabella Weir
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Despotism isn't nearly as bad as it's cracked up to be.
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Look, I want what's good for everybody. I want to promote good state education for all. I want to raise standards for all kids, irrespective of race and class but why can't they all just do what I say when I know I'm right?
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With a diplomat father, for whom foreign postings were a fact of life, my siblings and I were expected to attend boarding schools in Britain.
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When popularity is your only goal, doing well in class is going to feature very low, if at all, on your priority list.
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Success, in whatever form it takes, is a tricky thing - once you've achieved your goal, then what? Where do you aim?
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Statistically, if you have ever dieted you are extremely likely not only to regain any weight you lose, but to go on to gain even more. Dieting makes you fat.
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As I was growing up, it was made clear that the fat me wasn't welcome, that a thin person was expected and awaited, and impatiently so.
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Society prizes a girl for being thin more than anything else she might bring to the table.
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My parents' generation's benchmark was simple: Fat Equals Bad.
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I wish my parents hadn't made me feel that how I looked was linked to how much they loved me. But I do also see how hard it must be to see your child pile on the pounds and trust they'll find their own way back to a healthy weight.
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Sending your child off to school for the first time in their life is terrifying.
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