BT is crap, so are men when it comes to their health

Now, I'm usually a fan of British Telecom (BT), but I have to say, this time I'm not. Their broadband service is absolutely terrible. Fathers, dads and parents in blogosphere I tell you do not buy BT broadband it is really poor. A little like the general state of men when it comes to their health. Totally out of touch with what is going on, not really sure what to fix or how to change old habits. A match made in heaven some might say! (I wonder how many men work at BT) Anyway..

It is true apparently, British men are more likely to die from poor lifestyle choices, like drinking too much booze, not enough exercise or just simple things like not eating healthy diets. You would have thought most of this would come naturally to men. Being typically egocentric and interested in providing for a family, they aren't much use if they are off sick and in bed?

So how hard is it for modern men and fathers to really sit up and think about what they eat, how much exercise they do? Surely it cannot be that difficult?

I learned the other day that apparently children now 'need' the internet to do their homework. I laughed. Plagiarism here we come. Ok, so I'm not trying to be too negative here, but let's face it, if a kid has the choice between reading a book and learning something, or quickly googling a topic, I think I know where my money is.

Teachers were off on their political bandwagons as usual complaining that 'disadvantaged' this 'disadvantaged' that. Like they would know? Did you know, and this is an interesting fact for most fathers out there. Teachers in the UK are some of the best paid people in the land, perhaps they could share the love and oh by the way, donate some of their pay perhaps to help those most disadvantaged?

Yep, that's right, so when they start rambling on about the 'terrible cuts' coming to the education budget, why not ask when you are next at a parents evening, how much is the school wage bill or what is the average salary? Soon you'll be able to find out courtesy of Messrs Cameron and Clegg. You will be able to see what proportion of the School funding goes to pay, pension and other benefits.

Whilst we all want 'the best' teachers, reading about a Head Teacher in London earning £250,000 a year at a Primary school made me nearly choke on my weetabix. 250 grand I said?! Yep, that's right, £100,000 more than the British Prime Minister.

Now I don't know about you, but to me that is excessive. I don't care how good he or she is, let's get with reality people. I think most parents, in particular fathers would not be happy hearing that. I know I wasn't.

So the whole point of this post today is action. If you aren't happy about something, do something about it. It is your choice in life, your health, your broadband, your child's school. If you don't who will? The tooth fairy?