School Days : did you or did you not like

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Yes Dougie after school I became a defender of bullied people I would kick nine kinds of s@@@ out of anyone I found bullying anyone, I had loads of friends, till I realised they only liked me cause they were scared of me, and i realised I had become a bully, not like that now back to being a quiet unassuming person, the fact remains stand up to bullies, they are cowards at heart, I can't remember who said it but cowards die many times a hero only once.

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I hated school, I had teachers that couldn't give a crap unless you were in the top 10 then you got attention heaped on you, I was bullied at the beginning, until I put two of them in hospital, one unable to have kids the other deaf in one ear. After that teachers viewed me with suspicion and no one really spoke to me after that even though some of those who were also being bullied by the same people. I learned more in my three years in the army than I ever did pretty much anywhere else.


scott

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I must have been lucky.They were all good disciplinarians, in the years of the late 40s and early 50s. No playing about disruptably . Also interesting as most of the boys and girls really got fed up with those who were a nuisance as we then all suffered.


But what I realised, after leaving school , was that the help they gave to those who were not doing so well , with a lot of dignity, was phenomenal.


For instance the maths teacher, a Mrs Luscombe (how about that memory after 60years), divided us into groups of 4 or 5 about 25 in the class. Then each group went along at the pace commensurate with their ability. But those not so good who had determination soon edged up to a higher ability group.


For me school was competitive both with my mates and myself. Great advantage of school was living in a crowd, the lively discussions and learning not only from teachers but also all those around you.


Laurie

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I enjoyed my school days, I loved learning, especially science and maths, and still do. Mostly though I remember all my mates and all the fun we had together, especially during the school holidays. Those were happy days for me. When I see the standard of education today I am disgusted with what it has become. Kids can leave school today and barely string a sentence together. Ask them to name the capital of say Australia or America and they haven't a clue. Ask them to perform even the simplest mental calculation and they can't, they have to have a calculator. Such a shame, what a waste of potential.

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school happened somewhere in there

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1969 [ATTACH]115474[/ATTACH]1972[ATTACH]115475[/ATTACH] school happened somewhere in there

Blimey are you sure Jim


Laurie

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Loved it..... But not for the learning, there were a few teachers i liked, but, sadly i found most of them boring and lacking the skills needed to hold my attention, was doing pretty good at maths, went up a couple of sets, only to have a teacher who was incompetent at best, had to have a lad in class get up and show us how to do matrices, needless to say failed maths in the end..... Wouldnt class myself as uncontrollable, but did like to have fun, truancy officer and my parents were on first name terms..... Had some great laughs and good fun.... Left school with minimal qualifacations.


Got married and had children young, but went into further education and worked hard to get where i am today..... Asked if i could go back, would i change it..... Not a chance, my memories are far more important to me than a few bits of paper.