School - Page 2

07-04-2005, 00:06

this is where I went - the swimming pool was in the building top left - 6 foot at the deep end

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/kenneth.rose/palmboys.htm

we learnt to tie knots in our pyjama legs to survive jumping off a ship, in there

Ramrod · 07-04-2005, 00:09

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Originally Posted by danielf

Having a bet eh?

No, this is deadly serious...............I am collecting information and opinions.
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Originally Posted by homealone

this is where I went - the swimming pool was in the building top left - 6 foot at the deep end

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/kenneth.rose/palmboys.htm

we learnt to tie knots in our pyjama legs to survive jumping off a ship, in there

Happy memories, eh?

**Maggy** · 07-04-2005, 00:10

I'm on holiday-Ask me next week...

07-04-2005, 00:18

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Originally Posted by Ramrod

No, this is deadly serious...............I am collecting information and opinions.
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Happy memories, eh?

mixed

I will share if you really are serious, but anonymously

danielf · 07-04-2005, 00:23

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Originally Posted by homealone

this is where I went - the swimming pool was in the building top left - 6 foot at the deep end

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/kenneth.rose/palmboys.htm

we learnt to tie knots in our pyjama legs to survive jumping off a ship, in there

How does tying knots in your pyama legs help you survive jumping ship

**Maggy** · 07-04-2005, 00:27

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Originally Posted by danielf

How does tying knots in your pyama legs help you survive jumping ship

I await the answer with baited breath.

Halcyon · 07-04-2005, 00:32

It makes you float cos the air goes in I think.

I used to hate the school bus that would take us to school.

07-04-2005, 01:01

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Originally Posted by Halcyon

It makes you float cos the air goes in I think.

correct - you tie up the bottom of the pyjama legs, jump in the water, 'whip' the legs over your head to trap air, then tie off the waist & you have a float.

it probably lasts about 10 minutes, done well

greencreeper · 07-04-2005, 01:47

No. I have issues with school - don't get me started

dilli-theclaw · 07-04-2005, 07:18

No I wasn't happy at school.

edit - I didn't realise we were supposed to put the why's and wherefores. I'd prefer not to to be honest.

me283 · 07-04-2005, 08:45

School for me was OK up until the fifth form; usual mix of teachers you liked and didn't like, and they probably felt the same way. Sixth form left me feeling cheated though. Promises of being treated like adults, given more respect and responsibility etc. Many of us chose this over college, and it turned out to be a pile of hogwash. A few of us looked at transferring to college but by then it would have set us back a year. It was so bad that it put me off education and I chose not to go to university.

Looking back I wish I'd made more of my time at school, but I have a lot of resent over the sixth form thing. On a tangent though I looked up my school website and found that my fave teacher had died, and felt immense sadness. What he taught me will stay with me for the rest of my life and he was a great influence. Oh, and I met two fantastic friends, that I remain close to nearly 30 years on.

Ramrod · 07-04-2005, 08:54

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Originally Posted by dilligaf1701

No I wasn't happy at school.

edit - I didn't realise we were supposed to put the why's and wherefores. I'd prefer not to to be honest.

Don't worry m8, I'm not interested in why you weren't happy, just what you thought of it............

TheBlueRaja · 07-04-2005, 09:54

What i said before was true - i did get the occasional beating though - like most kids - but i cant really say that i had a really bad time i have heard people talking about their school and it made me think ours was relatively calm by comparison.

Uni was much better than both - a breath of fresh air really - a lot more freedom. What i realised near the end of secondary school was that there were a lot of unnecessary rules that quite frankly seemed to be there just to annoy you, in order to train you to follow rules if you get my drift. Now at that age your getting rebellious and this didnt help as your almost out to break the stupid rules because your so frustrated with them.

Uni gave you more freedom and therefore you behaved better because you were trusted to do this or that - you felt the relaxed atmosphere and freedom and followed rules more because of that.

I would give my right arm to give up work and go back to Uni.

punky · 07-04-2005, 09:59

Oh, I wasn't sure if you wanted Uni as part of school, but Uni was the best time of my life so far. Its peaked there, it was great. I did well, had good jobs, plenty of friends, the workload was fine, the lifestyle was great.

Stuart · 07-04-2005, 10:14

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Originally Posted by homealone

good point - I did O' Levels, at school, which were based mostly on exams, except French Oral

ond/hnd which I did later, at polytechnic, were much more "practical" based, and turned out to be more useful, in the long run

- the 'sweet spot' is somewhere in the middle

Well, I did both O levels and GCSEs... Great fun.. The GCSEs were easier.

Anyway, I went to Langley Park School for Boys (http://www.lpbs.org.uk/index.php), after going to Hawes Down Infant and Junior schools.

Being honest, I think my school days were a mix of the worst days of my life (I got a lot of bullying about my voice), the best (I still have fond memories of bunking off games and going down the shops) and the scariest*.

*A few friends and I made the mistake of challenging the girls in the girls school next door to a game of netball. I was just making a comment about how easy the game is, and all of a sudden, a ball flew past my ear with an inch to spare.