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My previous post, entitled 'French', inspired me to write this. I get the feeling that no one else on these forums goes to or has been to a grammar school. I'm not saying that because I think you're all thick, infact I think the majority of you are very intelligent and a lot of you appear to be at collage or university and that is why I'm questioning the point of a grammar school.
The school is an all boys school but girls are allowed to enter the sixth form. That obviously makes socialising with the opposite sex more difficult than it should be. The girl's school is just down the road but they only ever visit to use the tennis courts (and they play netball on them!?). Also, the system for allowing people to enter does have its faults. It's basically an IQ test but it's multiple choice so a bit of luck can get you in. The other day, someone said that lions lay eggs and they weren't joking. Real retards get into the school and from what I can tell, all of the people on these forums are much more intelligent than most of the people I know. Then there is the length of the school day; 9:00am-4:00pm. Every other school in the area finishes at 3:00pm or 3:30pm. This is no advantage to us, especially when we get much more homework than people in other schools.
I believe that comprehensive schools give a better education because from them you are able to socialise with a wider range of people, still get good qualifications and have more time of your own to learn about the big wide world.
The school is an all boys school but girls are allowed to enter the sixth form. That obviously makes socialising with the opposite sex more difficult than it should be. The girl's school is just down the road but they only ever visit to use the tennis courts (and they play netball on them!?). Also, the system for allowing people to enter does have its faults. It's basically an IQ test but it's multiple choice so a bit of luck can get you in. The other day, someone said that lions lay eggs and they weren't joking. Real retards get into the school and from what I can tell, all of the people on these forums are much more intelligent than most of the people I know. Then there is the length of the school day; 9:00am-4:00pm. Every other school in the area finishes at 3:00pm or 3:30pm. This is no advantage to us, especially when we get much more homework than people in other schools.
I believe that comprehensive schools give a better education because from them you are able to socialise with a wider range of people, still get good qualifications and have more time of your own to learn about the big wide world.
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SHEEPY wrote:
> I liked P.E. Mainly because I was the best at football.
>
> I refused to do athletics though... 1500 metres my arrse.
1500m? Pathetic. We do seven laps of the school field which is home to six rugby pitches and two cricket squares as well as a lot of unused space.
> I liked P.E. Mainly because I was the best at football.
>
> I refused to do athletics though... 1500 metres my arrse.
1500m? Pathetic. We do seven laps of the school field which is home to six rugby pitches and two cricket squares as well as a lot of unused space.
I went to a Comprehensive.
I now go to College and wish to move onto University.
Back in our day at school, we used to consider "Boy's Grammar Schools" as "bummar schools", not just because of our immature laddish behaviour mind, it was just something to laugh about.
Looking back on it, School was fun in a way, one heck of a lot of memory's and one heck of a lot of girls.
Talk to your parents if you're not happy at your current placement.
I now go to College and wish to move onto University.
Back in our day at school, we used to consider "Boy's Grammar Schools" as "bummar schools", not just because of our immature laddish behaviour mind, it was just something to laugh about.
Looking back on it, School was fun in a way, one heck of a lot of memory's and one heck of a lot of girls.
Talk to your parents if you're not happy at your current placement.
I'm in upper sixth in a grammar school.
It's mixed-gender though.
It's mixed-gender though.
I liked P.E. Mainly because I was the best at football.
I refused to do athletics though... 1500 metres my arrse.
I refused to do athletics though... 1500 metres my arrse.
Could've just done what I did and refused to play games/PE.
I ended up being sent to the headmaster, still refused and refused detention.
They eventually excused me because I explained that their notion of "Healthy mind, healthy body" and enforced physical recreation was Aryan in concept. They got huffy but backed down when mum agreed and suggested the LEA might like to get involved.
Goatboy - Stubborn Mule since aged 13
I ended up being sent to the headmaster, still refused and refused detention.
They eventually excused me because I explained that their notion of "Healthy mind, healthy body" and enforced physical recreation was Aryan in concept. They got huffy but backed down when mum agreed and suggested the LEA might like to get involved.
Goatboy - Stubborn Mule since aged 13
I thank the Lord that I was diagnosed with MD after 5 months at grammar school, because from that moment on I was excused from PE and games and therefore avoided having to take communal showers ...
I did physics if that counts?
Have snogged my guitarist, but that was many years after leaving school, so no latent bummer I'm afraid - get your spank material elsewhere.
Have snogged my guitarist, but that was many years after leaving school, so no latent bummer I'm afraid - get your spank material elsewhere.
Did you ever experiement with boys Goatboy?
*Guffaw*
*Guffaw*
I know it's not their fault but I hate the spoilt little rich kids that go to all the local public schools around me.
Them and their bloody purple socks and irritating accents.
Them and their bloody purple socks and irritating accents.
I went to an all-boys grammar school and hated every single moment of it, if I ever have kids there's no way in hell I'd send them.
You're right about a single-sex environment retarding social growth, it's a bad bad thing to inflict on a lad in the grips of hormones. Instead of behind-the-bike-sheds action, it's channelled into aggression and dominance (and I'm not talking about bully-rammings).
And if you go to college, you're 16yrs old and you're presented with girls.
These strange creatures who, last time you saw them, were playing hopscotch and you'd rather eat mud than kiss. Only now you're straining at the leash to get some, but have zero idea of how to interract with these alien beings.
...made up for it since then though.
Single sex grammar schools - great for the parents, bad for the kid
You're right about a single-sex environment retarding social growth, it's a bad bad thing to inflict on a lad in the grips of hormones. Instead of behind-the-bike-sheds action, it's channelled into aggression and dominance (and I'm not talking about bully-rammings).
And if you go to college, you're 16yrs old and you're presented with girls.
These strange creatures who, last time you saw them, were playing hopscotch and you'd rather eat mud than kiss. Only now you're straining at the leash to get some, but have zero idea of how to interract with these alien beings.
...made up for it since then though.
Single sex grammar schools - great for the parents, bad for the kid
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