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Post by myfindhorn on Apr 21, 2013 19:02:30 GMT 1
Thought this was well worth the laugh Attachments:
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Post by linda wallace on Apr 21, 2013 20:47:10 GMT 1
haha
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Post by tiddles on Apr 22, 2013 19:26:45 GMT 1
Well they did go to Eton where, 'fagging' is de regeur
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Post by myfindhorn on Apr 22, 2013 23:14:51 GMT 1
I agree public school and prison places of education
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Post by tiddles on Apr 23, 2013 12:16:42 GMT 1
The Academy was bad enough
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Post by myfindhorn on Apr 23, 2013 22:36:54 GMT 1
The Ardgowan was atrocious ,I was never so glad to see a building razed to the ground and all the horrible memories of it with it.
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Post by tiddles on Apr 24, 2013 13:00:35 GMT 1
We took our kids out of the Ardgowan because it was appalling. At one stage we were told that our eldest son was a bit, 'slow' and needed extra tutoring. Strangely, when we put him in another school he excelled and is now a member of the Faculty of Advocates. At least one of the, 'favourites' features regularly in the Tele for various criminal acts.
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Post by Wee Jock on Apr 24, 2013 19:38:25 GMT 1
St Mary's Captain St, damn good school.
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Post by linda wallace on Apr 25, 2013 1:10:05 GMT 1
i loved ravenscraig primary but we were moved to springfield to make room for the kids in branchton....i eventually ended up in larkfield primary....not a bad school but a lot of bullying was done to me so dont have good memories of that time
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Post by tiddles on Apr 25, 2013 12:13:31 GMT 1
I despise all bullies whether young or old. Schools and parents do not do enough to tackle the matter. There was a fair bit of it in the Academy but in fairness to old Crazy Bob Campbell (Beak), he came down on it like a ton of bricks but his evil predecessor, Chadwin actually encouraged it to, "make a man of you". My parents thankfully, did not share his views and my Dad in particular set him straight when I was the victim of someone's twisted, probably sexual frustration.
It was rife in the navy between senior ratings and juniors but whenever I came across it, I came down like a hammer on the perpetrators.
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Post by linda wallace on Apr 25, 2013 18:03:54 GMT 1
i was bullied in primary and secondary by the same girls and to be honest it coloured my life...when our daughter went to school for the first time i was uptight the whole time and even in secondary it was the same......she was okay but i wasnt...........all because the school did nothing to prevent it happening to me.....a few years ago i was in contact with one of the boys i was in primary with and we were talking and i told him about it, i nearly died when he said why didnt i tell him he would have sorted it for me............i wish i new that years ago instead of being silent
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Post by tiddles on Apr 25, 2013 18:35:23 GMT 1
I absolutely hated school and have NO good memories of it at all. The lessons never bothered me but all that jolly hockey sticks pish that the Academy went in for made me cringe. It was all very English and we were to be keen on rugger (never rugby..that sounded too common), hockey and of course bloody cricket.
There were legions of aspiring west end arseholes pretending they were at Eton and bus loads of well to do morons who couldn't count too buses but doing awfully well.
Old Bob Campbell was quite mad but at least he tried to get the place on an even keel after Chadwin was gone. However, as my mother always says when I talk disparagingly about the place, "you at least learned to speak nicely".
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Post by Wee Jock on Apr 26, 2013 1:18:51 GMT 1
One thing about the academy Tidds was the females in their Hockey attire, I was at the school in 75 giving a talk on the advantages of being a jnr soldier when it came to getting promotion as well as a commission, once you had reached the age for adult service.
Although setup by the school, I had this feeling of being looked down on (By the staff member sent to look after us) as I was a mere A/T and the person with me was a Sgt. However the young lassies in their Hockey skirts were all over us. Much to the dislike of the staff. After that morning the Army as far as I know, was never invited back.
The other schools we went to made us most welcome and on going back to St Columba I was invited to the staff room for tea and biccies.
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Post by tiddles on Apr 26, 2013 11:38:38 GMT 1
Very typical of the place, full of snobs and morons.
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Post by Wee Jock on Apr 26, 2013 19:23:37 GMT 1
Those lassies had good taste in men though.
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Post by tiddles on Apr 26, 2013 20:30:42 GMT 1
LOL
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Post by myfindhorn on Apr 26, 2013 22:55:40 GMT 1
well if truth be know Jock, I was told they liked a bit of rough, To many gentlemen in the school they were a tad frustrated lol
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Post by tiddles on Apr 27, 2013 13:42:19 GMT 1
ROTFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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