Despised it. Spent half my time robbing and fighting, the other half suspended. Hormones out the arse.
Loved it. Captained the football and cricket team. Seen my mates every day. Got to play catchy kissy with the females once the school day finished.
I absolutely loved my secondary school education. I attended a Grammar Technical College which focused on sport, mechanical and science subjects, so everything I enjoyed in one place. A large part of our timetable was competitive sport, either in the gymnasium or out on the field. People pay good money to join clubs today that we were given on a plate free.
Oddball here but I loved it. It was like a pantomime. Absolute doddle, good n bad teachers inc one who got fined £130 for running on the pitch at Newcastle when they were losing to Forest in a cup game. The same teacher tried to run us over about 10 yrs after we left school.
Was never dusruptive but didn’t really like school. Wagged off a fair bit towards the end. Loved PE but that was it. I was there for the social element really. once managed to get out of lessons by saying we were auditioning for a Catherine Cookson TV show! Instead went up to Silksworth ski slope to get stoned
Really enjoyed it most of the time. always got on with everyone really, got involved in lots of the things that were going on (sports, etc) and was always academic so kept on the right side of the teachers. I was able to take the p*ss a lot and certainly got away with things other pupils didn't due to handing in my homework on time and getting good grades - the teachers gave me leeway to be a class clown as a result. Got to say that was in the 90's and even in the 20-30 years since things have changed quite a bit (based on the schools I've worked in physical bullying is less common than where i went to school, possibly because it's all moved online now...). I think there's a far wider set of things pupils can do now, back in the day your friendship group was mostly determined by how good you were at football (at my school) but there's more acceptance (and awareness) of niche groups and i think that helps reduce bullying.
It was a nightmare at secondary school. I qualified for a grammar school where the school song was sang in Latin, the masters wore gowns and we had to wear shorts and caps with tassels. I was the first of the Geordie exiles to attend and the teachers made it obvious they weren't pleased. I was regularly caned and once had 12 strokes for organising a football match against the local comp. The school only played cricket, rugby and hockey ... tossers.
Hated school, was never a problem pupil just hated been in the classroom. in middle school we had a sadist teacher who would thrash you at the drop of a hat, he'd probably be called a child abuser these days. didn't sit my eleven plus as the other option was to play football in the school yard, no brainer for me. mind I am talking about 1964. Never thought they were the best days of your life.
That's a criminal offence which would cost you your job and would certainly land you in jail now so yeah I can safely say he would. Different times though, it wasn't illegal or frowned on back then so hard to compare.
I quite liked it. Every day was a laugh, loads of lasses and although I wasn't the cleverest I was still in top sets so comfortable with the actual school work. Parties were class as well. Good times
I didn't mind primary school in the 60's I was encouraged and taught by some good teachers. Classroom's were mixed and I was making some nice friends. I was looking forward to going onto my local Secondary School. Then my dad passed away when I was 11 - suddenly my mother encouraged by my grandmother decided to get all religious. So it was decided for my religious 'well being' to be sent to abomination of an all Boys Catholic Secondary School it was 15 miles away from us. I had to travel daily over an hour each way on a rancid school bus that stopped every mile or so to pick up kids. Dressed in a shorts and blazer and having to carry a school briefcase. I was the youngest kid on the bus and got bullied incessantly. The teachers was full of religious fervour; plus the school priest hobby was 'wrestling' with the boys wearing just skimpy shorts... The teachers didn't approve of my disdain and contempt of my Catholic indoctrination as I asked too many questions. 'How could Mary be a virgin? Getting caned was a means to reinforce Catholicism teaching methods and I was caned quite regularly. I was told that I would not amount to anything and that I had come from a pugwash family. I hardly attended in my latter years as I had a older girlfriend and I wholeheartedly preferred her company. My mother was unaware of my nonattendance as I would leave to go to school and I'd put my usual clothes in the briefcase and got changed at her (girlfriend) house and then later would come home at tea time dressed in school uniform. I gained 1 CSE in art as the teacher liked me she wasn't religious and hated the school even more than I did. I hated the school and teachers they had me believing that I was stupid and worthless.
As much as it pains me to say this, knowing that one of my old teachers posts on here (he was decent though and gave me a lifelong love of reading), your experience of education mirrors mine. The school I went to was secular but I too was made to feel stupid by a lot of the teachers there. I left school with exactly the same amount of formal qualifications as when I started. Now, I’m not saying it was the schools fault. One thing life has taught me is to own your failures, but as a young kid, after a while you start to believe that you are dim. I know that I’m not and I’ve done ok in life but I do feel a sense of failure that I didn’t do well at school.
Enjoyed junior school but didn’t enjoy secondary school at all. In fact I hated every minute I was there. Eventually left aged 16 without any qualifications but I wasn’t bothered as I just wanted out . Done all right in life without qualifications.
That's fantastic to know mate! So many kids go onto suffer badly in life from bad schooling and poor teaching methods. I've discovered that latter in life that I was not so dumb and from my 50's I have gained Degrees and Masters and soon a PhD - I even A* my English, Maths and Biology O'Levels last year ... just to prove to myself I could have done it
Brilliant!! I never went down the academic route. I have trade qualifications as a mechanic (which is a lot harder and a lot more involved than people think) which I gained serving in the army. I’ve also been able to get promoted to sergeant in two different policing jurisdictions on either side of the world. For me though life is good. I’ve been married for 27 years to someone who I still think as beautiful as when we first met. We have a son who has never been a moments worry and is currently serving in the RAN. I think I survived the education system in place in the 1970s. Others did a lot better than me and were able to navigate it with ease. I just wasn’t one of them.
Forgot to mention I purchased my drugs off my maths teacher from being 15yrs old until I was about 20. Haha what an example he was eh. It was then I realised I was being foolish and found a cheaper dealer .
