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It's a bit more complicated than that...
Curses. Out-pedanted.
Your alma mater
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HF2300
Insanity Prawn Boy
I'll have you know I never married that Ox and any suggestion otherwise is entirely without foundation.
marknotgeorge
Hol den Vorschlaghammer!
- Location
- Derby.
The University of Bradford. At the time, I was too undisciplined (lazy) for university, and I was too socially unaware to know this (though A-Levels should have given me a clue). It didn't help that my tutor was a bit of a twerp who wrote code that was so spaghetti-like, when you printed it out it was covered in parmesan. I got a Pass (no Honours, just a pass).
LarryDuff
Guru
- Location
- Hillsborough Co Down
Queen's University of Belfast for me.
I was in that experimental two years in the mid 1970's where they threw in a whole load of rough Comps in with a load of formally good Grammars.
After 4 Terms, one bit of serious arson, cancellation of all extra curricular activities, (all visits, all field trips, the award winning school band, the school play, all team sports, all special needs teaching, all detentions
and the school library)
We had 3 headmasters during the four terms, the first one lasted one term, number two suspended over 50 kids and was told to take them all back, he refused, so was fired, number three then presided over the departure of 88 of the 90 members of teaching staff.
They then chucked out my entire year as being 'unteachable'
No exams at all were sat that year, so we all left, aged 16 with not a single exam between nearly 200 of us.
Today it would be a scandal, then it was normal as I have fiends of the same age in different schools who were (and still are) in the same position.
We found out later, that headmaster number 3 invited most (but not all) of the ex Grammar kids back to do a special crammed 6th year, but they had mucked it up so badly none went back but a load went to the 6th form down the road who then employed a number of the ex teachers to do a crammed special year for them (with short holidays and extended days, seven terms crammed into three).
Like most of my compatriots we all went straight to work
After 4 Terms, one bit of serious arson, cancellation of all extra curricular activities, (all visits, all field trips, the award winning school band, the school play, all team sports, all special needs teaching, all detentions
and the school library) We had 3 headmasters during the four terms, the first one lasted one term, number two suspended over 50 kids and was told to take them all back, he refused, so was fired, number three then presided over the departure of 88 of the 90 members of teaching staff.
They then chucked out my entire year as being 'unteachable'
No exams at all were sat that year, so we all left, aged 16 with not a single exam between nearly 200 of us.
Today it would be a scandal, then it was normal as I have fiends of the same age in different schools who were (and still are) in the same position.
We found out later, that headmaster number 3 invited most (but not all) of the ex Grammar kids back to do a special crammed 6th year, but they had mucked it up so badly none went back but a load went to the 6th form down the road who then employed a number of the ex teachers to do a crammed special year for them (with short holidays and extended days, seven terms crammed into three).
Like most of my compatriots we all went straight to work
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
Oh,I certainly do! Not a Pyjama Jump veteran by any chance?
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
North East Wales Institute Plas Coch
, Wrexham
, Wrexham
Glow worm
Legendary Member
- Location
- Near Newmarket
Aberystwyth then Bangor.
dan_bo
How much does it cost to Oldham?
Haha yeah. Still got the scars.
r04DiE
300km a week through London on a road bike.
[QUOTE 4723656, member: 259"]I did go to uni, I was the first of my family ever to do A levels, and almost all of my mates from school became pit moggies or did engineering apprenticeships at 16.
Looking back, I'm not sure I wouldn't have been happier doing what they did, and they've all done OK in life as well.[/QUOTE]
Good for you, as long as you're happy - that's what its all about.
Looking back, I'm not sure I wouldn't have been happier doing what they did, and they've all done OK in life as well.[/QUOTE]
Good for you, as long as you're happy - that's what its all about.
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
This.
I missed chance to do Uni as my dad was really ill and I needed to go and work. He always said " get yourself a trade, you can always fall back on it " I have always been relatively happy in job . Had I gone to Uni I likely wouldn't have what I have now family wise with wife n kids .
So yeah don't regret not doing stuff.
