seeformiles
Lost in the wood
State Grammar in N.Ireland. Not really my finest few years. Didn't do particularly well - left at 16 to go to local tech, take loads of drugs and work odd-jobs. Think I just about turned out OK though!
How were you educated?
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out on the kocker
I voted "good comp" because I had some good teachers and managed to worm my way into one of the ancient universities from there, so it can't have been all bad.
Eva Luna
Well-Known Member
I went to crap scools when I lived with my mum, but she kept such a tight rein on us, I got straight As the whole way through. But when I lived at my Dad's and went to public school, then entrance-exam-grammar-school, I started getting Cs. I still think that the parents can be largely responsible for how well their children do at school. I hate this idea that education is the school's job.
moomoo said:
That one comes under 'Public School' (it doesn't exactly look prestigious)
cesare
shady's dreams ♥
'Hell hole comp' for the first three years at least by reputation although I thought it was fine esp in the last year there. Then moved house so next stop was a girls grammar for three years, the last year they were forced to turn comp. Did. not. enjoy. it. there. one. bit.
northernhord
Active Member
North salford Secondary School - Rough arse School in Salford in Manchester, wagged much of the fifth year, left with 3 CSE's
Ruskin College Oxford - Did an access course there, fuckin great
University of Bristol - did me degree here, had a great time despite being surrounded by a bunch of snooty Oxford/Cambridge failures
Bolton Institute - Did me PGCE here
Bolton Community College - Did some Community Involement courses through the college
Ruskin College Oxford - Did an access course there, fuckin great
University of Bristol - did me degree here, had a great time despite being surrounded by a bunch of snooty Oxford/Cambridge failures
Bolton Institute - Did me PGCE here
Bolton Community College - Did some Community Involement courses through the college
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
I was of the 11-plus generation (I can still remember some of the questions!). I went to a State Grammar School and knowing what secondary school education is like now, I have to say the standard of teaching was dreadful in comparison to today. There were one or two exceptionally good teachers but the majority would give 'grave cause for concern' these days regarding their standard of teaching.
LilMissHissyFit
Disturbed in a pink bra
I wavered between bog standard and good comp...
It had a good reputation when I went there so i chose good although there wasnt anything outstanding about it I dont think, the rest were just shit. It was one of 4 schools viewed as 'good' in the area
It had a good reputation when I went there so i chose good although there wasnt anything outstanding about it I dont think, the rest were just shit. It was one of 4 schools viewed as 'good' in the area
Gromit
International Man of Misery
I've voted both good and hell hole.
If you were in one of the top 3 grades you had some of the best teachers Wales had to offer.
Outside of that you had any old cheap twat willing to accept the low wages left after they'd spluged on the top rankers. Some were good but a lot of them were pants. Thr facilities themselves were ok but nothing fancy or slum pit.
Unfortunately for me i wasn't in the top rank despite my high IQ as I was a lazy fuck. As a result i had some really dreadful teachers who fucked up history, physics, maths and geography for me. I fucked up english lang all by myself but got that one on the second go when i actually worked for it.
If you were in one of the top 3 grades you had some of the best teachers Wales had to offer.
Outside of that you had any old cheap twat willing to accept the low wages left after they'd spluged on the top rankers. Some were good but a lot of them were pants. Thr facilities themselves were ok but nothing fancy or slum pit.
Unfortunately for me i wasn't in the top rank despite my high IQ as I was a lazy fuck. As a result i had some really dreadful teachers who fucked up history, physics, maths and geography for me. I fucked up english lang all by myself but got that one on the second go when i actually worked for it.
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
I think it's worth mentioning that the comprehensive I work in (which takes children from all abilities, including learning disabled children who would have been in 'special schools') gets more children into university, including Oxford & Cambridge than my Grammar school, which creamed off the brightest, ever did. I think it's also worth mentioning that I did very poorly there and got very poor O Levels. My school failed me.
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
My first job was as a 'housekeeper' but basically I was a cleaner who sorted the evening meal. Then I worked in a caff and then in a shop.
girasol
Addicted to handstands!
I went to school in Brazil, so state schools until I was 14 (over there they are called 'public schools', which confused me when I first moved here 
).
I went to a few schools (4 or 5), but the two I remember were good. The earlier ones I've no idea. (Actually I remember spending 2 years in a school in Mexico, that was pretty shit, I couldn't speak Spanish too well at first and got bullied a bit)
Then into private schools for the next 3 years to do what we call secondary education... The first one was hardcore, we had to go in every Saturday morning to do 'exams' on alternate subjects. That's because to enter the best universities (which are funded by government and are free) you have to take an exam for each university you're interested in joining. As competition can be though you usually take the exams for at least 3 universities (they usually take a whole day). The second secondary school was more easy going and I found my last year very easy in comparison with the previous two. Lots of bribery was involved with parents promising their kids cars if they got into the best universities... I wasn't promised anything because my mum was broke, but I really wanted to get a good education.
So by the time I took my university exams I was so used to taking exams on regular basis it wasn't too difficult. It's very different from here but I'm not sure it's better or worse. We do spend longer learning a broader spectrum of subjects rather than specialising on a few at the of 16 (that's what happens in here isn't it)?
OMG I've written a little essay.
sorry!
(p.s. I really liked school and learning stuff, apart from Physics and Chemistry, I struggled with those subjects - I think that was the best thing about my education, it instilled in me an interest in lots of different subjects)
I can't vote on da pole though
).I went to a few schools (4 or 5), but the two I remember were good. The earlier ones I've no idea. (Actually I remember spending 2 years in a school in Mexico, that was pretty shit, I couldn't speak Spanish too well at first and got bullied a bit)
Then into private schools for the next 3 years to do what we call secondary education... The first one was hardcore, we had to go in every Saturday morning to do 'exams' on alternate subjects. That's because to enter the best universities (which are funded by government and are free) you have to take an exam for each university you're interested in joining. As competition can be though you usually take the exams for at least 3 universities (they usually take a whole day). The second secondary school was more easy going and I found my last year very easy in comparison with the previous two. Lots of bribery was involved with parents promising their kids cars if they got into the best universities... I wasn't promised anything because my mum was broke, but I really wanted to get a good education.
So by the time I took my university exams I was so used to taking exams on regular basis it wasn't too difficult. It's very different from here but I'm not sure it's better or worse. We do spend longer learning a broader spectrum of subjects rather than specialising on a few at the of 16 (that's what happens in here isn't it)?
OMG I've written a little essay.
sorry!
(p.s. I really liked school and learning stuff, apart from Physics and Chemistry, I struggled with those subjects - I think that was the best thing about my education, it instilled in me an interest in lots of different subjects)
I can't vote on da pole though
oneflewover
Following "The Tigers"
Riley High in Hull. The year I went was the year they changed schooling so I had an extra year at Junior and only three years at Senior. It was awful and by my last year I barely went and was never asked about attendance and got poor grade CSEs including an unclassified. When I look back now, having done reasonably well for myself, it was despite school rather than because of it.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
top notch public school. just how you imagine a school like that to be -arcane rules and traditions , straw hats and gowns (though not together, of course 
) excellent teachers and facilities
life was all a bit easy and absolutely no preparation for the real world.
) excellent teachers and facilities life was all a bit easy and absolutely no preparation for the real world.
_angel_
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Mrs Magpie said:
My school failed a lot of people. Imagine, I had been to two very middle class state schools - my middle school I daresay being the best state in Leeds, to my high school. I worked on the school paper and was horrified to realise about 50% of the messages we got were from 14 and 15 year old kids that could barely spell their names or form their letters!!!
Even the kids considered the least academic at my middle school were fully literate!
Meltingpot
Living in our pools we soon forget about the sea
Grammar school in Plymouth;
http://www.dhsob.co.uk
It's still going and is apparently a lot nicer place now than when I started there.
http://www.dhsob.co.uk
It's still going and is apparently a lot nicer place now than when I started there.
Went to a large comprehensive that had a brilliant headmaster for the first three years, then he moved on and the place went downhill a bit. Looking at the league tables it looks like it's still pretty shocking. The first head was the 'model' for John Cleese's character in Clockwise (now that will ID the head and the school!). The deputy was built like a brick shit-house and allegedly liked to do run-ups with the cane!
rioted
redundant
My experience was the opposite. I was taught (in a boys state grammar) by some excellent teachers. They might not have lasted two minutes at the Secondary Modern up the road, but on the other hand, those teachers who could control the unwashed masses would have been severely intellectually challenged in the grammar school.Mrs Magpie said:
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