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bosstrabs The only thing I remember about year 7 Maths is when my mate Mike farted and the entire class ended up being sent out.

      mono-stereo Great japes. Our Maths classroom had windows onto the corridor running all along one wall of the classroom. Whenever any lad walked past they would do the walk that would make it look like they were descending some stairs that weren’t there. This happened almost every day for a whole school year. Hilarious & Co.

      • LT42 replied to this.

          bosstrabs AN EXECUTIVE

          And this is an area where you’re being obtuse and misleading - it’s not fully an executive in the sense it usually applies in a nation state; you’re overestating how much power they have. The European Council and the Council also in effect have significant, or even dominant, executive powers.

            bosstrabs Whenever any lad walked past they would do the walk that would make it look like they were descending some stairs that weren’t there.

            Lol, the old classic. Can’t beat the raw bants from school. Our classroom doors had small square glass portholes at door handle height, it was so year heads and such could peak in and check without having to disrupt the class, every now and then a cock & balls or arse cheek would appear squashed up against the glass. Great days.

                Old-Dutch Why are kids not taught politics and about real life finances - mortgages, interest rates, inflation, loans, taxes, VAT etc.?

                So they can be more easily screwed over by banks and politicians? Not entirely sure I believe that, but not impossible.

                  Honestly wouldn’t surprise me that it’s not all a coincidence

                  LT42 great to hear the head of year teachers at your school were all about the bantz too.

                    mono-stereo
                    Christian Brothers school for me.

                    Only life skills we were taught were self defense in the showers

                      Religious schools sound horrific, I struggle to believe they exist in this day and age but alas as has been pointed out the schooling system is broken and hasn’t really changed for a 100 years.

                      Kids get zero life skills or social skills but know specific information in specific subjects which they won’t actually need.

                        CofE schools are bad enough. Load of old bollocks

                        Hursty they exist because they often top the league ables so parents are keen to get their kids in there. The Oratory in London being a case in point.

                            alistair Exactly my point, the whole system is fucked, many parents only care about exam results, not whether they can demonstrate any soft skills or understand what life is actually like.

                              Used to play football against The Oratory.

                              Which was nice.

                              I’m not actually sure that it should be a school’s responsibility to teach life skills if I’m honest.

                                Along_the_Wire I’m not actually sure that it should be a school’s responsibility to teach life skills if I’m honest.

                                Going to boarding school in the mean streets (countryside) of West Sussex made me the man I am today.

                                  Along_the_Wire Agreed, you’ll get the same results as you do now anyway. Imagine being told about mortgages and soft skills when you’re trying to concentrate on your next Tik Tok or the tits on the teacher. At 14 you could care less about adults telling you how important grown up stuff is.

                                      LT42 fair point. But if I was shown that you could invest £50 a month today in, say, Tesla, and return £500k by your 30s it would picque my interest somewhat.

                                      • LT42 replied to this.

                                          The best investment is the one you make in yourself Millsy.

                                          I should have been a life coach.