Comments on: The Friday Five – School Days

By: Richard B

Richard B — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:04:26 +0000

1. Left in 1990
2. French and Computer Studies
3. Of course not! I was a VERY good boy (geek)
4. “Prince Charming” by Adam and the Ants – school discos with everyone doing “the dance” – classic
5. See my answer to number 3!

By: Sharonda

Sharonda — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:42:55 +0000

1. Permanently expelled from high school in 1986. Left college on a couple of occasions.
2. Everything except typing/PE/home ec/attendance.
3. I got an in-school suspension for truancy, which means I had to sit in the secretary’s office all day.
4. “Break My Stride” being performed in the talent show.
5. Bike sheds?

By: Daddy Papersurfer

Daddy Papersurfer — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:42:03 +0000

I have met the Colonel …… quite a dashing fellow ….. a tad behind the times though ……..

By: KevinD

KevinD — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:34:29 +0000

And you never see the two in the same room at the same time…hmmm..

By: Daddy Papersurfer

Daddy Papersurfer — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:27:04 +0000

At last, someone older than me ……

By: The Colonel

The Colonel — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:06:00 +0000

1. 1896.

2. Paleantology and home economics.

3. Was beaten senseless on a daily basis – never did me any harm.

4. Handel’s Messiah.

5. Hodgson used to drag me behind the Chemistry block every supper time. No cigarettes or kissing going on though.

By: ROTUS

ROTUS — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:29:24 +0000

I’m older than Fracas, hope that helps.

1. Left the U in 1976

2. Shakespeare – no, not really, I had a freshman English course called “Alienation” it led me to an intensive study of Science Fiction as literature. What a great career move that was!

3. Corporal punishment was not entirely unknown when I was in elementary school, but I managed to avoid it. I did a detention or two but I don’t remember why.

4. The Beach Boys “I Get Around,” “Summer in the City” by The Lovin’ Spoonful, “A Hard Day’s Night,” “Purple Haze.” I could go on.

5. I take the fifth. I’ll just say that cigarettes were the least of it.

By: KevinD

KevinD — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:12:51 +0000

Love the answers, best ever, thanks so far

By: belinha

belinha — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:21:29 +0000

1.Left law school in 1993.
2.No best subject!!!I just had lots of problems with numbers since elementary school!
3.In Portugal detention was not a practice.Misbehavior was punished with pupil being asked to leave the classroom and reported as missing.I was asked to leave several times.Do not remember why.In elementary school our teacher used to slap our hands with a wooden ruler,can you imagine that?
4. Sgt.Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band!!I still can sing it!Our english teacher was allways taking his record player to the class and teaching us The Beatles songs.It was fun!Today I do not like the Beatles except for those memories!
5.Yes, and lots of crazyness like missing classes to go riding motorcycle in the mountain…not wise!!(My mother found out and it was hell…)

By: 70steen

70steen — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:02:18 +0000

1. I left 6th form college (i.e. aged 18) in 1980 worked for a while and went back for 2 years so finally left education in 1984
2. Art and English (stop laughing DP!!!)
3. Got detention for getting caught doing an impression of Louis Armstrong on the trumpet … like I thought no one would hear it lol
4. What is a lasting song memory from school days? Gosh this is a tricky one…. probably Denis, Denis~ Blondie, Rock the Boat ~Hues Corporation and making up dances to Miss Grace ~The Tymes
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qaob6rQPKyc

5. mmmm… may have had a quick snog or two behind the wind breaks underneath the school (our school was built on stilts and didn’t have bike sheds.. all very odd!!)

By: fracas

fracas — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:49:28 +0000

Oh my. The only person older than I (so far), is DaddyP. I’m gobsmacked. I had two of my kids before Kevin was even done school, and the third was on the way when Sylvie was just leaving school. I never realized you two were still so young! (Or is it that I’m so old? Ah well… however old I am, DP is older still.)

1. Left school in 1982
2. Toss up between the English/Writing classes and the Art/Photography classes.
3. No Corporal ever punished me.. but I did get caught for smoking in school.
4. Grade school dances (I hated the high school ones) meant lots of KISS (Beth, etc.) and Barry Manilow (Mandy). It was the 70’s after all!
5. See #3. Also got knabbed for kissing at the afore-mentioned dances… but for some reason there was no discipline. I guess in those days, smoking in school was worse than kissing in school.

By: @kevindixie

@kevindixie — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:49:18 +0000

Got a spare minute? Five questions on your school days – http://tinyurl.com/7e3z9t

By: KevinD

KevinD — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:48:23 +0000

1. Left school in 1991
2. Best subject was French
3. Got slipper once, didn’t hurt though – was for some petty spelling error I think
4. Doug E Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew
5. Was busted once smoking in sixth form, luckily for me, I blagged my way out..was my first blag ever in fact..

By: Blazing Minds

Blazing Minds — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:40:28 +0000

1. I left in 1987
2. Computers
3. I had detention for running in the corridors (how petty)
4. I think it would be “She blinded me with science” by Thomas Dolby.
5. NO, I think I was one of the geeky ones

By: tNb

tNb — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:24:42 +0000

1. Graduated from Uni in 1990, wildly enjoyed the next decade and then foolishly returned in 2000 (will *finally* graduate in 2010, obviously a glutton for punishment).

2. English Lit, History, French, German (so WHY did I become an accountant???)

3. Nope, never got caught!

4. Rio (convinced, of course, that I would marry Duran Duran’s John Taylor)

5. Cheeky ciggies and warm beer — ah, those were the days …

By: sylvied

sylvied — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:58:39 +0000

1. I left school in 1995
2. Italian
3. never, I was always “sage comme une image…”
4. Emilie Jolie a musical that takes me straight back to school:http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=7EGRzQPaSF0
5. We hid in the toilets for a cheeky ciggie…incredibly we never got caught!

By: @kevindixie

@kevindixie — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:10:00 +0000

Cheer yourself up and roll back the years, 5 q’s about school (just for fun folks) http://tinyurl.com/7e3z9t

By: @fuelmyblog

@fuelmyblog — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:54:49 +0000

From The FMB Blog The Friday Five – School Days http://tinyurl.com/7e3z9t

By: Daddy Papersurfer

Daddy Papersurfer — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:50:29 +0000

1. 1967
2. Mathematics, Art and Bluster.
3. My piano teacher used to rap me across the knuckles with a ruler which is probably why I don’t like rap music ….. and see 5
4. The Beatles and the Stones I suppose.
5. Fag breaks were taken in the communal shower. I got busted once by the Head Prefect. I should have been caned but I got away with a detention and loss of privileges. [These were the halcyon days when the prefects had a smoking room and the teachers smoked in class].
I went to a single sex school so had to bunk off to enjoy a snog ….. and yes, it was with the TG who worked close by opposite a betting office ….. but that’s another story – tee hee

By: Catalina

Catalina — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:50:00 +0000

1. What year did you leave school as a student (or plan to!)?
1998 but returned on 2006 for a year
2. What was your best subject?
mathematics and biology
3. Did you ever receive a detention (definition) or any corporal punishment, if so what for?
noooooooooo! Last time a teacher told my neighbour in kindergarten that she will be put on the “dark room” I told her: “I will go with you, don’t be scared” Just to see the face of the other little girl illuminated and my teacher becoming red was worthwhile!!!!
4. What is a lasting song memory from school days?
“los pollitos dicen pio, pio, pio” spanish lullaby
5. Did you ever go behind the bike sheds (have a cheeky cigarette or kiss a sweetheart etc)?
of course!!!!