Comments on: Unhappy schooldays

By: Peter Poulton

Peter Poulton — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:32:01 +0000

But surely as the old song says “School days are the happiest days of your life”,

By: Ian Poulton

Ian Poulton — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:21:37 +0000

Les,

No problem – repressed memories aren’t good for you anyway!

By: Grannymar » My unhappy schooldays!

Grannymar » My unhappy schooldays! — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:04:38 +0000

[...] wrote about ‘Unhappy school days. It rather opened an old wound for me. So far I have skirted around those years trying to convince [...]

By: Les Plant

Les Plant — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:07:33 +0000

Ian

I’m sorry if I brought back any bad memories, I didn’t mean to.

Les

By: Ian Poulton

Ian Poulton — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:05:07 +0000

Dot,

I think there was a huge shift in attitudes, Les’s reminder brought back memories I had successfully repressed for years.

By: Les Plant

Les Plant — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:50:42 +0000

Ian

I remember a certain school dinner lady (High Ham) being a bit of a bully(belittling kids) especially if you didn’t excell at sports!!

By: Dot

Dot — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:07:55 +0000

I went to school rather more recently than the fifties and I don’t remember ever being belittled or mocked, but I do remember the frustration of a couple of occasions when my teachers gave me answers (or, worse, corrected my work) and I knew they were wrong. For example, I remember writing something like ‘Grandma made tea for Mummy and me’ and having it corrected to ‘Mummy and I’. Now, however, I see it from the other side. I cringe remembering some of the mistakes I made the first time I tried to teach Old English as a graduate student. There were so many things I had never formally learnt myself, and suddenly I ran up against them…

By: Grannymar

Grannymar — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:23:08 +0000

I remember those well – Unhappy schooldays! My comment is far to long. I have more than enough for a full post. It might help clear my bitterness with ‘The Nuns’!