Thread: Did you learn anything at school?

Bullying 2.0

I learned how to wank,smoke,drink, play sport, chase fanny's, oh and how to read and write, just,
then at 18 i run to London all by my self, could not speak engrit at all, nor read

massive 14 year long story after that

Latin - amo, amas, amat, amamus, amatis, amant.... Two years of compulsory Latin now helps me to complete some crossword clues and understand some medical texts a bit better.

English - I don't know how many times I studied Hamlet, and then had to do it again in first year at university. Most of the time at school was spent listening to the war tales of the teacher.

Woodwork - had to make the obligatory pencil box. There must have been a few thousand of those in English schools. Never had any use for a pencil box and have never made another one.

French - complete waste of time, especially when we went to Paris to play rugby. Perhaps the French we learned at school was not Parisian French.

Maths and Science - don't remember as the English grammar school system at that time allowed students to drop subjects at a certain stage (after O levels, I think) and concentrate on in-depth studies in restricted areas in preparation for university

History - lots of analysis of the Tudors and Stuarts. The subject seemed to never make it into the 20 century

PE and sport - lots of cross-country runs and rugby in winter - loved it! This was what school was all about. Cricket in summer but not really interested so spent the summer months at school practising my goal-kicking. No round ball studies allowed as it was a rugby only school.

I loved school as it was an opportunity to get away from home!

bobforest

hardly remember anyone I was at school with - but things, hell yes.

English - dissecting out Macbeth, the war poets, wilfred owens, brave new world, 1984, learning the Jabberwocky (still remember some).

geography - formation of ox bow lakes, how tarns form, condensation cycle

history (one of my faves) hargreaves spinny Jenny, comptons spinning mule (sorry NR), the industrial revolution, the rebecca riots, Henry VIII (Divorced, beheaded, died; Divorced beheaded survived)...

Physics - strobe lights (awesome theory),

Chemistry - thermite reaction - my chem teacher blew a small hole in the ceiling!

Biology - field trips to rivers to pick out bugs, beetles and insects, dissecting formalin preserved rats - they were kept in a big tank and stunk!

Using a metal lathe - twang - Nidhogg! You useless oik!

All good stuff.

I remember reading Beowulf in Miss Middleton's 10th grade literature class. I still don't know what that was all about.

Also remember reading The Hobbit and The Jungle in that same class, but those books didn't do my head in like Beowulf did.

I still remember Miss Betsy, the art teacher...

I definitely learned a lot of things that are pretty much worthless towards helping me find a job, but I can say I know a bit about the world, language, and other odd tidbits and these give me some base for understanding the world. Not a waste but not really good for direction in life or adding value to yourself for the world of work.

All I learnt at school
Was how to bend not break the rules
Oh what fun we had
But at the time it seemed so bad
Trying different ways
To make a difference to the days.

Oh, and girls, I learned a lot about girls.

Originally Posted by Neo

All I learnt at school
Was how to bend not break the rules
Oh what fun we had
But at the time it seemed so bad
Trying different ways
To make a difference to the days.

Oh, and girls, I learned a lot about girls.

Originally Posted by daveboy

Originally Posted by Orrens

I learnt to hate nuns.

Orrens

Me too.

not only them, but those bloody violent christian brothers, lucky they were not kiddie
fiddlers,where i was, only violent bastards, a pox on the lot of them,
but at least i learnt to read and write.

also went to a christian brother school in n.queen st belfast
most were good teachers but step out of line and you ended up in the Top Room
where leather straps with lead through the middle greeted you.
Few made a second trip.
I was tops in french,maths and science and won a bronze medal in the 4 by 400 metres in casement park.