School

[Frutos]

In the wake of Easy 10's thread about his son getting into some trouble at school, I thought it might be fun to find out what NSC'ers themselves were like at school.

Were you the kid at the front of the class who always did your homework, looked immaculate in whatever uniform you had and never ever got into any trouble at all?

Were you the scruffy one at the back to whom homework was a foreign concept and whose detention count was higher than a Mensa members IQ?

Or were you, like most people, somewhere in between?

What were your favourite and least favourite subjects?

 

[dougdeep]

I was a MTH.

 

[Easy 10]

I was a thief.
Our teacher bought a huge bag of sweets one day to share out amongst the whole class because we'd all been so good. I saw her put it in her desk draw, and at lunchtime, me and Daniel Evans sneaked into the classroom, took the sweets and scoffed the LOT.

Then after lunch we all sat down in class, and our teacher (Miss Priestly) said "now class, I have a little treat for you all....", reached into her draw, and pulled out a clear plastic bag. Empty. I can still remember the look of bemusement on her face before she turned to us all and said "ok - who took them ?".

We never owned up. Got away with it scott free.

 

[Frutos]

I was a MTH.

What, pray tell, is an MTH?

 

[Scotty Mac]

i nearly got excluded for EXTORTION, but the kid had it coming to him

 

[Djmiles]

Just your normal quiet, and fairly smart student (Was top set for most things, however I don't consider myself that intelligant).

Got the teachers trust so if I didn't do my homework I could tell them I left it at home and they wouldn't ask any questions!

 

[Lady Whistledown]

I went St Lawrence in Hurstpierpoint. Among my memories of the place were going into the first toilet cubicle in the row, locking the door, then climbing up over the wall into the next one, locking it, climbing up into the next one, locking that etc etc until the whole row was locked, preferably in the half hour immediately before the infants went on a school trip.

From my hazy memories, I'm fairly convinced Carrot Cruncher had a role in this tomfoolery too, but he'll probably deny it

 

[Gully]

I went to Steyning and can honestly say that there was only one class where I learnt anything that has been remotely useful during my adult life, Economics with Norm Wright...we used to have a break in the middle of the lesson to do clues in the Times crossword, he was one of the few teachers who appeared to respect the pupils, this was naturally reciprocated.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

My house was known as 'The Nice Guys House'. Friendly with most of the different groups in my year.

I never really buried myself in books - Just did enough to get by and get Uni. Played most sports and was a big thespian.

I got gated for being in a pub (caught by the deputy head) without having a pub pass and almost got suspended for throwing up at the christmas dinner and passing out.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

I was team captain at Quidditch, and pretty good at Defence Against the Dark Arts, but regularly got into trouble with the Potions master.

 

[Gully]

I was caned (with a wooden stick, not off my face on drugs) at intermediate school for my part in the display of a pornographic picture on a house noticeboard. I would probably have got away with it, as I was a bit of a girly swot at that stage, had the ring leader not sung like a canary when confronted by the headmaster and given everyones names out. What this taught me was that if you are going to commit a misdemeanour it is better to do it on your own, and of course not get caught.

NB: edna and collar feeler, I have let a crime free adult life and the words I speak were only in jest...honest guv!

 

[Lady Whistledown]

I was caned (with a wooden stick, not off my face on drugs) at intermediate school for my part in the display of a pornographic picture on a house noticeboard. I would probably have got away with it, as I was a bit of a girly swot at that stage, had the ring leader not sung like a canary when confronted by the headmaster and given everyones names out. What this taught me was that if you are going to commit a misdemeanour it is better to do it on your own, and of course not get caught.

NB: edna and collar feeler, I have let a crime free adult life and the words I speak were only in jest...honest guv!

The only porn seen in my school was when we did painting and had to cover the desks with newspaper, at which point the boys in the class would search high and low to find the Page 3s so they could look at tits while they painted.

Only to find the teachers had meticulously removed any pages with the slightest hint of nudity or suggestiveness from every paper in the pile.

I do remember someone used to dump stacks of jazz mags in the woods behind our house, while we're on the subject, but that's another story. Suffice it to say, I knew what Reader's Wives were from an early age.

 

[Clothes Peg]

I went to Steyning and can honestly say that there was only one class where I learnt anything that has been remotely useful during my adult life, Economics with Norm Wright...we used to have a break in the middle of the lesson to do clues in the Times crossword, he was one of the few teachers who appeared to respect the pupils, this was naturally reciprocated.

Norm was a legend
He was a thoroughly inspiring teacher. He really encouraged me to think higher and had a fascinating taste in music. Sadly he retired early a couple of years ago. Rumour has it that he lost faith in the education system.

 

[Paul Reids Sock]

i was a bit of a nerd up until about year 9-10 and then i started doing drama and met a few of the 'cooler' people, changed my image, hair etc, and then suddenly became one of the popular kids. i went from being the shy retiring type to a loud mouth hyper bastard in a matter of weeks! luckily because of my quieter days the teachers all seemed to stil love me and i got away with nearly everything. turning up drunk to a few lessons in 6th form didnt go down so well but was a good last few years at school.

 

[Buzzer]

I was a real swot at Durrington High and Worthing VI Form College. Got on well with some of the tough kids though so thst helped me.

 

[Gwylan]

I was neither a swot or a yob - had a fair share of detentions, generally for being insolent (I was a real smartarse). I used to be the class bookie and would run books for big sporting events.

Deffo somewhere in-between academically: good at maths, chemistry anf french. Lousy at geography, art and crafts.

 

[Yorkie]

I went to Hove County Grammar. It was extremely strict and I was always in trouble for talking, passing notes and not handing homework in on time. I probably had at least one detention a term. I wasn't a swot but did well with term work especially English and French. If you got 3 detentions in a term you had to see the headmistress and if you got 3 A's in a row you also went to see her. One particular day I was in the queue for both reasons.

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

Bit of a swot, really. And I was deputy head boy of Varndean. Had a rubbish first few years (not many friends etc) but things got better in years 10 and 11. Was good at music and languages, pretty average at most other things, rubbish at art.

 

[Vatican Citys No.2 Keeper]

I was a real swot at Durrington High

I was a good little boy when i was there (which seeming as it was in June, then it wasnt that long ago)

When u were there, was there a prick of a teacher who looked EXACTLY like Sven Goran Erikson that everyone hated?

 

[Superphil]

Norm was a legend
He was a thoroughly inspiring teacher. He really encouraged me to think higher and had a fascinating taste in music. Sadly he retired early a couple of years ago. Rumour has it that he lost faith in the education system.

Sadly I had Ron Tully for Economics, he was great, you could basically do what you liked during his lessons, which is where I went wrong, I did what I liked, which was meeting girls, smoking, dissapearing off to Brighton, basically anything but going to his lessons.