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Originally posted by Mordac View PostThey all turned me down, and that was before they saw my A level results...
In my defence, I went to a comp in the 80's, and if you weren't a raving lefty, the teachers either ignored you or tortured you.I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter manComment
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Originally posted by Mordac View PostAnyway, I'm not sure there is life in Swindon...I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter manComment
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Originally posted by Mordac View PostIt was the 1980's - when the teachers weren't on strike, almost every lesson had some sort of Marxist slant. History was all post-colonial and the evils of the Empire, our Economics teacher was a communist, and even English Lit was an endless stream of socialist drivel. So yes, you could say I was occasionally "disruptive"
To be fair though, some of those same teachers felt it was wrong to grass us up for going down the pub at lunchtime, so they didn't. As long as we stayed in the other bar, they left us alone.I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter manComment
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Originally posted by Whorty View PostWhen I worked in big 4 consulting I was sent to many a dull, dreary, awful place ... of these, Swindon was easily the biggest pile of doodoo. Couldn't be happier every Friday to be getting on the train back to the big smoke.Comment
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Originally posted by Whorty View PostI smell bull tuliip!
Though the only ones who taught anything with a left bent were in the social sciences."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by AtW View PostApparently it sharpens sense of humourI am what I drink, and I'm a bitter manComment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostActually at my state comp 75% of the teachers were openly lefties. The ones who weren't kept their mouths shut so they weren't forced out.
Though the only ones who taught anything with a left bent were in the social sciences.
All teachers are lefties ... it's a given. In our school 6th form we had a school GE in 1987 to see how we would if we could. Teachers were really surprised (and not too pleased!) to find that Tories/Maggie came out on top. And this in a staunch red area Betty Borthroyd, whom I did manage to meet and to be far was a very nice lady, was our local MP.I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter manComment
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Originally posted by Whorty View PostThe tulip was suggesting he spent lunchtimes down the pub with the teachers (but different bar).
All teachers are lefties ... it's a given. In our school 6th form we had a school GE in 1987 to see how we would if we could. Teachers were really surprised (and not too pleased!) to find that Tories/Maggie came out on top. And this in a staunch red area Betty Borthroyd, whom I did manage to meet and to be far was a very nice lady, was our local MP.
At college when we also drank the same pubs as our lecturers. The pub staff also knew we were all under 18 and very likely 16 when we started drinking in their establishments but ignored us. We didn't dare misbehave.
And no not all teachers are or have been lefties."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by Whorty View PostNot true. i went to a comp in the 80s in a very (and I mean very) poor area of the Midlands. I came from a broken home, was brought up on a council estate, father out of work for a decade due to the unions killing the car industry in the midlands. Despite that I managed to go to Uni .... but then I'm quite smart and work hard
Not really a surprise to hear a Brexiteer insisting all his problems are somebody else's fault.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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