gr1nch
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I went to school from mid 60s all through the 70s and it was a delightful time. Football at every break, even before assembly!, hot school dinners, everyone wore basically the same thing, everyone got teased/bullied a bit and learnt to fight back or deal with it.
Kids weren't precious. We got on with it. And our parents, if we had them, basically encouraged us to. Pocket money was spent on sweets, crisps, swimming pool or cinema. Not turning up to a commitment wasn't an option unless there was a landline at the other end. If your mate said he'd be in the park after school, he was. Yes, the best of days and no rose-coloured spectacles - I genuinely enjoyed it.
My mum was a teacher all her life and had great relationships with most of her pupils. Some used to drop in at our house to say hello, which was especially nice for me, when she was at an all girl's school! That year she went on a ski trip with them and my brother and I, fifteen maybe, were allowed to go too and we all stayed in the same building in Bormio as the girls, but in our own room. Innocent and friendly, even with hormones raging. Would that happen these days?
It strikes me that PC, HS has not really solved what it set out to and has made the situation much worse. And I heard British Bulldogs is banned nowadays. Until then, it was virtually a national sport at primary school.
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Kids weren't precious. We got on with it. And our parents, if we had them, basically encouraged us to. Pocket money was spent on sweets, crisps, swimming pool or cinema. Not turning up to a commitment wasn't an option unless there was a landline at the other end. If your mate said he'd be in the park after school, he was. Yes, the best of days and no rose-coloured spectacles - I genuinely enjoyed it.
My mum was a teacher all her life and had great relationships with most of her pupils. Some used to drop in at our house to say hello, which was especially nice for me, when she was at an all girl's school! That year she went on a ski trip with them and my brother and I, fifteen maybe, were allowed to go too and we all stayed in the same building in Bormio as the girls, but in our own room. Innocent and friendly, even with hormones raging. Would that happen these days?
It strikes me that PC, HS has not really solved what it set out to and has made the situation much worse. And I heard British Bulldogs is banned nowadays. Until then, it was virtually a national sport at primary school.
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* Ashford, Kent & Mons, Belgium
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