are you talking bad about me again?I sometimes think that such bully pedagogues should be given the old heave-ho.
-- PW
Mark I'm-not-as-mean-as-he-said-honest Bailey
As I recall, the only thing Catholic school developed was quick reflexes, from dodging flying debris ejected from whatever the Penguin was using as a weapon at the time (often from behind). Encouragement was not ever a concept that was present; survival became the sole focus.I sometimes think that such bully pedagogues should be given the old heave-ho. Other times, though, I think they serve a certain purpose: to encourage youngsters to develop independent thought together with a healthy measure of iconoclasm.
The jury's still out.
-- PW
How many kids from private schools suffered the tortures of the darned, but wouldn't change a thing now? This is our equivalent of war stories, and we throughly enjoy sharing them, whether aggravating, exacerbating or exaggerating.As I recall, the only thing Catholic school developed was quick reflexes, from dodging flying debris ejected from whatever the Penguin was using as a weapon at the time (often from behind). Encouragement was not ever a concept that was present; survival became the sole focus.
If one must find merit therin, I suppose it taught us to be survivors, but as for the jury we needn't keep waiting, they left a long time ago: Guilty As Sin.
Well, I didn't go to Catholic School, but I did have to walk five miles to school and back. Uphill both ways, a$$deep in snow. Teachers would flog us with barbed wire for the slightest lapse in grammar, or simply to relieve the boredom. I once saw the Headmaster chew the leg off a boy from Remove for being unable to decline mensa.This is our equivalent of war stories, and we throughly enjoy sharing them, whether aggravating, exacerbating or exaggerating.
PW, those are my very own memories, how'd ya know? Especially the snow and the uphilledness.Well, I didn't go to Catholic School, but I did have to walk five miles to school and back. Uphill both ways, a$$deep in snow. Teachers would flog us with barbed wire for the slightest lapse in grammar, or simply to relieve the boredom. I once saw the Headmaster chew the leg off a boy from Remove for being unable to decline mensa.This is our equivalent of war stories, and we throughly enjoy sharing them, whether aggravating, exacerbating or exaggerating.
Ah...the good old days.
-- PW
Luxury.Well, I didn't go to Catholic School, but I did have to walk five miles to school and back. Uphill both ways, a$$deep in snow. Teachers would flog us with barbed wire for the slightest lapse in grammar, or simply to relieve the boredom. I once saw the Headmaster chew the leg off a boy from Remove for being unable to decline mensa.
Personally, I never did like the Pythons that much. I remember watching their shows way back when and thinking, "this is a load of old bollocks..."One of my favorite bits, sluggo!
That's the signpost up ahead...your next stop...the thread topic: aggravate.
The Pythons turned aggravation to comedy.
-gailr
Kewl site Gail Wonder if they transcribed the whole Travel Agency sketch...One of my favorite bits, sluggo!
That's the signpost up ahead...your next stop...the thread topic: aggravate.
The Pythons turned aggravation to comedy.
-gailr
la-la-la-la-laPW, you can't please everyone, and there will be times when we sleep on the couch, but we can keep some aggravation out of our lives by placating OR just the art of ignoring, one of my favorite ruses, but I must admit that plugging my ears and humming only makes me feel better, until I take my fingers out.
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