mikebird
Banned
Mine was a proper bootcamp school where we had to walk for miles from school all the way along a scary busy road with hardly any solid ground to walk on, on the way to the land with fields for rugby, football, cricket, and a full-size running track.
I remember having to search for my wellies and rugby boots in tiny wooden huts with no lighting, the floor awash with a mess, at each end of the journey, resulting in missing footwear, which someone else was probably wearing. Other footwear wouldn't fit. We all had the same problems... Teachers were hard! Early '80s! Oi! Hurry up! Where's your boots? Come on!! What are you doing? I'm not going to go and find them for you! Catch up! I reckon that's a classic challenge for any 7-year old! Ending up running around in socks, or one or the other on the journey, or in the game. Left boots on each foot, etc. Proper lessons - hilarious.
Wish I never changed school - all due to my parents moving house. That would have been perfect education for me, but how could I ever compare it? I could have been a rugby star.
After that switch, some doctor spotted my immune system problems and prevented me from playing contact sports, including cricket! I think that was the root of my social ineptitude, as I stayed in the computer room during sport afternoons! If I was there now, I'd have carried on playing as normal.
I remember having to search for my wellies and rugby boots in tiny wooden huts with no lighting, the floor awash with a mess, at each end of the journey, resulting in missing footwear, which someone else was probably wearing. Other footwear wouldn't fit. We all had the same problems... Teachers were hard! Early '80s! Oi! Hurry up! Where's your boots? Come on!! What are you doing? I'm not going to go and find them for you! Catch up! I reckon that's a classic challenge for any 7-year old! Ending up running around in socks, or one or the other on the journey, or in the game. Left boots on each foot, etc. Proper lessons - hilarious.
Wish I never changed school - all due to my parents moving house. That would have been perfect education for me, but how could I ever compare it? I could have been a rugby star.
After that switch, some doctor spotted my immune system problems and prevented me from playing contact sports, including cricket! I think that was the root of my social ineptitude, as I stayed in the computer room during sport afternoons! If I was there now, I'd have carried on playing as normal.