I had an email from Lisa about this the other day, which I guess means that my two days are up. It is supposed to be 8 songs which mean stuff to you, with reasons. Just 8?? I had a desert island discs page on my first website back in the 90s. It was part […]
Entries Tagged as 'Schooldays'
Sex offenders in school: a personal experience
January 19th, 2006 · Comments Off on Sex offenders in school: a personal experience · Life
All this attention on convicted sex offenders working in schools has had me reflecting on my own time at school. As far as I know, we had nobody on the staff who was ever convicted of any sort of sexual offence, but there were three or four of the teachers that I know of who […]
Tags: Nostalgia·Schooldays
Last day of the holidays
September 6th, 2005 · Comments Off on Last day of the holidays · Life
Jayne and I both took this week off work to spend some time with the children, and as Charlie goes back to school tomorrow, today was our last trip out. Having visited places in West Sussex, Kent, Surrey and Hampshire, today I decided to show the family the sights of Essex. They have been with […]
Tags: Buildings·Essex·Family·Holidays·Nostalgia·Photos·Schooldays·Traffic
GCSE Results
August 26th, 2005 · Comments Off on GCSE Results · Life
I spent a lot of Thursday not knowing whether to be proud of our boy or to lament falling standards in the exams. I know he did little work at school, hardly any homework and next to no revision. We were frequently told by his teachers how he had the intelligence to pass the exams […]
Tags: Education·Family·Schooldays
Missed opportunities
September 5th, 2004 · Comments Off on Missed opportunities · Music
Missed opportunity 1: I think there was a reunion in Essex for my old school. Since its more than 25 years since I left school it would have been fun catching up with everything. Mind you, J always gets paranoid that I will cop off with an old schoolfriend, and with the stories in the […]
