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Question: Did you like school
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anon answered on 14 Jun 2010:
I’m in two minds about this question. I loved (and love still) sport and there were great opportunities to take part in sports at my school ( I ended up playing tennis,squash, badminton, hockey and cricket to quite a high level).
So I definitely liked that. I ended up with quite a good balance between working, sport and partying. If I could go back I’d do less partying.Bruce Springesteen has quite a melancholy song called ‘Glory days’ where he runs into an old school friend who thinks that school was the best time of his life, the pinnacle of all he’d achieved (think Uncle Rico in the film, napoleon dynamite). I think this shows a singular lack of ambition and vision. The world is massive, there is loads of opportunity and the good stuff (and more bad stuff) will keep on coming in different amounts over time. It is definitely important to make sure you don’t blow your chances of a satisfying future career by thinking that school is going to be the best time of your life. You’re at school for about 13 years. I’ve been out of school for 13 years now and the best times have definitely been post-school.
The most important thing about school is nailing some good grades to the wall so that you can get on and enjoy the remaining (hopefully)70/80 years of your life…..
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anon answered on 14 Jun 2010:
Hi cheesesneese. I liked some elements of school (the friends and finding out about stuff) but I liked going to college and University better because I had more freedom to study when I wanted to and the lectures were at different times of the day so I could have a lie-in in bed some days!:)
Comments
9willj commented on :
ur ite 🙂
custardcreams commented on :
its ok apart from the bad maths teahcer
andrewleitch commented on :
Do you get taught good maths as well or is it all about the dark side these days?
Andrew commented on :
Having a bad maths teacher is the pits (don’t tell them I said so though!)