The Things You Are HAPPY About Thread.

[AndyWolves]

They should have asked for your opinion on Doherty

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

They should have asked for your opinion on Doherty

They'd still be here now la

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

A bit on the nose ay?

It's my best mate in all the world. He'd have run from Market Drayton (slowly) if he'd known.

And I'd have called him a silly cunt for worrying.

 

[Kenny]

Tbh I did start running on Wednesday....should be in Wolvo by next weekend

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

After being given our third choice secondary school for our daughter a few years ago, I am very pleased that our son got offered our first choice today

 

[sycophantia]

After being given our third choice secondary school for our daughter a few years ago, I am very pleased that our son got offered our first choice today

Excellent, great if they get their first choice.
My granddaughter got her letter today to say she'd been accepted for Newport Girls High.

 

[Alan]

What does “High” represent there? I understand y’all have a quite different system from the US variants.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

"Back in my day" there was a 3 tier system in Worcestershire, not sure how it was for everyone else, but for me:

Primary - year 1 (age 4/5)- 4
Middle - year 5 - 8
High - year 9 - 11 (age 15/16) (and then 6th form if chosen).

Now locally for my girls it is:

Primary - year 1 - 6
High - 7 - 11

 

[Kenny]

"Back in my day" there was a 3 tier system in Worcestershire, not sure how it was for everyone else, but for me:

Primary - year 1 (age 4/5)- 4
Middle - year 5 - 8
High - year 9 - 11 (age 15/16) (and then 6th form if chosen).

Almost the same but the years counting total tine spent at school were not used when I started.

Infant, followed by Junior school and into High School from the age of 11.

Got to High School and it was Year 1. It changed during High School and I went from year 2 and the following term it was year 9

 

[sycophantia]

What does “High” represent there? I understand y’all have a quite different system from the US variants.

The 'High' bit in this instance refers to what were part of the grammar school system years ago. After Primary school at 11 you had a 2 tier system, Secondary schools and Grammar schools. Grammar/High schools intake were/are decided by an exam (11+) so children who achieved a high mark in the exams went to Grammar., they were deemed to be more academic or technological.
During the 70s it was seen to be unfair so the Authorities seeked to end Grammar schools and everyone regardless of attainment were to go to the new 'Comprehensive' schools.
Many Grammar/High schools were either closed or converted.
However there was some kick back by parents and so some schools with an entry exam were saved (some sort of loophole).
In the town where I live there is a Comprehensive school, a boys Grammar school (they accept girls also from last year) and girls High school.
Sorry for the rambling answer.

 

[Alan]

It sounds like a system that requires a rambling answer tbf.

We have a similar tier system here, now that I think about it, at least in public schools. The difference would be that, by population, each High School would be one of your Comprehensive Schools, but then with a Grammar School (Advanced Placement courses) + High School inside that. Some schools get a third, maximally high falutin' Grammar School++ (called International Baccalaureate) which has been the source of a lot of consternation here in Charlotte. You don't get tested into them, though, you just choose for yourself and then hope you haven't fucked yourself (which I did once, with AP US History; as if the history itself wasn't traumatic enough).

Cheers, bud.

 

[leedswolf]

It sounds like a system that requires a rambling answer tbf.

We have a similar tier system here, now that I think about it, at least in public schools. The difference would be that, by population, each High School would be one of your Comprehensive Schools, but then with a Grammar School (Advanced Placement courses) + High School inside that. Some schools get a third, maximally high falutin' Grammar School++ (called International Baccalaureate) which has been the source of a lot of consternation here in Charlotte. You don't get tested into them, though, you just choose for yourself and then hope you haven't fucked yourself (which I did once, with AP US History; as if the history itself wasn't traumatic enough).

Cheers, bud.

In the UK, elite fee-paying schools are called "public schools"...

 

[Alan]

In the UK, elite fee-paying schools are called "public schools"...

I don't believe anything printed in a serif typeface.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Infant, Junior, Senior in my day. In the county I was in there was selection. If you failed selection you went to a secondary modern. If you passed, boys went to a grammar school, and the girls school was called the high.

 

[leedswolf]

I went to Primary School which included infants and juniors, passed the 11 plus exam and went on to Grammar School. Whilst at GS, it merged with the nearby Secondary Modern High School to become a (Comprehensive) High School which, incidentally, is now called an Academy.

 

[Dire Wolf]

The 'High' bit in this instance refers to what were part of the grammar school system years ago. After Primary school at 11 you had a 2 tier system, Secondary schools and Grammar schools. Grammar/High schools intake were/are decided by an exam (11+) so children who achieved a high mark in the exams went to Grammar., they were deemed to be more academic or technological.
During the 70s it was seen to be unfair so the Authorities seeked to end Grammar schools and everyone regardless of attainment were to go to the new 'Comprehensive' schools.
Many Grammar/High schools were either closed or converted.
However there was some kick back by parents and so some schools with an entry exam were saved (some sort of loophole).
In the town where I live there is a Comprehensive school, a boys Grammar school (they accept girls also from last year) and girls High school.
Sorry for the rambling answer.

Newport? Adams Grammar and Newport Girls High? I passed the 11+ and went to Adams before my northwards migration.

 

[sycophantia]

Newport? Adams Grammar and Newport Girls High? I passed the 11+ and went to Adams before my northwards migration.

Yep, she's going to Newport girls High.
As I mentioned the 'boy' grammar has started accepting girls recently.
All our 3 went to The Burton Borough comprehensive and did well there.

 

[leedswolf]

Snacks!!!

 

[Dire Wolf]

Yep, she's going to Newport girls High.
As I mentioned the 'boy' grammar has started accepting girls recently.
All our 3 went to The Burton Borough comprehensive and did well there.

I went to Adams Grammar 1979-1986 and for the most part hated it. My elder sister went to the Girls High and loved it. My brother went to Burton Borough and hated it.

 

[sycophantia]

I went to Adams Grammar 1979-1986 and for the most part hated it. My elder sister went to the Girls High and loved it. My brother went to Burton Borough and hated it.

Yeah think it depends on the school and the child. One of the biggest mistakes of my life was going to grammar school, hated it, really affected my self confidence. My brother went to the same school and did well.