450-year old grammar school, masters in sweeping black gowns, prefects, compulsory rugby, the cane and the thrown chalk board eraser as a means of pupil control.
An interesting mix for an 11 year old me at the height of the punk rock era in the UK (1977). Rob Scott Lead Developer Rocket Software 77 Fourth Avenue . Suite 100 . Waltham . MA 02451-1468 . USA Tel: +1.781.684.2305 Email: [email protected] Web: www.rocketsoftware.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shane Ginnane Sent: 16 January 2013 10:11 To: [email protected] Subject: Schooling in a past age On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:22:43 +0000, Rob Scott wrote: >I was made to take Latin in secondary school (instead of German or Spanish) as >a punishment for my poor behaviour. So maybe all the draconian things we hear about the English school system may have been true ?. >The "Romans go home" sketch from the "Life of Brian" was a scarily reminiscent >of many a lesson .... Comedy done proper. Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
