Ask a British private school boy...

[Sidhe]

Cool, a boarding school! Do you get to use magic?

J/k. What was it like, being away for so long from family?

I'll field this:-

1) I'm assuming it's a school for muggles.

2) Harry Potter isn't real

3) for all future questions about magic please refer to number 2)

 

[Simon Darkshade]

I went to an Australian equivalent; one of the top 10 in the country.
Single sex education rocked.
Daybug, but spent a lot of time in the boarding house.

No hints of bottomy, really, in my time apart from the stories, and the biscuit game.

Damn enjoyable overall, and was with my class of people.

 

[Sidhe]

I went to an Australian equivalent; one of the top 10 in the country.
Single sex education rocked.
Daybug, but spent a lot of time in the boarding house.

No hints of bottomy, really, in my time apart from the stories, and the biscuit game.

Damn enjoyable overall, and was with my class of people.

If you even thought about playing the biscuit game then bum badgery could not of been far off. Why are public schools turning dual sex if there is no smoke with out banditry?

I went to an all boys school and there was a serious consideration for going dual sex, the reason given was that single sex schools promoted hand shaftery and other shameful shenanigans. like cobbing, fagging, docking and pink oboe playing.

It's a cliche, it's true about my school though, although thankfully I only heard rumours of the love that dare not speak it's name. Bully the homo was all the rage, but only for those who were allegedly likely to be perusing the bourneville boulevard.

 

[Simon Darkshade]

1.) It was rumoured, in the way things are.

2.) No chance of my alma mater going coed, and jolly good for it. Single sex schools no more promote the Greek vice than encourage a hands on mentoring experience for the whole boy.

3.) There were only rumours, although no one ever seemed to notice the 48 scantily clad page boys who carried me around in a mahogany sedan chair.

 

[Sidhe]

1.) It was rumoured, in the way things are.

2.) No chance of my alma mater going coed, and jolly good for it. Single sex schools no more promote the Greek vice than encourage a hands on mentoring experience for the whole boy.

3.) There were only rumours, although no one ever seemed to notice the 48 scantily clad page boys who carried me around in a mahogany sedan chair.

I apologise silly me. If it was a religous school then 48 scantilly clad page boys would have gone unnoticed anyway Clothes were optional in classes at my school, no one ever accused that of being gay, why would they?

We did have a gay teacher or two but apparently they were only gay at weekends when the school was closed, the rest of the time they stood around picking fights with six formers, smoking and talking about football, when they weren't teaching gym that is.

 

[Simon Darkshade]

There was a chaplain who raped a boarder about two years before I went there.

 

[Sidhe]

My my, There was a school kid who tried to rape a teacher while I was there, she was very good looking and had large jublees, although that is no excuse obviously. He was expelled to live out the rest of his days in the jungles of Tsurinam where he spent his days making Bannana leaf boats for sale on Devils Island. I believe he became an indentured servant to a coffee plantation owner and eventually won freedom when he was freed by a privateer with a 4 piece map who'd sailed of the edge of the world to meet his long lost cousin, he of course had been harbouring a treasure map that revealed the location of El Dorado, but I digress.

 

[Simon Darkshade]

I love it!

But my last post was serious. Big kerfuffle after it got covered up.

 

[Rossiya]

My my, There was a school kid who tried to rape a teacher while I was there, she was very good looking and had large jublees, although that is no excuse obviously. He was expelled to live out the rest of his days in the jungles of Tsurinam where he spent his days making Bannana leaf boats for sale on Devils Island. I believe he became an indentured servant to a coffee plantation owner and eventually won freedom when he was freed by a privateer with a 4 piece map who'd sailed of the edge of the world to meet his long lost cousin, he of course had been harbouring a treasure map that revealed the location of El Dorado, but I digress.

beautiful story sidhe, truly british sculptured writing.

 

[Sidhe]

I love it!

But my last post was serious. Big kerfuffle after it got covered up.

Same here, the guy was expelled and faced time for it(the first sentence is true) I believe he got off because of his age. Sordid afair. I'm trying to remember the teachers name but it eludes me, German teacher, exceptionally good looking, in that simmering pubescent sex cauldron it was not totally beyond the realms of possibility. There were stories of the Music teacher, male this time trying to molest boys but it was hushed up, until he tried it on when he offered a lift home to a pupil and he was dismissed, pushed his luck once to often.

 

[Truronian]

is everyone there posh in their speech and everything; or are there a few rebels who didn't want to go to a private school, and make it obvious?

I've been accused of speaking posh at times so I'm probably not the best judge. Accents are pretty varied to be honest, people from all walks of life can become rich and send their kids to private school.

As for rebels, they mainly left a couple of years ago. I get the impression that every school has its wantaway, private schools are no different.

 

[Goonie]

Do you touch yourself?

If so, does it make you feel guilty?

Moderator Action: This joke is neither funny nor proper to this forum. Warned.
Please read the forum rules: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=422889.

 

[WillJ]

I would ask a question, except I'm extremely confused. Do you Brits use the word "public" and "private" interchangably? Isn't that a bit odd?

 

[Chukchi Husky]

In Britain, "Public" schools are private, but the ones that everyone else goes to are called "State" schools.

 

[Simon Darkshade]

The great public schools are a subset of the private.

 

[Riesstiu IV]

Do you conjure magic spells and learn the dark arts of wizardry like in Harry Potter?

 

[Simon Darkshade]

I believe that question was already addressed, and it is rather hackneyed.
Do those who go to public schools in the United States all live lives like something out of Melrose Place, The Faculty or The Adventures of Dobie Gillis?

 

[WillJ]

Curious, I looked up the word "fagging" on Wikipedia. I was, well, disappointed.

I like how the seniors are called "fag-masters." Perhaps in Britain that title is commanding of respect, but call yourself that in America and you might find a different reaction...

In Britain, "Public" schools are private, but the ones that everyone else goes to are called "State" schools.

-and-

The great public schools are a subset of the private.

Is there a reason the word "public" is used as such, or is it just cuz?

 

[Riesstiu IV]

I believe that question was already addressed, and it is rather hackneyed.
Do those who go to public schools in the United States all live lives like something out of Melrose Place, The Faculty or The Adventures of Dobie Gillis?

Maybe for some students. My high school "clique" would hardly be worthy of a Television series.

 

[Simon Darkshade]

Woooooooosh goes the B-70 Valkyrie at 75000 feet carrying a bomb bay full of points!