Secondary school is where all the crazy shit happens
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I was talking to my nephew recently and asked what his secondary school was like, he said boring, nobody talks to each other and it's just the same shite everyday.
I asked did anything mad ever happen and he shrugged, Granted the smart little shit is at a good college and I personally went to what can only be described as a lower class Grange Hill if the entire school went on a cocktail of E's, buckfast and Parental absences.
My school was so bad it was shut down lmao
There was one time a particularly cuntish science teacher had a heart attack in the hallway and no word of a lie, the class that was waiting stood around and pointed and laughed at him while he lay there. A teacher came out to see the commotion and he "retired"
Other instances :
Cutting open the bottom of and Stuffing the Vice Principals chair with orange peels once it was found out she was allergic resulting in all fruit being banned lol
The boiler pipes being "Burst" (broken by students) everytime the weather went below 1° so everyone could go home.
Teachers car being stolen by students, joyrided and burnt out facing the school.
The easiest place on earth to get drugs, I honestly learnt more about drugs from friends than in school.
Multiple fights between teachers and students
Toilet bouncers were eventually called in to stop the places from being trashed. Literal bouncers
One particularly bad case of a "High Ranking" Orange Order member who also happened to be our English Head getting arrested for sexuallt assaulting students (Crowe ya dirty aule cunt ye)
Multiple teacher/parent fist fights
Girl caught shoving a deodorant can up her fanny in the locker rooms, she was called "Sure-ly" from then on.
These are just examples off the top of my head and what absolute insanity we witnessed while "learning"
Awh Templemore, you were a shithole.
So, what's the maddest things to happen at your secondary? Or was I just from a REALLLLLLYY scummy area?
It’s not official yet, but our principal said it is likely.
Please contact AISD board members to let them know your thoughts, but this isn’t a board decision- it’s a decision made by the superintendent.
I am already leaving after this school year, but we are about to see a mass exodus of teachers.
This stanza in “We Didn’t Start the Fire” has confused many:
> Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac.
> Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, Bridge on the River Kwai.
> Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseball.
> Starkweather homicide, children of thalidomide.
Lots of people hear that last line as “children of the little mind,” but it’s thalidomide. A medication still used today to treat cancer and leprosy, when it was first introduced in West Germany in 1957, it was sold over-the-counter as a wonder drug said to be impossible to overdose on, that could be used as a painkiller, a tranquilizer, stress relief, or a sleep aid.
Unfortunately, it turned out the drug has serious side effects if taken by expectant mothers, or even by their sexual partner — the babies were born with stunted limbs or no limbs at all, and other serious birth defects.
Even more tragically, thalidomide was specifically marketed to pregnant women as a cure for morning sickness.
Available in the late 1950s in Europe, Canada, and Africa, the drug was not approved for use in the United States thanks to the efforts of one woman: Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey. She was hired by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1960, and one of her first assignments was to review the application for thalidomide to be used in the United States. As it had already been approved for use in more than 20 other countries, the newly hired Kelsey could have rubberstamped the application. But she didn’t. She requested further studies and additional information. She withstood heavy pressure from the drug’s manufacturer, Grünenthal, to approve it. But she stood her ground.
During the delay, reports began to come out of West Germany about birth defects, most dramatically the limb problems. The birth defects were linked to thalidomide. Today, its use is carefully regulated, and those who take it are warned to use birth control if sexually active.
Kelsey’s stand against the drug and the realization that she had spared untold numbers of American babies from birth defects led to the Kefauver Harris Amendment of 1962, strengthening the FDA’s role in drug regulation.
Kelsey worked at the FDA until 2005, retiring at age 90. Since 2010, the FDA has annually honored an outstanding employe
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I swear half this sub thinks their own personal beliefs and biases are more scientifically accurate than the experts who’s entire job it is to make these decisions. You guys are starting to sound like the anti vaxxers
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Edit: Thanks for all the advice! I'll look through each of the investments commented and do more research into them
A bit of a tongue in cheek topic, I know. But try to approach it from a realistic point of view, difficult, I know, considering it's just a fantasy story.
Flitwick is a former duelling champion. Probably not many of them out there. Yet he teaches First Years how to levitate feathers. Seems a waste of potential from our modern perspective. It's like a Heavyweight Boxing Champion becoming a PE teacher.
Dumbledore is a world renowned war hero, Parliament Speaker and apparently President of the UN. Yet he's a Headmaster of a school...
If you approach those conundrums from a certain angle, they seem ludicrous. I know, I know. The Wizarding World is small etc. etc. But to me it still seems a bit off. Flitwick could be teaching aurors or running a duelling school and Dumbledore could be whatever else he wanted. Yet, they teach snotty brats.
On the other side Durmstrang had a former terrorist as Head. Which just shows that Hogwarts really is better.
Hello, I’m a 21 year old recent marketing degree graduate. However, after spending 6 months as a marketing assistant, I realise now it’s the wrong profession for me. I had a bit of a 1/5 life crisis, I was on autopilot for the past 6 months. When I look above me at my managers and their managers.. I’m scared. I need to get out.
Marketing drains me, it’s boring and quite unfulfilling. I also don’t like the fact that my role is about making people feel insecure if they don’t have a certain product/service. I finally realised I’m not the kind of person who is able to do a quiet 9-5, office based job on a lap top. I languish in such an environment. I thrive around people, and all the hints were always there.
To cut a long story short, I’m considering a career in post primary teaching as I know now I work best with people. I loved my time in secondary school too, but mostly for the social aspect. I get energized by being in such a communal environment.
I want to know what I’m getting myself into, if I so choose it. I’m concerned that I have an over glamourised/unrealistic view of what the profession entails. I want the truth. Good and bad.
I’ve also learned that I would prefer to work in a way in which I don’t have to answer to anyone, or even minimally. Teachers also seem to have not total, but a lot of creative freedom for how they teach. And of course, the holidays are amazing.
My questions are below, if you have any answers to any of them I’d be deeply appreciative!
• What sort of person/traits are suited to secondary teaching? (Or, what kind of person isnt suited to teach!)
• What are the pros of such a career?
• What are the cons of such a career?
• Financially, is the job still a middle class paying position? Can the pay support a reasonably comfortable lifestyle? (Although that is subjective), Especially considering that a lot of time and money is involved to qualify!
• What do you wish you would of known before you got into the teaching profession?
• I was considering doing Politics (and society) and Geography, is there much demand for those subjects?
• What subjects should I avoid doing due to over supply? As I want to be sure there’ll be jobs waiting for me when I graduate.
• What is the fastest and cheapest way to fully qualify? (I don’t think my current degree will be able to be used for any subject unfortunately!).
Thank you!
Hello, I am a Sec 4 waiting for my O level results which is coming out 2 weeks later and JC only starts in February. I was wondering if secondary schools in general allow alumnis to work in the school as a relief teacher, without any qualifications as I'm still a student. Thank you for reading.
Hello, I am a Sec 4 waiting for my O level results which is coming out 2 weeks later and JC only starts in February. I was wondering if secondary schools in general allow alumnis to work in the school as a relief teacher, without any qualifications as I'm still a student. Thank you for reading.
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