I hated school when I was there, but looking back i guess its true what they say school days 'best days of your life' Is this true for you or were they truly awful.?
Primary days were the worst, always hated leaving my mum and faked many an illness not to go.
In secondry school it was more fun, had a laugh, a place to catch up on gossip with your mates. Just wish I'd payed more attention to the teacher than my mates :(

Going to The Convent High School For Girls , it was hell on earth. All we did was pray. Couldnt wait to leave and find out all about boys.!:D

I hated school and left at 15 with no qualifications.

I'm doing O.K now 40yrs on but I wish I could go back and do it all again, I wouldn,t wag a single day.

The more you can learn in those early years will pave the way to a better future.

It may sound silly but was education better in the 60's 70's, I've noticed on here the older ones have better spelling and grammar than the younger ones, all this phonetics stuff, whats that all about, and text speak, hate it.

Thanks to the mods for banning it on here.:thumbsup:

I hated King Edward's when I was there (1959-66) but looking back I'm glad I went there. Schooldays were neither the best nor worst days of my life, but they were certainly formative. And I can still spell; as shaznay wrote, there was more emphasis on it 40 or so years ago.

Loved primary school, hated senior school. When I went to school you had to be able to spell properly and be able to use exclamation marks, punctuation marks and quotation marks etc. all in the right places, if not, you didn't pass your tests and exams. Mind you, it was a long time ago.

No, I don't think they were the best days of my life.
I neither hated or loved it. I just went.
I found the work hard at grammar school, but managed to leave with a few qualifications. Had some good school pals who I've lost touch with over the years.

The best days of my life are still to come....when I finally retire from work and have some "my time" to spend with the wife and grandkids.

I was at an intermediate school and a grammar school, enjoying both.The intermediate school because I first discovered girls and the grammer school because I had both a math and a physics teacher who converted me from a so-so student to one who was highly motivated. At the grammer school I also met a fellow tennis player with whom I played for probably hundreds of hours over many years. He also became my best friend

1975-1977 Nethergreen First - Missed home, pretended to be poorly, weak and scared!
1977-1981 Nethergreen Middle - Became confident and settled, progressed. Mrs Cooper (M4C in 1980/81) was the best teacher I ever had and taught me to believe in myself!
1981-1983 King Edward II (Lower) Tough first year, better second, generally good times
1983-1985 King Edward VII (Upper) Colditz, cold, miserable and in all fairness I was bored stiff, couldn't wait to 'get out'.

Looking back? Like life, you remember the good times and there were plenty. I had a good education but like passing a driving test, it equips you to begin learning. My vast improvement in grammar came once I'd left school (and strangely through learning other languages). Yet, were I to hear a song from (say) 1984 - example, Two Tribes by FGTH - I'm instantly taken back to those days at KES but not in school itself but lunch-time in the Botanical Gardens. We also went on some good trips during my time at school.

And a note of encouragement. I've been in accounts since I left school in 1985. And guess what? If there's one subject I'm garbage at, that's it, maths!

I hated King Edward's when I was there (1959-66) but looking back I'm glad I went there. Schooldays were neither the best nor worst days of my life, but they were certainly formative. And I can still spell; as shaznay wrote, there was more emphasis on it 40 or so years ago.

I'm with hillsboro. High Storrs GS Boys '54-'61. Good memories mostly, but overall I wouldn't say they were the best or the worst days of my life. Corporal punishment was the norm then, but aside from one teacher whom I truly did detest, it was administered without malice. I am thankful for the education I received because from a scholastic perspective it was first rate.

Worst.

I absolutely and utterly despised school, I found it boring and a waste of time.

I stopped going at around the age of 13 and perfected the fine art of truancy.

I hated every minute I was there & the happiest day was when I left.Couldn`t play wag or my mother would have killed me.:hihi:

Hated it. Bradfield must have the worst school in South Yorkshire, tossers and bullies.

I loved it at Firth Park (when it was Brushes) :)

i hated every minute of it. i wagged it , got caught had a good hiding from my mum then did it all again. i should have got an Oscar for some of the performances i gave to get out out school . sorry mum . x

I loved it, even though we were skint (dad on strike, then looking for work in the 80's) no cash for nice clobber, hence I was bullied but I liked school. (Firth Park 81-86)

Left at 16 and went into a YTS rather than do A levels, really regretted it. Now at 39 Im at Uni and loving the chance to learn and do FE properly. The best bit being, I really appreciate the opportunity to learn now, whereas I didn't as a kid.

Quite liked infant school. Less keen on Juniors and hated secondary school. I honestly thought that secondary school was the worst time of my life at the time. However, with experience I now realise that although the days weren't great, there are things that I've experienced since that were much worse.

School days were good and bad...school holidays were always excellent :)

Hated secondary school for pretty much every single day for 5 years! I wanted to do well but was either dragged down to the bullies level for being a swot or dragged myself down and didn't do as well as I could so the bullies wouldn't beat me up. There was no way to win.
My consolation is that I did ok in my exams despite them and I'm doing really well now whereas most of them have done nothing with their lives and are going nowhere.

I loved it, even though we were skint (dad on strike, then looking for work in the 80's) no cash for nice clobber, hence I was bullied but I liked school. (Firth Park 81-86)

Left at 16 and went into a YTS rather than do A levels, really regretted it. Now at 39 Im at Uni and loving the chance to learn and do FE properly. The best bit being, I really appreciate the opportunity to learn now, whereas I didn't as a kid.

Very similar story to that of my son, but when I ask what he really wants to do after Uni he hasn't got a clue. He regrets not taking his schooling seriously but at least you get a second chance these days, unlike in my days.

i loved southey and most of the teachers,but hated my 1st year at chaucer,after i got into the swing of it though,i enjoyed my time there,although i hated most of the teachers there,a set of bullies and cowards,wells being the worst of them,however,his bullying rebounded on him a few times.

I'm 57 now and I can't recall any good memories of school at all. It's not senility either, because I have hundreds of bad memories.:(

Hindsight...its a wonderful thing isnt it? Looking back I wish i had worked harder..and achieved more...then done what i wanted to do which was nursing..my mom used to say 'you mark my words lady..school days are the best days of your life..you'll see'..and its took me years to realise she was probably right...after saying that I hated school with a passion!! But I wish i had worked harder...I would like to turn the clock back 30 odd yrs and start again.....but knowing what i know now!!

Being at Brushes (Firth Park School) were the best days of my life. See my facebook group if you went there.

Hated junior school but loved my time at High Storrs we had some great teachers during the 70' s my only regret is I didn't stay on and do my A levels. I decided to leave after 6 months in the 6th form as I wanted to earn some money that is my biggest regret in life.

I hated school when I was there, but looking back i guess its true what they say school days 'best days of your life' Is this true for you or were they truly awful.?
Primary days were the worst, always hated leaving my mum and faked many an illness not to go.
In secondry school it was more fun, had a laugh, a place to catch up on gossip with your mates. Just wish I'd payed more attention to the teacher than my mates :(

God!!!
I absolutely lurved school :love:
I cried my eyes out when they told me I had to leave..:(
Wish I could have stayed there forever...:thumbsup:

I R8 LURVED SCHOOL, no worry about getting up early or owt tho I still don't have to get up too early for me lectures

wot u duin english lit ? :D

I can't believe the young ones now-a -days seem to love school, I hated it from the day I started till the day I left, thats the one thing I remember about school was hating it.

wot u duin english lit ? :D

:hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi:

hate newfield school.

Sounds like kimberworth school

Hated every minute of it !! I had sadistic bullying teachers who made life hell and I cant think of a single nice thing to say about school until I moved ! My parents moved from Sheffield to Dronfield in 1962 when I was 14 years old and the last two years were relatively happy !

God!!!
I absolutely lurved school :love:
I cried my eyes out when they told me I had to leave..:(
Wish I could have stayed there forever...:thumbsup:

You little liar,you would do anything to get out of going to School.
You once dyed your hair and got sent home for being an exhibitionist,and kept it dyed as long as you could so you would not have to go to school.:bigsmile::nono::hihi::hihi:

Not surprisingly probably I adored both primary and secondary school. I recognise i had some excellent teachers. I had a great start - had a reading age of 10+ at four so that helped- thanks Gran x I was at times a bolshy kid but who played within the rules. Quite outgoing, I'd get parts in the school play, was in the choir, got to be a prefect at primary. My year 3 teacher (year one juniors back then) was an amazing guy- thanks Mr Matthews who was full of enthusiasm and I rub off well on that - he got us a pool at our primary school and I passed my baga awards with him as well. He made me feel enthused by everything.
The next three teachers I had were firm and very old school but gave a good grounding.
I loved the school holiday we went on to Wales at primary it was soo much fun and we were so naughty! I'd dread it if any of the kids I taught behaved like we did.
Secondary school was also great for the most part. I always got on well with the majority of my teachers and used to socialise with them at times, going to the Leadmill for gigs and the theatre with them and even stopped at some of their houses! I discovered boys and music but always was one of those annoying children who could talk and work, i could have done sooo much more. :rolleyes: Sadly I had a really tough time in my gce year - my best friend fell out with me and made my life a bit of a misery and i didn't do as well as i could have in my exams due to worry over this.
Sixth form was great - i still had my favourite teacher - Mr todhunter who was amazing. I learnt the rules of most card games and loved going to the pub with Dennis W and Shopping with Pauline H. :hihi:We went on a great outdoor adventure holiday to Aysgarth - still one of my happiest memories. my final year was a bit mixed up - my stepgrandmother died and my stepfather went a bit strange, left work and my mum got pregnant! Life went a bit topsy turvy for a while but it all worked out.

I loved school and feel sorry for anyone who doesn't.(Not saying I love it now though!)

i went to bradfield and the bus ride to and from school were the fun parts, had a good laugh and football at dinner times, thats the only good part about school, couldnt wait to leave and get a job. do miss some parts of p.e like the bleep test if anyone else did it but nothing else to do with lessons.
definately not the best days of my life

Primary schooldays were lovely but my days at Secondary School were horrible - I was bullied the entire time I was there and couldn't wait to leave at 16 which was a shame as I would have been quite capable of doing 'A' levels.
The bullies at Bradfield School changed the course of my life - thanks Wendy Dakin.

Went from Fox Hill to Meynell Road in 1950 and I swear that some of the teachers were total bullies to us kids. I know now that those teachers had real problems and what they did back then would have them in jail now. I joined the army because I did not know any better but turned out ok.

to me school days are worst days of your life
teachers
lessons
detentions
bullies
PE AND MATHS DEFO