tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170913783015287649.post3499356110807034280..comments2024-03-26T08:09:33.829+00:00Comments on The Plastic Mancunian: 31 Days of Blogging - Day 6Plastic Mancunianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01864213919913476168noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170913783015287649.post-31240690314717700802012-01-22T11:56:12.898+00:002012-01-22T11:56:12.898+00:00Hi Wally,
I was lucky - in a sense - that there w...Hi Wally,<br /><br />I was lucky - in a sense - that there were a lot of geeks. It was a grammar school which meant that only those who either passed a state exam called the 11+ or the school entrance exam, could get in. So most people were bright.<br /><br />There were still loads of arseholes though.<br /><br />:0)<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />PMPlastic Mancunianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01864213919913476168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170913783015287649.post-2840692530069274042012-01-22T11:33:26.162+00:002012-01-22T11:33:26.162+00:00My goodness, JMJ... I think we still have one of t...My goodness, JMJ... I think we still have one of those somewhere (probably a dodgy copy on cassette tape with nothing to play it on).<br /><br />I haven't listened to any of that for 20 or more years... I thought it was fabulous at the time.<br /><br />Your schooldays are a bit different to mine. I was a geeky type too, in a school full of 2nd generation Italians and Greeks - sons and daughters of post WW2 immigration. Being a geek was not at all cool, and the final few years of school were sheer hell. So bad I still (over 30 years later) haven't told my parents some of what went on.Wally The Walrushttp://wallythewalrus.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170913783015287649.post-50275209403219416342012-01-08T12:45:18.940+00:002012-01-08T12:45:18.940+00:00Hi drb,
Crikey. My dad didn't use corporal pu...Hi drb,<br /><br />Crikey. My dad didn't use corporal punishment but he did the next best thing I guess.<br /><br />I didn't like school but I loved university as you will see in the next couple of posts.<br /><br />And I think its an admirable trait to have the desire to keep on learning. Somewhere I have it too but I'm lazier these days.<br /><br />Great comment.<br /><br />:0)<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />PMPlastic Mancunianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01864213919913476168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170913783015287649.post-18339606995758973372012-01-08T12:15:49.807+00:002012-01-08T12:15:49.807+00:00Hi Mr PM,
My parents (especially my mum) share the...Hi Mr PM,<br />My parents (especially my mum) share the same view as your dads. I was caned severely in primary 1 because I came in 2nd in my year instead of 1st. I totally deserved it as I had been watching TV instead of doing homework or studying for tests/exams. Since then, I was always the top pf my class. Despite this high expectation, school days are the best days of my life. My only responsibility was to do well in school and that was easy enough, lots of pocket money ( In fact, by then end of my schooling, I had $25K in my bank account and I didn't work a day, which I gave back to my dad on the verge of his bankruptcy in 1997), and I love learning new things. I love my schools, teachers and my friends.<br /><br />I will go back to school given the chance - contemplating to go back to study for a psychology degree.<br /><br />I am grateful that my mum pushed me to realise my potential as I'm a bag of lazy bones, and then to do the minimal to get by.drbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170913783015287649.post-38221225112605175692012-01-07T10:21:29.917+00:002012-01-07T10:21:29.917+00:00Bonjour Kath,
My dad in particular wanted me to r...Bonjour Kath,<br /><br />My dad in particular wanted me to reach my potential because I had choices he didn't have. <br /><br />He was a clever bloke actually and totally wasted in his factory.<br /><br />:0)<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />PMPlastic Mancunianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01864213919913476168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170913783015287649.post-83600873008099152582012-01-07T10:18:25.164+00:002012-01-07T10:18:25.164+00:00Hi River,
That sounds a bit like my mum's per...Hi River,<br /><br />That sounds a bit like my mum's perspective. Isn't it funny how times have changed? I think if I had been ten years older, I might have ended up leaving at 15/16 too.<br /><br />I don't think its too late to do something, River. I am trying to learn Spanish - why? Because it might be useful. But the good thing is there is no pressure - and I think in your case it might be worth just trying something for the hell of it. You might actually enjoy it.<br /><br />:0)<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />PMPlastic Mancunianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01864213919913476168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170913783015287649.post-27283811630490208412012-01-07T10:14:58.833+00:002012-01-07T10:14:58.833+00:00Hi EC,
I didn't enjoy my schooldays at all. I...Hi EC,<br /><br />I didn't enjoy my schooldays at all. It was almost a constant battle.<br /><br />My two lads were totally laid back about it but not me.<br /><br />Glad you like the song.<br /><br />:0)<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />PMPlastic Mancunianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01864213919913476168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170913783015287649.post-45381617860839090642012-01-07T09:05:57.077+00:002012-01-07T09:05:57.077+00:00You did make the right choices and, for the types ...You did make the right choices and, for the types of childhoods and influences they had, so did your parents. They no doubt did whatever they could to improve on the sort of upbringing they had, as you are doing for your kids (and me for mine).<br /><br />Love JMJ but never had an album. His soundtrack to the movie 'Gallipoli' is still utterly magnificent.Kath Locketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09677312773827236567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170913783015287649.post-10825248282126060242012-01-06T21:52:40.225+00:002012-01-06T21:52:40.225+00:00So different from my school days. Dad had me convi...So different from my school days. Dad had me convinced that I didn't need to study hard or even do homework, so high school came as a bit of a shock. But even then, I didn't try very much, because I knew I was leaving at 15 to get a job until I married and then stay home raising a family while my husband brought in the money. That's how dad saw women. School was only until you were old enough to leave. <br /><br />I wish I'd known better. now, people often tell me, it's not too late, go back to school and study, get a career in what interests you. Easily said, not so easily done. Choosing what interests me the most? Impossible. What am I passionate about? By now, nothing really stands out. Back then? Still nothing, as I already knew I wouldn't be continuing my education, it's a circle, isn't it? <br />I'll listen to the music clips later, I'm interested in hearing the synthesisers.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170913783015287649.post-142969226760900602012-01-06T21:23:56.186+00:002012-01-06T21:23:56.186+00:00I didn't know this at all and love it. Thank ...I didn't know this at all and love it. Thank you.<br />And yes fitting into other people's expectations when you are not even certain of your own is very hard. If I was granted the ability to go back in time I would avoid being a teenager like the plague. Did it once, never again. And who ever it was that said that school days are the best days of your life was wrong.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.com