Re: Now it reaches Eton
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 8:07 pm
sejintenej wrote: ↑Sun Apr 05, 2020 9:53 pma collection of crows is called a murder. Don't ask me why
Sorry. Couldn't resist.
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sejintenej wrote: ↑Sun Apr 05, 2020 9:53 pma collection of crows is called a murder. Don't ask me why
That is the line spouted by one of the senior Chinese ministers saying it was imported by American doctors attending a conference in Wuhan. I think it is all batsloringa wrote: ↑Wed Apr 08, 2020 2:28 pm
It's the same as he knows that Jeremy Corbyn would have been a good Prime Minister with sensibly thought-out and fully funded policies if only the ignorant masses could just see what's good for them. He hasn't said it for a while but at the height of the anti-Semitism scandal in the Labour Party he was posting about a Jewish lobby in this country which, when challenged, he was quite prepared to defend. What next - Covid-19 is the result of of biological warfare experiments that went wrong - American experiments obviously?
Bottom line - his nonsense needs to be refuted but nothing anyone says is going to change his mind. These are articles of faith!
I don't know what benefits I received at CH that I wouldn't have received at a day school, I never got any extra attention for being strong at science like someone who was good at music or sports would. As far as I can tell the only difference was extended bullying hours.
I am very sorry to hear that. Any child's suitability for a particular type of education will depend on the character of the child as well as the character of the institution. For many, the type of boarding education offered by Christ's Hospital is a good fit; for others, clearly it is not. After six different primary schools, one of them twice, in four different countries, the continuity it offered was what I needed. It gave me a good, rounded academic grounding, sufficient not only for me to embark on my chosen career, but to permit me to explore other disciplines in my own time. Without ever really excelling (no buttons here) I had plenty of extra-curricular stuff for my CV, and I learned to cook! I don't know when you were there but it's very disappointing to hear both that you were not encouraged and helped to achieve your academic potential and, worse, were bullied.bakunin wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2020 10:34 pm I don't know what benefits I received at CH that I wouldn't have received at a day school, I never got any extra attention for being strong at science like someone who was good at music or sports would. As far as I can tell the only difference was extended bullying hours.
Especially those from violent or highly disorganised homes or those whose parent was in the armed forces or similarloringa wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 6:05 am
I am very sorry to hear that. Any child's suitability for a particular type of education will depend on the character of the child as well as the character of the institution. For many, the type of boarding education offered by Christ's Hospital is a good fit; for others, clearly it is not. After six different primary schools, one of them twice, in four different countries, the continuity it offered was what I needed.
In my case my home life "downstairs" and CH's ban on outside contact left me totally unknowing of anything outside - even buses, shops, jobs, money ...... A very definite disservice and the total lack of employment information (let alone advice) made it difficult to fit in - took me many many years and even now there are serious remnants. (I have to laugh now; I almost got sacked because I had been heard talking in Spanish to a Spanish employee at the company hostel)It gave me a good, rounded academic grounding, sufficient not only for me to embark on my chosen career,
Far from sure about this. The only "organised" non-school activity I found was piano but apart from actual lessons i was prohibited from practicing by Jones. Not sure where the cooking came from and shortwave wireless would not have been my thing. Even the library seemed out of bounds; I was escorted out for not having a library pass or housemaster's permission. Cricket I could do without though rugger did qualify me for playing even up to representative level. (I won't swear about the OBRC, three miles from home - I seem to have been persona non grata so I played for my then employers the other side of London)Without ever really excelling (no buttons here) I had plenty of extra-curricular stuff for my CV, and I learned to cook!
I can certainly relate to this comment, if you replace the word science with maths. However after I left I discovered that in some other houses I was well regarded for my ability in the subject.
Yes, I can back up Banker Brown here, certainly between 1955 and 1960 a housemaster's pass was needed for use of library. I remember a mate of mine getting fed up with the restriction and forging NTF's signature. As far as a ban on outside contact goes, there was a telephone (I think) in the corridor between Col B and Col A but I'm not sure whether we were encouraged to use it. I never did because I always imagined that if a master had happened along he would have demanded to know who I was phoning, in the manner of Stalin's thought police. The seclusion from the outside world was not so much physical as psychological.Foureyes wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 9:40 am sentinej says: "Even the library seemed out of bounds; I was escorted out for not having a library pass or housemaster's permission."
I find that very odd. I was at C.H. 1948-55 and was a regular user of the library - in fact, it was one of my favourite places and I spent a lot of time there. But, I have absolutely no recollection of needing permission or a pass - if they did exist, were they introduced after 1956, perhaps, and, if so, why?
Secondly, he says: "CH's ban on outside contact" Again, I have absolutely no recollection of such a 'ban' which would, in any case, have been unenforceable. I would agree that it was difficult to make or maintain friendships at home, because one was away for most of the year, but that surely was not intentional on C.H.'s part?
David