How left wing is this forum?
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SpackleFrog
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At ours, the complaint was always about a female PE teacher. All the girls complained that she stared at them in the showers etc.
Did always wonder if this could just be nastiness directed at an older unmarried woman etc. But it does seem like every school has one so maybe it was her at ours. Certainly there weren't even rumours about the male PE teachers being nonces. There was a rumour that one had only one bollock due to an unfortunate trampoline accident though. He was always more into gymnastics and stuff than football and rugby.
Did always wonder if this could just be nastiness directed at an older unmarried woman etc. But it does seem like every school has one so maybe it was her at ours. Certainly there weren't even rumours about the male PE teachers being nonces. There was a rumour that one had only one bollock due to an unfortunate trampoline accident though. He was always more into gymnastics and stuff than football and rugby.
Proper Tidy
Arsed
Neither of the male PE teachers in my school were nonces. But we had a geography teacher who had married a pupil a couple of months after she left school (at 16, no sixth form) in the 70s and an english/drama teacher who was always suspect and later convicted circa 2000s
Baronage-Phase
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We had a french teacher who married a pupil after she graduated...aged 18.
Always thought he was a nonce but he married her and they had a family.
I'm always wary of any teacher who thinks they should supervise shower rooms. It's a red flag imo.
Proper Tidy
Arsed
Yeah this fella had stayed married but I've never accepted that as a defence, also he was always weird around girls
Proper Tidy
Arsed
Derailing a bit and should put it on that thread about things that have improved socially, but reckon this stuff has improved. Obviously it still goes on but we had the two aforementioned teachers who were fairly clearly nonces and it was just treated a bit like a joke, by pupils and teachers. Also at 3.30pm the road by the front gate would have loads of lads (men) aged 18-25 in their cars picking up their 13-16 y/o girlfriends. I don't think (I hope anyway) that kind of shit is tolerated any more
cantsin
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never had you down as an England fan ?
( am totally mixed up about it , always have been - can't help getting swept along if it's vs a powerful Aussie side and the like, but would deffo enjoy a kiwi upset on sun - )
SpackleFrog
Smash showy bell-bottom pants and sporty haircuts
Hmmmm... I guess someone should though...?
Can be quite dangerous, shower rooms, slippy, hard surfaces. I'm speaking as someone who went to a school where some lads would fight in the showers and the teachers couldn't be arsed to check. Never happened to me but I can remember thinking if it did and someone fell and cracked their head it wouldn't be good.
Tricky.
SpineyNorman
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They just covered it up well that's all. After all, how did anyone know he only had one bollock?
Baronage-Phase
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We got round it. No more showers. They wear PE gear in and no changing gear either.
Nobody wants to supervise anyone in shower rooms.
SpackleFrog
Smash showy bell-bottom pants and sporty haircuts
They just covered it up well that's all. After all, how did anyone know he only had one bollock?
The story went it happened in the middle of a PE class. Before I actually got to the school. It was claimed that's why they got rid of the trampolines. I don't know, weren't anyway when I was there.
He had actually been some sort of amateur gymnast and that somehow involved trampolines.
SpackleFrog
Smash showy bell-bottom pants and sporty haircuts
HoratioCuthbert
Deep seated inconsequence
We had one noncey PE teacher and one that was just a bit sadistic. I didn’t have either often but the latter one made me go into the staff bit and apologise to him in Gaelic in front of the other teachers after me and this girl had to walk round and round the field as we forgot our kit. That’s not by far the worst thing he’s done but it stuck in my mind as being a wee bit weird- I don’t know you had to be there sort of thing? He was a cunt when the cane and that was legal I hear.
The nonce one was always groping people seemingly, but I don’t think I ever had him as a teacher.
The nonce one was always groping people seemingly, but I don’t think I ever had him as a teacher.
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
How do your pupils learn the traditional art of towel flicking then?
Proper Tidy
Arsed
Self defining socialist states having a great track record of not being oppressive bastards, success, and continued existence of course
HoratioCuthbert
Deep seated inconsequence
Post needs examples. Do you think people shouldn’t practice it at all?
danny la rouge
I have a cheese grater in the dishwasher.
“Socialist” states have been authoritarian. Whereas many of us are libertarian.
Banning things is pretty counterproductive anyway.
editor
hiraethified
Fuck organised religions with all their shiny gold baubles, moralising, demonising, homophobia and hypocrisy.
discokermit
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A heart in a heartless world.
SpineyNorman
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There's a difference between being critical of religion and going full Sam Harris.
The power the orthodox Church wields in Russia right now suggests the Soviet policy wasn't especially effective.
Banning religion doesn't kill it off, it makes it stronger.
The power the orthodox Church wields in Russia right now suggests the Soviet policy wasn't especially effective.
Banning religion doesn't kill it off, it makes it stronger.
mojo pixy
interesting times
I'm really only talking about 'being critical' since not one of us can do more than that in reality. I'm just expressing surprise at how my (admittedly quite strong) anti-religious views get received on a board with so many lefties. I'm all for tolerance but religion is like fascism, give an inch and they take a mile.
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
mojo pixy
interesting times
Isn't that true for most things?
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
It's the whole "Thou shalt not" mentality you really have to worry about... whether coming from the religious or some ideologue.
mojo pixy
interesting times
Politics is full of Thou Shalt Not. Entire legal systems are based on it. Rules aren't what I dislike about religion. Mass delusion and hypocritical moralising, 'praying for peace', preaching love while practising intolerance and supporting war are more my betes noires. Appropriating compassion. Fuck em, seriously.
SpineyNorman
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It's probably simplistic, broad brush statements like the last one in this post that provoke that reaction to be fair. That's my final word on it though, arguments about religion are about as interesting and productive as Jamie's school dinners.
SpineyNorman
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Like, for example, thou shalt not practice religion?
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
I sympathize, but thinking you can easily separate religion from someone's culture, country of origin, ethnicity, and family is a mistake, so being cautious and mostly respectful in criticism of religion is something I've found to generally be much more productive.
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