Given the delightfully-dorky and neurospicy nature of the fediverse, along with the fact that we went to a selective grammar school, we're honestly surprised that we still haven't yet bumped into anybody from our year group online here  

Then again, we did go to a school that mistakenly thought it was teaching solely boys ๐Ÿ˜‚

Might have to go hunting for a few at some point, partly to see how they're all doing, but mostly also to confuse the heck out of others ๐Ÿคญ

At least a couple would probably be like: "OH! That explains a few things!" ๐Ÿคฃ

Our year group was very... memorable... to say the least ๐Ÿ˜…

  • Someone (not us) once recorded the number of times a teacher said "maintenant" in French classes. It was labelled the maintenant-meter (maintenometer). Apparently it peaked on Wednesdays.
  • The head of IT locked our PC rooms on the final day of our year, after discovering the non-malicious hacking plans.
  • Our head boy was openly gay... whilst Section 28 was still in force.

But yeah, if you were in an Essex grammar school "for boys" sometime between 1995 and 2002, there's a chance you might know us  

#Essex #GrammarSchool #neurodivergent #neurospicy #AuDHD #trans+ #transgender #queer #LGBTQIA+ #maintenantmeter #maintenometer

Marty & McGee 7-10a line from The Shoe! Stadium Series tonight:
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#GrammarSchool

@professorkiosk IOU up there with Welcome To Facebook ๐Ÿ˜น I find being myself hereabouts the best part, others can like it or lump it, but if I bring a #laugh or a morsel of #ClimateChange Iโ€™ve done my part. My formative years were at #boardingschool, a #grammarschool not private toffs club. On the whole good, but Iโ€™ve learnt by accident after 70 years on the planet that the best bit is to keep them going. Minds are like parachutes, work best when open. #MALPWBWO

I see Jack Munroe is still getting grief because people don't understand the difference between class and education in the UK and that there's still misunderstanding about grammar schools.

Here's a thing I wrote. An essay about my time there. It should clear things up.

http://thestatictravelwriter.co.uk/best-in-class

Trigger warnings for several kinds of violence.

#class #WorkingClass #education #GrammarSchool #JackMonroe

Best In Class โ€“ THE STATIC

[HARM] You, boy, stop there! The Boy was running, that's against the rules, that's fair. He holds out his hands in mitigation. Together they form a โ€ฆ