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by ANNA SPARGO-RYAN
You might have seen this news story around last week – a former Geelong Grammar School student and her mother are suing the school because she did not get into law. She claims the school did not support her, the school notes she did not finish all her work.
So with that in mind – writer and former private-school student Anna Spargo-Ryan has listed the 6 things she would sue her private school for…
1. I got divorced
I went to a presbyterian private school. It failed to teach me the value of being married in the eyes of God and staying together no matter what the circumstance. Now I just marry whoever is up for it all the time.
2. When I try to add things up at the supermarket, I always end up shooting people with finger guns and then getting arrested
My school taught me to do mental arithmetic via a brilliant and socially acceptable game called Mental Shootout. Unfortunately, this is now the only way I can successfully complete mental arithmetic tasks. Shop clerks hardly ever play with me and it causes me embarrassment.
3. I don’t know when to take my blazer off
Years of being threatened with undercover uniform inspectors have left me with severe paranoia about the appropriate time to take off my blazer. Is it 5pm? Is it when I get home? Unfortunately I now feel that I have to keep it on in the shower for my own safety.
4. All other ovals now look small by comparison
I’m constantly disappointed by the size of the ovals I visit. My private school intentionally sabotaged my ability to enjoy moderately sized ovals by providing me with excessively large ovals.
5. People have unrealistic expectations of my level of awesome
Whenever I say “I went to this private school” people immediately assume that I must be incredibly awesome. Although I am moderately awesome, I consistently fail to meet their expectations. Unfortunately this means that most of the people in my life are disappointed most of the time.
6. I think my kids are lame because they go to a public school
I am ashamed to go out in public with them while they are in their public school uniform. Sometimes they say things like “We went on an excursion to the shops down the road” instead of “We went on a plane to our sister school in China” and I can barely hide my contempt for them. Sometimes I wonder if I really love them at all.
Anna is the Digital Producer for Australia’s longest running TV show. She blogs here and you can find her on Twitter at @annaspargoryan.
What would you sue your school for?
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Well I’d like to sue my public school for my 20 odd year smoking habit. Back in the 80s smoking was still ‘what the cool kids did’ and you could smoke in planes, on public transport… at my first job I had an ashtray on my desk!! So yeah, I’d like to sue them for allowing smoking in years 11 and 12. Our Yr 11 & 12 art teacher used to let us smoke in CLASS because it “helped our creative juices” (I still can’t paint or draw to save my life, but by crikey I can do a blinding smoke ring!!) Oh yes, I kid you not. Our headmaster was actually on A Current Affair (or whatever it e 80′s) explaining his reasoning. “If you want them to act like adults, you have to treat them like adults” about summed it up. I remember my parents seeing him on telly saying that the year before I was due to start attending. Dad said “we’re not sending her there”…. but they did. Perhaps I should sue my parents for sending me there in the first place? They even went as far as restricting it to year 11 & 12 students and only on the “upper school” balcony… but did they police it??? nooooo. Eventually (after I left school) they moved the designated smoking area to the science lawn because non smokers were complaining (and well with their rights, I might add) that the smoke was stinking out the balcony and the classrooms. Of course, it’s all stopped now……hmmmm I didn’t smoke when I started high school, but thanks to their encouragement to behave like an adult, I was addicted by the time I graduated.
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ok, so as a footnote I agree that it was my choice and I can quit whenever I chose (in theory) but still…. really?
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HAHAHAHA. This article was HILARIOUS.
I especially loved the Blazer part – can definitely relate to that one!!
We weren’t allowed to wear out jumper with our summer uniform under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. so I would sue my school for constant confusion and anxiety during those summer months when it’s actually cold enough to warrant a jumper.
Do I risk it? Or is being cold better than spending an hour in detention on a Tuesday arvo?
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HAHAHAHA. This article was HILARIOUS.
I especially loved the Blazer part – can definitely relate to that one!!
We weren’t allowed to wear out jumper with our summer uniform under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. so I would sue my school for constant confusion and anxiety during those summer months when it’s actually cold enough to warrant a jumper.
Do I risk it? Or is being cold better than spending an hour in detention on a Tuesday arvo?
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What stupid lawyer has taken on this case? They should be ashamed of themselves. I hope they get laughed out of court.
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My school SUCKED!!!!!!!! I’d take them to the cleaners if they had any money themselves.
Christian Private school that really had no idea about ‘teaching’.
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I would like to sue my Catholic primary school for making me say “Good morning Mrs/Ms/Mr/Fr/Sr/Br So and So… AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU” in a very singsongy voice. When my friends and I arrived at our Independent high school and thought that this was the norm, I think it’s fair to say we suffered irreparable damages.
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I’d like to sue my school for not socialising us with boys more. When I left year 12 I went a bit bonkers o_O “oooooo! BOYZZZZ!!!!!” T_T
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I’d sue my school for the constant anxiety I feel when not putting a ribbon on my ponytail each day, still expecting to be given a uniform slip for not having one.
There’s also the phobia of felt hats, unrealistic expectations of the overall politeness of society and the fact that I simply cannot cross my legs above the ankle without feeling like my high school principal is glaring at me from somewhere.
That same principal used to give us handwritten cards whenever we did something noteworthy or reached a schooling milestone – I am now constantly disappointed when I am not given a handwritten card from the CEO each time I complete a project ahead of schedule or achieve excellent scores on my employee evaluations…
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Ah good old private schools! I could sue mine for making me embarrassingly polite! At my uni graduation instead of sitting primly in my seat eyes ahead respectfully listening and not making a sounds I was wriggling in my seat and making faces at my lecturer who was on stage. I also cheered!! I could still hear the voice in my head saying this is not how we behave at functions! Ahhh every time some one uses a phone or a camera at a concert I see red!! Lol I also smile at every one I make eye contact with which can freak people out. To be fair that was my job in customer service that made me that way!!
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It would have been pointless for her to do law anyway. With such a self entitled attitude, I doubt that any law firm would actually hire her! It is one of the biggest turn offs we see in our summer clerks. We were discussing the other day just how refreshing it is when we get one through who is down to earth.
You do not succeed in life without learning how to deal with disappointments and how to keep trying.
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I should definitely sue my high school. Off the top of my head, they owe me big time for:
1. I won’t be retiring at age 30, and I’m not rich or famous.
2. I have low self-esteem on account of not owning a European car, and I sometimes shop at Kmart.
3. I lost trivia at the local pub last week. That has to be their fault!
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I could sue mine for not giving me an eating disorder, at my last reunion there were so many skinny women…then again maybe I did get a disorder only I got the wrong one…overeating disorder!
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An entire trail of posts has disappeared off here tonight, and it wasn’t about anything offensive, just stories of girls’ schools prohibiting ridiculous things. I also had a post disappear from the story on selective fetal reduction. Just thought I’d mention in case something is playing up with the site…
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I only finished school 3 years ago but I too had the blazer (in sunny queensland in winter), a lovely straw hat that was to be worn EVERYWHERE outside of school (even indoors which I now find to be rude! I will sue). No sports uniform in public. Our summer uniform was maroon and white checks, but looked pink. Think tea towel style. I cringe every time I see one so I will sue. What was even better was that it was a sleeveless tunic with a bolero (cringe) over the top. We frequently received questions from other schools like ‘so, do you have to wear your skirts really high?’. Yes, genius we wear a skirt at boob-height! These dresses were also mildly see through so while we didn’t have actual undies checks, we were told in public that our underwear was not appropriate if the teachers could see it!
However, recently I learned our school has now allowed make up (heaven forbid) and, wait for it, FAKE TANS! Outrageous, I know.
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MBC? Me too! 2008 Graduate
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A yep, MBC! 2009 graduate
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OMG! Seriously?? I also went to a Brisbane private school, fake tans and makeup? WOW, not in my day!
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Yep! Ridiculous I know…couldn’t believe it when I heard!?
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I’d sue Shalom College in Bundaberg for making me terrified of walking on grassy areas. The amount of time I’ve had to add onto walking trips because ive avoided walking on grass over the years is phenomenal. I can’t play with my kids on our back lawn without breaking out in hives, wondering if the Brothers will chase me off with a wooden ruler…
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Why is a Catholic school named with a Hebrew word.- very wrong.
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Heres a little religion lesson, the Old testament Christian people use is almost identical to the scriptures used in Judaism, obviously as Jesus was a Jew. Thus you will find ‘shalom’ (meaning peace) in both versions – it is also used in the Islamic language. You will find it used throughout the Old Testament.
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How the F is it very wrong? Read the old testament..
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HA! This resonates… my school put the fear of god in us with regards to the ‘holy grass’. We were told that if we stepped a pinky toes on it we would get pregnant!
Ahh to this day, I’m still laughing.
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OMG thats the funniest thing i’ve read. having a total crapola day and you really cheered me up. thanks
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I plan to sue my (admittedly public so they must have buckets of money) school for not turning me into a broadway singer. It has always been my dream. They let me do music and drama all the way to year 12, encouraged me to play in the school orchestra. They even gave me a bit part in our school musical (Grease).
The fact that I can’t sing is completely irrelevant to this discussion. Bring on the lawyers!
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I’m suing because my private school made me wear a mustard coloured (think newborn infant dung) summer school uniform with four pairs of shiny GOLD buttons, with a brown blazer, knee high FAWN socks with roman sandals.
I can never again bear to wear anything in mustard with gold buttons. It’s ruined my life.
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My primary school uniform was brown: it was 20 years before I could wear anything brown. And I’m still working through the navy hangover from my high school blazer.
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I’d sue just for the socks and sandals! I still cringe when I see that delightful fashion statement.
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4 is hilarious, 5 is even better, 6 had me laughing out loud at my desk!!!
Here’s my 6:
1. Under-funded public school made me use books that were previously used by students in the grades before. I cannot go into second hand bookshop without a slight panic rising. Now at uni I have to buy all my books brand new due to my aversion. I’m suing for lost income from having to buy brand new books and compensation for paper cuts received from not knowing how to handle books with crisp pages correctly, rather than dog earred and tattered ones.
2. Sueing for dental bills from the school canteen selling me too many cans of coke and waaaaay too many toffee apples. 20 cents each, how could I refuse?!
3. Year 11 history trip was cancelled – sueing for emotional damage caused by this scarring, life-altering event.
4. In Year 6 everyone in the grade got chicken pox but me. Sueing for discrimination.
5. Year 12 jerseys were fugly – sueing for compensation of being a fashion victim for 3 semesters.
6. I finished high school and was accepted to do law at university – I’m sueing because no one told me I wouldn’t like studying it!
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Discrimination for not getting chicken pox? Gold. You have made my morning!
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I’m going to sue my school because I did get into law.
Someone needs to take the blame for the fact that for a good five years I had no will to live beyond exam period and that now I work so much every boyfriend I’ve ever had has accused me of being married to my job.
SOMEONE HAS TO BE RESPONSIBLE!
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The student dodged a bullet by not getting into law, she should be THANKING her school! hehe
Or, you know… actually studying to get her desired results.
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Love this post. Looks like we all could have been at the same school.
Just thought of another reason to sue my posh private school….faun ribbed tights.
They should be illegal.
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I’m suing my mum for my ugly knees
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At least your uniform didn’t appear on summer heights high on a regular basis. You know that grey school dress… Yeah, I wore that for 12 years.
Also, instant detentions if our hair wasn’t neat enough and didn’t have the right ribbon, as well as a myriad of other things ‘worthy’ of instant detention. Complete mental scarring.
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I’d like to sue my school because it gave all the boys there unrealistic expectations of what girls’ boobs should look like. We had a bini shell for an assembly hall. (Yes, it’s still there! We had fun with it on muck-up day though.)
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Suing my private school for my phobia about hat hair.
I can not wear a hat now, for any reason.
And so I guess I’ll be suing them because I will get skin cancer.
Oh, and lots of other stuff.
All. Their. Fault.
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hahahahahhaaa… sign me up, let’s do a class action!
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Pardon the pun, jamboree!!!
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I’m suing for a lack of an old-school-tie network. Six years at a Melbourne private school and I don’t know one single QC!!
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That will make suing tricky for you then, Kylie.
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Ugh. Damn! Good point.
(You argue well. I’m appointing you)
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I want to sue my school for ruining the colour green for me.
After 12 years wearing bottle green every day I can no longer wear any shade of green. I am in my 40s so I thought I would be over it by now, but I’m not.
I also have blazer issues. I can wear a jacket on a 30 degree day without breaking a sweat. I have gone the opposite way and I actually get cold without a jacket, winter and summer.
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You want to know about ruined green? Talk to any graduate or current student from Sommerville House in Brisbane (of which I am not one). I’m sure the school is great, but really who though tree frog green was a good idea for a uniform colour?
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Tree frog green! Hahahahahaha
New color shade – made my day, as did this post.
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There’s a girls school somewhere, but I can’t remember where (I think probably Sydney) where one of their dresses (one dress for 7-10 girls, one for 11 & 12) is tree frog green and white checked. The other is lilac and white. We rocked up at some inter-girls-school thingy when I was in year 11, saw them, and promptly got in a LOT of trouble for “making fun of another school.” We maintain that whoever designed the uniform wanted people to laugh.
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I see those girls regularly and feel for them! How can their mother’s do that to them? Surely school uniform must come up once a year in a change the colour campaign?
On the other hand, I love the St Peter’s uniform for the girls in summer. Reminds me of “Picnic at Hanging Rock” in a cool way!
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I am laughing so hard – as an ex-Somerville House student I too could wear box pleated wool, wool blouses, gloves and buttoned collars in a mild Queensland winter without breaking a sweat.
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Ever seen Cheltenham Girls’ in Sydney’s uniform? Think pepto-bismal pink. Or calamine lotion pink. Ick. Thankfully I didn’t go there.
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There is another girls school in Sydney whose uniform is brown, green and from memory, salmon pink vertical stripes, with a hideous collar. Aside from the 3/4 length skirt, it looks like bad old man pyjamas. I went to an inter-school Ancient History seminar in Year 12 and like Cerry, we got in trouble for laughing at another school’s uniform.
I went to public school and our uniform was much more like Ja’mie’s.
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I think that might be out at Parramatta somewhere. There are some godawful uniforms out there, aren’t there!
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Yeah, I think it might me OLMC at Parra maybe??
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I went to public as well. We had an array of uniforms – Years 7 to 10 we had a light blue check dress, but you could have a skirt for Year 10 (to save shelling out for a new dress for a year I guess), then we had a winter uniform of white shirt under a black dress with red, yellow and green check (it sounds yuck, but it wasn’t – it was my favourite uniform material), then seniors we had a maroon/grey/yellow check skirt and white polo shirt.
The boys wore a blue shirt and grey bottoms (shorts or long, depending on the season), and then white shirt with navy blue for Years 11 and 12.
I really like the cullottes that girls have the option of now – I think they should do away with the dresses and just have the shirt/shorts combo for boys and girls.
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I did!! I was waiting for Cheltenham to be mentioned…
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We used to call them the Pink Elephants. It’s EXACTLY the colour of a cartoon elephant.
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This is hilarious and so true… I spent the first 5 years out of school reaching for my blazer and tucking my shirt in every time I saw a policeman on the street – I was so brainwashed that any authority figure triggered it!
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this is hilarious!!! brilliant article!
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I’m going to sue my school because
1. After 5 years of playing Flute, I’m not in a symphony orchestra.
2. I was not given exposure to enough school socials, therefore causing me extreme embarrassment on nightclub dance floors post graduating.
3. I could only do Home Ec until year 10 and now I cant cook for shit, thus impacting on my ability to hold dinner parties and not poison my children.
4. I was not exposed to head lice, and therefore the shock of it when my children came home with it caused me great emotional distress.
5. After 5 years of wearing the same thing every day, I really struggle with making fashion choices.
6. Mr M from Drama said I was a great actress in year 9 and so far I have NOT been case in Home and Away or Neighbours. I mean…WTF is THAT about? He’s such a liar!!!
I am holding on to the pain…..lol
(when I read about that law suit I wet myself laughing. What a joke!!)
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Mamamia should do a competition on who has the best lawsuit in the comments section. Some of these are gold!
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Oh this is gold. A dose of disappointment may just be the thing that propels her to do great things with her life.
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As a 20-something, I ran into my Grades 3 and 5 teachers, who happened to be having lunch together. One of them asked for my email address. As I picked up a pen to write it down, she said to me, “Don’t worry about it, I see you still haven’t learned to hold your pen properly.”
Scarred for life. Now only write with pens in secret.
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Ha! Your column was very funny. Thanks!
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“Don’t worry about it, I see you still haven’t learned to hold your pen properly.”
Did you respond, “I wasn’t taught how to do it properly?”
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I responded “Yes, Mrs G” and then ran away forever.
To her credit, she had probably tried to teach me in excess of two hundred times throughout my schooling (even when I was no longer in her class).
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You just reminded me that i was smacked in first class for holding my pen the wrong way! Surely, litigation material there. It didn’t work! Years later as a teacher I never got hung up about it. I tried to teach the correct grip but if they had their own anyway, so be it. I don’t think my life has been affected in any way, except for that SMACK!
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Never got your pen license huh?
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I’ll always argue that my high quality handwriting was the result of a superior pen holding technique.
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I share that! My right hand ring finger nail is permanently ridged from the “wrong” way I hold my pen. If you’re only in your 20s, did you have the torture of one of those triangular grip things on your pencil to “make you hold your pencil properly”? Bastard things they were. I am fairly confident I only got to write with a pen in Year 5 because I changed schools and they were none the wiser.
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ACTUALLY, I have a theory about pen-holding. A large portion of people who have awful writing (especially men) hold their pen correctly, and a lot of people with gorgeous handwriting hold it incorrectly (ahem, I am including myself in these statistics).
I would like to do a study one day to prove my theory.
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I will also sue. I didn’t become an Olympic marathon runner, because since I left school, I can’t run without a middle aged women yelling at me.
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You have no idea how heartily I chuckled at this comment.
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Is that you, Danford?
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Is that you Virtue??
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Is that you, Napper?
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Seems like there’s been a bit of passing on of this article…
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hahaha gold
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I just peed my pants laughing.
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Dear Mrs S – will never forget the bellows of “C’mon girls, move those legs!!”
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Reckon the boys at our school could sue for being made to wear bottle-green budgie smugglers, or “dick togs” as we used to call them. And I would sue for having to wear a tie and a heavy woolen- skirted formal uniform. In tropical, sweltering, steamy FNQ.
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I’m suing my Catholic school for never teaching me how to put a condom on a banana.
Sure, I still managed to fill in the blanks for safe sexual practices between a man and woman through Dolly Magazine, but who knows what kind of diseases I could end up catching from a banana.
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Ah ha ha classic. One of the first real belly laughs i have had from a mamma mia article. thanks!
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In all seriousness, I could sue my private Canberra school for racism and elitism but it is not in my culture to do so. Its water under the bridge now.
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I am suing my school for having back to back relationships and no single time. Their deliberate exclusion of male students (at an all girls school – how shocking) meant that I was forced to date every man I came across (because I never learned how to just be friends with them).
I am about to go on my first single holiday ever, and if I contract an STD my former school will certainly be hearing about it. From my lawyers.
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I feel the exact same way!!!
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Enjoy your holiday, though
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I was laughing so hard at this I did the stupid gasp, snort, laugh thing in my office. Had to tell my colleagues what I was laughing at when I should have been processing payroll!
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I’m suing for my inability to accessorise very well.
The school had a completely anti jewellery policy so I am just not equipped for a life requiring accessories.
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I’d like to sue Canberra Girls Grammar for a few things:
Giving me a lifelong loathing of the colour bottle green;
Giving me a nervous tick whenever I hear the words Scungies, Bloomers, Bolero, Tunic, Hymn Book…..
Giving me the urge to check that my underpants match my clothes which match my hair ribbon, and to kneel down with a ruler to ensure my skirt is not too high;
Putting me into therapy whenever I hear the word “Cross Country”
And of course, for not turning me into a highly sought after fabulously wealthy neurosurgeon. Yet.
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Ooh yes, feeling you there, Blossom! I wonder who you are…
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Blossom, i didnt go to to CBR Grammar but bloomers & tunic and green make me cringe too. And we were fine 20c if our undies were not regulation red or beige or if our ribbons were not red!
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Who was responsible for checking your undies met with regulations ?!
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SCUNGIES! Ohhh, haven’t heard that word in years! Now, as I read it over and over again, it sounds grosser and grosser each time…
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I would sue my private school for not offering food tech as a subject. I could have been the next Masterchef if it werent for them!!
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You didn’t go to the same school as Blossom, did you Lauren??
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Lol nope, I’m in Melbourne, but I did have a bottle green uniform as well with a bright red jumper, and to this day I cannot wear that colour green, we looked like bloody Christmas trees!
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I have the EXACT same problem. Every year when we went to the Eisteddfod, the other schools would make Christmas tree jokes. I thought they sort of had a point, but it wasn’t as bad as they said. Then I graduated, saw the girls in uniform en mass when I wasn’t part of the group for the first time in years and thought “Holy shit. It’s like watching Santa’s elves leave the workshop at knock off time!”
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Before they changed the uniform, we had bottle green, box-pleated tunics with white blouses, bottle green tie with red/white stripe, green jumper with red/white neckline and dark brown stockings with dark tan shoes. So yup, we looked like Christmas trees with red/white trim! The junior school wore mushroom-shaped hats too! New uniform is much more sophisticated.
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hahaha mum used to always say “red and green should never be seen unless upon a Christmas tree” baaahaaa belly laugh!
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Ditto Lauren, my parents paid my Brisbane private school thousands of dollars and still had to teach me to cook themselves! Failure on behalf of the school, no doubt, as if academics and a university degree will get me half as far in life as home ec… :-/
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I always maintained that I could become a neurosurgeon but I would starve to death because I wouldn’t know how to cook for myself!
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Think I’ll sue my school for having crappy computers we were only allowed to use for school-work – I’m sure I could have beat Zuckerman to creating Facebook had I had better facilities to work with…..!
Oh, and also for failing to ensure I put in the time and effort on every assignment and test to make sure I got an A, submitted them all on time and completed the entire school year, for failing to ensure never got ill, and for not psychically knowing when I wasn’t exceeding in every class – because *obviously* all that is entirely their responsibility, and the reason I am not a genius millionaire already.
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Haha Zuckerman…
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Not too long ago, another student wanted to sue her school for not getting a UAI of 100. http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/student-challenges-ruling-on-her-hsc-20120427-1xq32.html
When will people stop blaming other people for their own first world problems?
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Ahhh, is that why you can no longer get an ATAR of 100. On another note, I wish they would just stick with ONE name!!!
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Based on your keen observation that your uni entry score was always changing, I’m going to sue for my inability to understand acronyms due to school induced short term memory failure.
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“The mother and her daughter believe she could have achieved higher marks had she been given special provisions.”
You can’t exactly get MUCH higher than 99.95! Oh, dear.
Besides, once you get into uni, or leave school to do something else no one gives a damn what your (insert univeristy rank acronym here) was. Get over it.
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I am going to sue my school for instilling in me a deep fear of being seen “loitering” at public transport interchanges. I have missed many buses and trains in my life because I have to time my travel so that I spend no more than three minutes waiting for a bus.
And god forbid if a male should come up and try to talk to me while I am waiting. I have broken the noses of several men who have asked me the time in fear of receiving a detention for fraternising with them.
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Oh trixie – thanks SO much for the laugh – all of these are bringing back so many memories!
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My private school used to post prefects at strategic points along the VERY steep path I used to walk to get home.
If you weren’t carrying your school bag the right way (hanging by your side, not hoisted over your shoulder) you got detention.
Now, I don’t know if you’ve ever tried to climb a steep hill with a heavy bag of books hanging by your side but it’s not without its challenges.
A-holes.
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Ooh, that’s harsh, lady. Our school (eventually, after we left) actually introduced back-packs to save the postures of future generations, as it seems that carrying heavy bags of text-books flung over one shoulder (as we used to do) was causing some nasty back injuries and spine curvatures!
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“6. I think my kids are lame because they go to a public school”
Freakin’ awesome.
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I should sue my school, because I still don’t know the words to Jerusalem, oh the shame!
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Now, you must be from the same school as Blossom, unless all CofE schools use Jerusalem as their school hymn??
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I went to a girls only public high school in the UK back in the dark ages (left school in the mid 80s) and we had Jerusalem as our school hymn too! But I do know all the words! Still lots to sue my school for too though – not least never having any male friends and being desperate for a boyfriend…!
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Many LOL’s at this post…. I didn’t go to private schools and now that I have to think about my daughter’s education, I am confused…sometimes being pulled into the mentality that I always refuted before having her, which is that if I pay a fortune for her education, she may just get a ‘better’ education. I’m starting to think that the bottom-line is probably that she will:
-get better facilities
-better field trips
-richer friends
I think I can offer her the activities, travels, computers myself and that it will be a lot less costly than enrolling her in private schooling…. as for the rich friends, um I’d rather she had educated friends and that will hopefully come with the type of values we instill in her as parents.
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I went to the poshest of the posh and then changed to public in yr 8. I’m still not sure what is the way to go with my daughter. I have such an array of friends now – doctors, scientists, plumbers, designers, stay at home mums. The boys from public schools tended to go into trades more than the private lads but the girls can’t be so easily classified.
I was chatting to a private school friend the other day who is a nurse ( a very good one), she was saying she would be pissed if she forked out 50 grand a year for her daughters schooling and she became a nurse.
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Exactly. What’s the point of forking out $50k if your kid doesn’t need that level of investment?! Surely there are better options, like private tutoring.
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I would sue my school for not letting us drink water during assemblies. Seriously.
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