Blacksmith
master brummie
Do you know, that even with me being over 60 now, I still have panic dreams about not having done my homework? It just shows what a big part of our lives our short time in school proved to be.
As if to prove it, I have clear recollections of some of the things my teachers used to say, and I was wondering if other people remembered the sayings of their teachers.
I went to Yardley Grammar School and I can remember one teacher we all called 'Sam' - But not to his face! - He had three sayings that I can remember, all names he called pupils whose work or attitude annoyed him.
1. "You're a slacker." - For obvious reasons
2. "You're a chocolate packing machine." He then went on to explain that if a chocolate packing machine was made incorrectly it would make mistakes and would carry on making those same mistakes, just like we kept doing.
3. "You're a bucket." - I'm afraid I can't remember why he called us that.
OK, I own up, he is the one whose maths homework I have forgotten in my dreams.
Please share your recollections of 'things our teachers said'.
As if to prove it, I have clear recollections of some of the things my teachers used to say, and I was wondering if other people remembered the sayings of their teachers.
I went to Yardley Grammar School and I can remember one teacher we all called 'Sam' - But not to his face! - He had three sayings that I can remember, all names he called pupils whose work or attitude annoyed him.
1. "You're a slacker." - For obvious reasons
2. "You're a chocolate packing machine." He then went on to explain that if a chocolate packing machine was made incorrectly it would make mistakes and would carry on making those same mistakes, just like we kept doing.
3. "You're a bucket." - I'm afraid I can't remember why he called us that.
OK, I own up, he is the one whose maths homework I have forgotten in my dreams.
Please share your recollections of 'things our teachers said'.