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staph
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2004-09-13, 21:03

It sounds like your principal is asking for trouble. Frankly, I don't see the point of most of the outlined changes (although getting some kind of parental consent for letting you off campus is probably a good idea).

Mind you, the rules at my (private single-sex CofE grammar school) were probably on par with, or a little stricter than what you've mentioned. The teachers couldn't have cared less if we got on to the Grammar chicks at socials (so long as we were'nt wasted), but other than that: eating in classrooms was out, the uniform had to be reasonably tidy (shoes polished, knee-high socks up in summer, shirt tucked in, w/ blazer at Assembly and chapel etc.), leaving campus without explicit permission from the school Sergeant and a signed leave-slip was a suspensable offence, free periods had be be spent on campus, unless they were the last 1 or 2 periods, with permission from Serg (although only year 12s had frees anyway, and we all headed off to the year 12 common room to play loud music, watch TV, play pool and cards). Not to mention the rules on haircuts (ffs — no hair longer than shoulder length! grr! no mohawks! no punk-coloured hair!). Teachers were conventionally to be addressed as "Sir" and "Ma'am". After-school sport was compulsory. Oh… and they banned British Bulldogs on several occasions after some serious injuries. Killjoys. What's a few spinal injuries to a growing young man?
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