tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328228070357271563.post6628716840466411717..comments2023-11-30T11:52:25.056+00:00Comments on From High In The Sky: Keep On Stewing....Sianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764280029794453933noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328228070357271563.post-86756503712277685802011-06-19T20:11:06.221+01:002011-06-19T20:11:06.221+01:00Loooove this layout! Those pinwheels are darling. ...Loooove this layout! Those pinwheels are darling. I'm sure The Tall one will do well.Curlywiggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11938150181859187264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328228070357271563.post-61817076463938525292011-06-04T17:59:42.588+01:002011-06-04T17:59:42.588+01:00When I was in school (back in the middle ages, lol...When I was in school (back in the middle ages, lol) studying was cramming, skipping class was called skipping or cutting or playing hookey. There were hops but the big dance was the formal. I can't remember what we called those who studied really hard and made the great grades.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328228070357271563.post-50174966033542387212011-06-03T16:15:43.321+01:002011-06-03T16:15:43.321+01:00I remember "cramming" as the term for st...I remember "cramming" as the term for studying hard, though I couldn't be accused of doing that during high school where I studied just enough to get by. I was well into my twenties before I learned how to study.<br /><br />"Playing hooky" was the term for skipping school.<br /><br />BTW, we applied the term "farmer" to anyone we didn't consider cool...that's kind of laughable since we lived where lots of farming and ranching was done.!Wandahttp://tidbitsandtreasures2011.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328228070357271563.post-19875706101193620572011-06-02T15:02:01.675+01:002011-06-02T15:02:01.675+01:00"Nerds" around here would never think ab..."Nerds" around here would never think about "cutting" class, not even for "Senior Ditch Day" (when all the seniors skip class). Dances just seem to be dances, except for Prom, which is still Prom.<br />Although we still have "detention" for kids who have to stay after school for punishment, we also now have something called "referrals," which I don't quite understand (b/c, so far, my kids haven't gotten one).<br />RindaMaria Ontiveroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00120998825608732473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328228070357271563.post-75283857756985382872011-06-01T20:57:27.335+01:002011-06-01T20:57:27.335+01:00Good luck to him! I hope he gets the results his h...Good luck to him! I hope he gets the results his hard work deserves xx<br /><br />Love the vocabulary ideas, and it reminds me again of a post I need to write soon... We would 'skive' (well, I wouldn't obviously!) but when I taught in Cambridge it was known as 'mitching'. I foyu worked too hard you were a 'creep'. Revising was always, um, revising!<br /><br />Does the way the school years are numbered/named differ now from then? I was at school just as the changeover from 1st-5th year then 6th form to Year 7-13 was happening. How about members of staff: masters/mistresses -> teachers, dinner ladies -> lunchtime assistants? How much have the school subjects changed? (I hope my two get to take Latin as I did...)humelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06337055138734278353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328228070357271563.post-27477732175819129232011-06-01T18:52:04.606+01:002011-06-01T18:52:04.606+01:00I was a bit of a swot at school, only bunked off G...I was a bit of a swot at school, only bunked off General Studies in the 6th form but did enjoy a good school disco!! Good luck to your DS, sounds like he'll do well!Clarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07716099330611788230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328228070357271563.post-21820237478403159312011-06-01T17:34:07.727+01:002011-06-01T17:34:07.727+01:00Hee Hee In my day if you worked hard at school y...Hee Hee In my day if you worked hard at school you were known as a "keener". These name changes would make a terrific LO!! Good luck to your DS. My DD is finishing up her fourth year of college and can't wait to finish. She has so many exams that I can't keep track. Just completed another insurance exam this week and is now an official insurance broker. She already has her job lined up and starts the end of the month. It is so great to see the years of hard work pay off. Somehow I feel that it is my accomplishment too, only because I always told her that she had to always work hard in school for the day she would get her "big girl job". ;) Guess that day is here!!Jennifer Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05489870773549675036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328228070357271563.post-1937669911995739452011-06-01T16:42:35.522+01:002011-06-01T16:42:35.522+01:00good luck to your boy. I am sure it will go fine. ...good luck to your boy. I am sure it will go fine. I too am spending a lot of the day at a desk! as an 18yr old we call missing a lesson skiving and if you are working really hard probably cramming! We do have words for other things though. Such as a good conversation is "good chat" and if you have done something cool or funny, it's "lads". i think this may just be boarding school words though! Lovely page as well! xxxAbihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05040262335558353614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328228070357271563.post-63391542651787816272011-06-01T15:45:43.728+01:002011-06-01T15:45:43.728+01:00Loving this post and that layout is superb Sian. W...Loving this post and that layout is superb Sian. When I was at achool (in Dickensian times lol) they were calles 'swots' and 'bunking off' was missing lessons ....Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16187992730722543308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328228070357271563.post-40593897794208188712011-06-01T13:49:11.854+01:002011-06-01T13:49:11.854+01:00We "crammed" for exams, "skipped&qu...We "crammed" for exams, "skipped" class, attended the "prom", and were simply "nerds" if we studied hard.<br /><br />Cute layout!Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04650193963974000786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328228070357271563.post-43183793098409046662011-06-01T10:55:58.349+01:002011-06-01T10:55:58.349+01:00Love your little felt pinwheels... Stew is new to ...Love your little felt pinwheels... Stew is new to me. We used 'swot' and 'smarty pants', and 'skive/skip', and my children's vocabulary included 'bunk off' (I am hoping they never did, but it's too late to care now!).alexahttp://simplyalexa.typepad.com/trimmingthesailsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328228070357271563.post-79245173645118144282011-06-01T08:38:36.677+01:002011-06-01T08:38:36.677+01:00Love the word stewing but not heard of it before. ...Love the word stewing but not heard of it before. That photo and LO evokes the teenage feel.Good luck to you and him.Ifahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747222238567068345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328228070357271563.post-18892864958814223012011-06-01T03:07:27.302+01:002011-06-01T03:07:27.302+01:00Wow, have I learned a bunch of new words! In my sc...Wow, have I learned a bunch of new words! In my school days, you crammed for exams, were a nerd if you studied too hard, and if you cut classes, smoked and drank you were a burn out.Sue Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15612177248447701758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328228070357271563.post-20444099962459630452011-06-01T02:47:52.755+01:002011-06-01T02:47:52.755+01:00A layout about the different sayings or current sl...A layout about the different sayings or current slang words have been rattling around in my brain for a while, so I'd love to see what you come up with. :DWinniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00045037467437008006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328228070357271563.post-10615476127261776992011-06-01T00:06:34.327+01:002011-06-01T00:06:34.327+01:00In my time studying was swotting, missing a class ...In my time studying was swotting, missing a class was skiving and if you were missing all day it was bunking off,we didn't have a big school dance or prom. I too am madly revisiing as exams in two weeks and I am not ready. Good luck to the tall one I am sure he will do great xCherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16624342603819739034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328228070357271563.post-65008108481649249912011-05-31T22:57:40.973+01:002011-05-31T22:57:40.973+01:00Swotting...Skiving...& School Disco! To me a P...Swotting...Skiving...& School Disco! To me a Prom sounds so American!! Great LO...just catching up & may I say I'm glad you got hold of that vintage beach PP you commented on when I posted my March DP DT LO's!!! Especially love thos tiny pinwheels!! :)Scrappi Sandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02159167213416342930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328228070357271563.post-46130498674993701102011-05-31T22:28:42.623+01:002011-05-31T22:28:42.623+01:00Swot and skiving for me. Good luck to The tall one...Swot and skiving for me. Good luck to The tall one.WendyBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05270967283269892653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328228070357271563.post-91609440581492730482011-05-31T22:26:18.909+01:002011-05-31T22:26:18.909+01:00Swot, skive and no dance/disco/prom for me - love ...Swot, skive and no dance/disco/prom for me - love the photo of TTO - very "moody". Hope he does well, sounds like he's trying hard.Jimjamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10250679921843610035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328228070357271563.post-21964723377629762032011-05-31T21:06:13.000+01:002011-05-31T21:06:13.000+01:00Ah we are dealing with GCSE and AS revision so I d...Ah we are dealing with GCSE and AS revision so I do empathise. Like the idea of the page - didn't do one of either kid revising should do really. Hmmm...Missus Wookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110080333983480503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328228070357271563.post-65927681593859363282011-05-31T17:51:00.090+01:002011-05-31T17:51:00.090+01:00"round yer" missing school was mooching ..."round yer" missing school was mooching or mitching, probably a corruption of the Welsh in what is known locally as Wenglish. We didn't have a school dance, goodness me didn't we know there had been a war???<br /><br />The tall one will do ok with such tremendous support and his mum has given me a few happy moments reading all the lovely memoriesLadkyishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08835766855890936214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328228070357271563.post-91503050919587496012011-05-31T17:47:23.481+01:002011-05-31T17:47:23.481+01:00Oh this brings back memories of my GCSE's, if ...Oh this brings back memories of my GCSE's, if I wasn't studying I was sitting the exams, and that was it! We called it skiving, and you were called a swot if you did your homework! Good luck the The Tall One :)Gem's Craftshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18309234162208734617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328228070357271563.post-75611885657220133742011-05-31T15:52:44.652+01:002011-05-31T15:52:44.652+01:00i love all this talk of school vocabulary! i have...i love all this talk of school vocabulary! i have learned quite a bit from this post. :-)lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02433914150035377956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328228070357271563.post-85722520842501203692011-05-31T14:47:13.223+01:002011-05-31T14:47:13.223+01:00Round here, missing a class is 'bunking off...Round here, missing a class is 'bunking off' and what was a 'swot' is now a 'geek'.<br />Guessing your boy is doing his GCSEs by the number of subjects and it is a scary thought that whatever he does in the future depends on the results of these exams, no pressure then ....debs14https://www.blogger.com/profile/14521565769251816528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328228070357271563.post-3346414530795736432011-05-31T13:15:22.031+01:002011-05-31T13:15:22.031+01:00It was the 'school disco' for me,'swot...It was the 'school disco' for me,'swotting' and, for 'skiving' read 'doggin' it' (no 'g')! Great LO Sian<br /><br />Alison xxAlisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08085826005055196079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328228070357271563.post-16297980562023104722011-05-31T13:02:37.916+01:002011-05-31T13:02:37.916+01:00It was the school disco in my day and bunking off....It was the school disco in my day and bunking off. I can't remember what you were called if you worked hard....mmmm maybe that's not good. Love your layout and placement of the photo.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14558136842116499641noreply@blogger.com