Just wondering if the rest of the world have something called Schoolies week.
Basically what happens here is that when the schoolkids finish their Year 12 exams, they all head off to Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast of Queensland and get themselves totally wasted.
It's that time of year again.
When the Bealettes were that age it was something I was not looking forward to, but luckily for Bealman, they were sensible.
Some of these kids get totalled, and there have been fatalities.
Just wondering if it's an Aussie phenomenon.
Quote from: Bealman on November 04, 2018, 08:33:16 AM
Some of these kids get totalled, and there have been fatalities.
Sounds like a regular Saturday night in the UK...
Sounds like 'Spring Break' in the US.
We don't have anything like that really, although Newquay is best avoided just about all year.
Sounds like end of GCSEs.
In late June/early July lots of kids holiday in Cornwall to celebrate the end of exams. It's a week the local police don't particularly look forward to.
Essentially many go to Newquay but the more public school types go to Rock.
No doubt they all have a jolly good knees up (but won't call it that).
Yeah,
sounds like spring break here in Canada too, although I don't think kids here are quite a wild as in the US. When I finished my 'O' levels my Dad bought me a cream cake and I remember being over the moon!
While I was still teaching in the UK (16-18yr old boys mostly), I don't think any of my students ever did the foolish end of year drinking thing.. mind you they were nerds (and I use that term proudly!). I'm wondering if its primarily a middle class thing, none of my guys came from affluent backgrounds
Talking of end of year drinking reminds me of my old A Level Economic History teacher (saddly no longer with us).
He had a most remarkable success rate (if memory serves correctly in my year out of two groups of 25 students he had 49/50 passes and something like 90% of us getting an A or B).
He was a great teacher who had a real knack of getting the important information across to us rabble.
However, as part of our studies, we made beer! We had two big old dustbins in the corner of the room and made beer the old fashioned way with malt, hops and barley. The history room smelled like a brewery and at Christmas we had a party and drank the lot (all in lesson time).
I'm sure it was all very much frowned upon but I guess the higher authorities were happy to turn a blind eye as our teacher was so very successful and so highly regarded. And he was such a nice chap, I'll always remember him.
It was great, harmless fun.
I'm sure nothing like it happens today.
What a great story! :thumbsup:
My biology and chemistry teacher along with the school religion teacher would go to the pub every Friday lunchtime. Chem on Friday afternoons was interesting!
I've a feeling those who go on such binges are the fairly well off, I certainly wouldn't have had the money, and none of the extended family would have the money. I left School, walked out the gate and thought what do I do now. Well the first thing was to go back to the hostel pick up my stuff and get a different train, during my last term my parents moved, 298 miles, so it was actually nearer to me than they were before.. Got home, next morning, got handed the paper ... start looking for a job..
That's exactly what I did. Walked out of Houghton-le-Spring grammar school, went to the bus stop, and thought, well, that's it. Don't have to go back there any more. No ballyhoo or bright lights.
Strangely I did the same thing when I retired. Just the way I am, I guess.
But the kids are different these days. It's a big deal, and TV fodder. Some of the news reports and videos of these kids on the Gold Coast who think they're so grown up and clever are scary.
I think one fell off a high rise balcony some years back.
At my senior school in Northampton it seemed the tradition at the end of the last term was (much to the disgust/anger of parents) the ritual burning of school blazers, ties, socks etc (no juniors, though) such that, to all intents and purposes, we walked out of the gates as 'civvies'.
The school also had a 3 storey Physics block and I vividly remember us hearing a roaring noise and a flight of ME109s went over. Mad dash to the windows ensued and total loss of control by the teacher. This occurred several times over the weeks as they were filming some of the 'Battle of Britain' film at Sywell Airport just a few miles away :D Heady stuff for us, seeing all these warplanes in the flesh!
Quote from: Newportnobby on November 06, 2018, 10:47:36 AM
The school also had a 3 storey Physics block and I vividly remember us hearing a roaring noise and a flight of ME109s went over.
:goggleeyes:
Quote from: Newportnobby on November 06, 2018, 10:47:36 AM
Mad dash to the windows ensued and total loss of control by the teacher. This occurred several times over the weeks as they were filming some of the 'Battle of Britain' film at Sywell Airport just a few miles away :D Heady stuff for us, seeing all these warplanes in the flesh!
For a moment there I thought you were going to reminisce about being strafed or something, then I did the maths.
Quote from: railsquid on November 06, 2018, 11:42:36 AM
Quote from: Newportnobby on November 06, 2018, 10:47:36 AM
The school also had a 3 storey Physics block and I vividly remember us hearing a roaring noise and a flight of ME109s went over.
:goggleeyes:
Quote from: Newportnobby on November 06, 2018, 10:47:36 AM
Mad dash to the windows ensued and total loss of control by the teacher. This occurred several times over the weeks as they were filming some of the 'Battle of Britain' film at Sywell Airport just a few miles away :D Heady stuff for us, seeing all these warplanes in the flesh!
For a moment there I thought you were going to reminisce about being strafed or something, then I did the maths.
:laughabovepost:
I thought exactly the same Sqiddy, but must say Nobby that is still very cool.
*Puts on nerd hat*
Of course they were Spanish MEs as at the time of filming very few / if any actual airworthy Luftwaffe 109s were available.
*Takes off nerd hat*
When I finished A-levels myself and a mate (later a best man) had to wait an afternoon for the rest of our friends to finish their exams before we all bundled off down South for a week camping.
We were told to behave ourselves as it was a long drive.
Yeah right, to the pub!
By the time we were picked up, we were both quite, erm, happy.
Still, we had a great week and didn't destroy anything / annoy anybody in a remote farm field :thumbsup:
Skyline2uk
walked out of skool on wednesday thinking "thank christ that's over" only to walk into a factory the following monday,an hour earlier than school started,no play time,only half hour lunch and finished an hour after school had kicked out,however the brown envelope i received on the friday soon made things much more bearable.
Quote from: port perran on November 05, 2018, 07:49:25 PM
Talking of end of year drinking reminds me of my old A Level Economic History teacher (saddly no longer with us).
He had a most remarkable success rate (if memory serves correctly in my year out of two groups of 25 students he had 49/50 passes and something like 90% of us getting an A or B).
He was a great teacher who had a real knack of getting the important information across to us rabble.
However, as part of our studies, we made beer! We had two big old dustbins in the corner of the room and made beer the old fashioned way with malt, hops and barley. The history room smelled like a brewery and at Christmas we had a party and drank the lot (all in lesson time).
I'm sure it was all very much frowned upon but I guess the higher authorities were happy to turn a blind eye as our teacher was so very successful and so highly regarded. And he was such a nice chap, I'll always remember him.
It was great, harmless fun.
I'm sure nothing like it happens today.
The classroom of my A-level economics teacher always smelt of paint, we brought it in ourselves to watch it dry, as that was much more interesting than the actual lessons. I got a C. I have vague memories of a couple of post-result pints down the pub, before life sent me to Berlin to sell newspapers for a couple of years (long story).
Quote from: Skyline2uk on November 06, 2018, 12:26:44 PM
Quote from: railsquid on November 06, 2018, 11:42:36 AM
Quote from: Newportnobby on November 06, 2018, 10:47:36 AM
The school also had a 3 storey Physics block and I vividly remember us hearing a roaring noise and a flight of ME109s went over.
:goggleeyes:
Quote from: Newportnobby on November 06, 2018, 10:47:36 AM
Mad dash to the windows ensued and total loss of control by the teacher. This occurred several times over the weeks as they were filming some of the 'Battle of Britain' film at Sywell Airport just a few miles away :D Heady stuff for us, seeing all these warplanes in the flesh!
For a moment there I thought you were going to reminisce about being strafed or something, then I did the maths.
:laughabovepost:
I thought exactly the same Sqiddy, but must say Nobby that is still very cool.
Of course they were Spanish MEs as at the time of filming very few / if any actual airworthy Luftwaffe 109s were available.
At the time none of us knew that, but I did wonder why Adolf Galland had a penchant for paella :hmmm: ;)
:laughabovepost: :D :smiley-laughing:
Skyline2uk
Just saw some new stuff on Channel 9 news Australia showing two kids, male and female, standing on a ledge of a hotel, 30 odd stories up above the street on the Gold Coast.
I won't post a link to such ridiculous behaviour.
Let's see how many casualties this year.
One to start with....
Teenager fell off a balcony today.
Dead.
Hi George,
Was going to give a 'thank you' but thought inappropriate. Really sad.
I did some stupid things in my youth, we all did I'm sure. When one is Ciderman you think you're invincible.
I did nearly fall off a 5th floor balcony in Spain once, aged 17, but was just sitting on the outer wall bit as not enough chairs. Started to fall backwards and a mate dived onto my feet bringing me upright again. I was banned from the balcony unless I sat on a chair by the room door.
Probably saved my life many times as stopped me from ever thinking about doing anything on a ledge or near a big drop, sober or under the influence.
Great shame.
Cheers weave (no beers)
Absolutely tragic :(
have a few more years before I have to worry about my Daughter, but thankfully she's dedicated to dance and they tend to be serious types who hate risk of injury. Can't imagine what the poor kids parents are going through
Ah yes schoolies. What a fun time it was even if it was 30 yrs ago.
Still have the photos somewhere
And of course I was very responsible
We stayed at a place was basically set up to house schoolies in mass numbers, it's now a family resort haha
Thread bump.
Ah well, here we go again.... schoolies week 2019.
According to the the news, 18,000 kids have turned up at the Gold Coast.
Here we go, here we go, here we go.......
Quote from: Skyline2uk on November 06, 2018, 12:26:44 PM
Quote from: Newportnobby on November 06, 2018, 10:47:36 AM
Mad dash to the windows ensued and total loss of control by the teacher. This occurred several times over the weeks as they were filming some of the 'Battle of Britain' film at Sywell Airport just a few miles away :D Heady stuff for us, seeing all these warplanes in the flesh!
*Puts on nerd hat*
Of course they were Spanish MEs as at the time of filming very few / if any actual airworthy Luftwaffe 109s were available.
*Takes off nerd hat*
*Picks up nerd hat*
And those Spanish Hispano Aviación HA-1112 M1L 'Buchon's done up to look like Bf109E's were all Merlin powered, as were the "Heinkel 111s" (CASA 2.111s) and, of course, the British fighters.
In fact, there weren't many aircraft in the film that weren't Merlin powered.
*Takes off nerd hat*
Ermm, schoolies week?
:laughabovepost:
Superb knowledge sir!
Though I do wonder if that knowledge will earn either of us a cold-one from the lovely youngsters flooding the Gold Coast...
Skyline2uk
Hi George,
Keep us up to date with Darwin's 'Thinning Out of the Reckless and Downright Bloody Stupid' theory toll. Hope it'll be zero but that's life (or not :().
Good luck party goers. Rave on but stay safe.
Cheers weave :beers:
Time to post this repeat. Ever resourceful, these Aussies :D
(https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/83/264-161119143502-83944814.jpeg)
Feeling a bit flushed in the heat? Interesting idea though, let's see how it pans out.
Some nitwit's put two dunnies in here.
No - one dunny, one barbie.
:D
Out of interest George, how do the school holidays work over in Oz. As you may recall, over here we have a couple of weeks at Easter, all of August plus a bit either end (6 weeks), then a couple of weeks for Christmas. But summer coinsides with Christmas at your end, do they get 8 weeks then?
Quote from: TrevL on November 19, 2019, 12:52:41 PM
Out of interest George, how do the school holidays work over in Oz. As you may recall, over here we have a couple of weeks at Easter, all of August plus a bit either end (6 weeks), then a couple of weeks for Christmas. But summer coinsides with Christmas at your end, do they get 8 weeks then?
But not in Scotland.. Their summer holidays start the end of June and end mid August.. Their others are a bit different too..
Four school terms. End of year usually a few days before Christmas, 6 weeks holiday, return end of January. Ten week terms. Couple of weeks off around Easter, two weeks in July, two weeks Sept-Oct.
With the odd day off here and there for things like Queen's birthday, etc.
thankfully none of my children were interested, and now hopefully the grandchildren wont be either.
Yeah, the Bealettes headed off to Barrier Reef islands, if I recall.
I've got this to look forward with "Little Miss" - she's only 7 years old at the moment. Hopefully she'll have a sensible head on her by the time schoolies comes around for her...
I'm sure she'll be fine, mate. :thumbsup:
Talking of the Bealettes, One of them went to the U2 Joshua Tree concert in Adelaide last night, and the other two are going to it at the SCG on Friday night.
Unfortunately, I won't be, because I'll be around the corner in Randwick, babysitting our "Little Miss" - 4 month old Grandbealette, while her mum goes to U2! :'(
Apparently there was a huge blue up there yesterday :-\
Quote from: Bealman on November 21, 2019, 07:33:38 AM
Apparently there was a huge blue up there yesterday :-\
What like this?
(https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/84/6067-211119074845.jpeg) (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view&id=84181)
Yep, plenty of red wheels and possibly blue skirts ;)
well looks like Schoolies has kept up the madness of the last few years with some poor soul falling from the 42nd floor. Feel really sorry for the parents.
That just happen today? Haven't heard.
But it's so unnecessary. Sad.