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Harry | Report | 22 Jun 2015 10:42 |
Thank you Maggie and Dermot for your interest. You hit the nail on the head Elizabeth with 'the teachers were very enthusiastic about their subject'. |
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Dermot | Report | 22 Jun 2015 08:43 |
The Macbeth Witches' brew reminded me of school meals. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 22 Jun 2015 08:37 |
I had to study 'The History of Mr Polly' for GCSE. English Lit |
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Elizabethofseasons | Report | 21 Jun 2015 23:08 |
Dear Harry and all |
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Harry | Report | 21 Jun 2015 12:37 |
Try it with other people Graham. They usually fall for it. Many thanks to all for your excellent and interesting replies. |
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Graham | Report | 21 Jun 2015 11:53 |
Which birds lay eggs with white yolks? :-S |
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Sharron | Report | 21 Jun 2015 11:10 |
How to make an embroidered kettle holder. |
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BrendafromWales | Report | 21 Jun 2015 10:22 |
When I was in Junior school,I learned that you couldn't get a job in the post office if you wrote with your left hand!...and was made to believe that you were a bit retarded if you were that way...had the strap from headmaster. |
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LadyScozz | Report | 21 Jun 2015 07:15 |
Something different......... |
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SuffolkVera | Report | 20 Jun 2015 17:59 |
I don't think I was taught useless stuff, just that I was pretty useless myself at some things. |
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LadyScozz | Report | 20 Jun 2015 17:50 |
Having to learn by heart .......... they rode into the Valley of Death |
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Dermot | Report | 20 Jun 2015 17:36 |
How to tell the mental demeanour of a cow in a field by the way it swings its tail. |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 20 Jun 2015 16:54 |
Algebra, geometry but then it's important, IMO, for everyone to have the exposure of the subjects already mentioned. Who knows which child will be the next Einstein, Shakespeare or whatever? |
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**Stella ~by~ Starlight**★..★..★ | Report | 20 Jun 2015 16:45 |
Poetry is beautiful.... :-D :-D |
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Kense | Report | 20 Jun 2015 16:34 |
Poetry. What's the use of that? |
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Guinevere | Report | 20 Jun 2015 16:31 |
Cookery. Cheese straws and fairy cakes. |
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**Stella ~by~ Starlight**★..★..★ | Report | 20 Jun 2015 15:50 |
Trigonometry.. still don't even understand what it means..lol :-S |
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Andrew | Report | 20 Jun 2015 15:41 |
The formula for solving quadratic equations..... One of my maths teachers used to make us prove it. |
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SheilaSomerset | Report | 20 Jun 2015 15:25 |
x = -b plus-or-minus the square-root of b-squared - 4ac all over 2a :-D |
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LaGooner | Report | 20 Jun 2015 15:17 |
Latin and Algebra :-| :-D :-D :-D. Totally useless to man and beast. |