Giles?!

"That was absolutely horrendous, Andrew and Lauren. The choice of vows was fairly obvious, and you couldn't even keep them. Lauren, you did redeem yourself towards the end with the sex with me, but other than that it was just boring. So it's a no from me."

Oh you...

"And Royal Gynecologist Marcus Setchell actually gave up drinking at least a month before the baby came"

I can't help but think if they were forced to send their kids there there would be far greater resources pumped into such a school - greater advocacy especially, hence improving the school for all the kids. I assume this is where you're going? Viva la public! This is the problem with a public/private system - it…

You certainly passed your smugness classes with flying colors.

To take this point by point: no, there is no "arguing" for a better grade. You are free to flag up any grading mistakes or issues you like, but in all of my many years of college I have never seen it work outside of obvious errors.

Grading curves are not…

From the parenting side of it, really make your son aware that the grades are a pointless thing from very early on, Don't praise for good grades and don't criticise at him for getting bad ones, look at the work itself and praise or criticise that. You have an advantage in this over his teachers in that you are more…

I'm describing an example of a type of BEHAVIOR found in a school setting with one in a business setting. Selfish people who demand attention and have no consideration of others can be found in a variety of settings: schools, offices, parties, beaches, supermarkets, blog boards, planes, trains and automobiles. I am…

I also think back in 1912 education wasn't free. It helps when you can just kick the 'stupid' or misbehaved kids out with no repercussions.

Oh dear. You get that drink!! No, nobody cares that it's a Monday night. After all, Hitler was big into mid-week drinking!

You feel like that? Interesting. Here are my feelings: I wrote this post and I am not white.

Teaching middle school is the best for confiscating stuff. I have always wanted to start a blog called "Catch of the Day" showing the things I take away. It reaches its zenith during the magazine drive and I take away the prizes that are given away to the students for selling a certain amount of magazines.

Feel like an ass typing "Revlon Color Stay Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain" but that stuff is the shizzle.

I'm disappointed in NBC - not for the Hillary miniseries, but for the lack of the Oxford Comma in their statement.

Thanks :)

The point is to learn the material.

God forbid you have to do something that's hard. Something that you don't like to do.

It sounds like your issue was with the teacher, not the class. You learned a lot from the class: how to sew a button, sure, but more importantly how to deal with a difficult person in a position of power over you. You probably also learned to recognize what that type of difficult person looked like, so you can avoid…

I love that the thing the original poster complained about was one of the most practical skills she can learn in school. I totally agree with you, but learning to sew isn't even supposed to be a character-building/learn-to-think thing. It's so you can sew your pants someday. Maybe the teacher was difficult, and it…