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by ET
Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:56 am
Forum: General discussion of SES
Topic: adult school U.K - dont know what to think!
Replies: 41
Views: 63950

I've posted about the SES attitude to my disabilities before, but I can't find my original post, so I will reiterate here. I suffer from a very mild form of cerebral palsy, which although not outwardly particularly visible, causes a twist in my spine, which means that my left foot sticks out (the on...
by ET
Wed Nov 16, 2005 9:31 am
Forum: General discussion of SES
Topic: adult school U.K - dont know what to think!
Replies: 41
Views: 63950

Please quit now, Vix. I've seen members of my family have their lives totally taken over by SES just because they never questioned as you do. Please be assured that the terrible things that happened to me and my classmates 15-20 years ago are still happening to kids now - the more I read on here the...
by ET
Tue Nov 08, 2005 1:10 pm
Forum: Housekeeping
Topic: New style contest
Replies: 10
Views: 19647

Sorry Mike and Matthew, but I don't like that one at all!

You can't please everyone though, and I expect we would all cope with the change!

:B-fly:
by ET
Tue Nov 08, 2005 1:08 pm
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: St James School
Replies: 19
Views: 29730

The last any of us who have taken part in the inquiry heard was that the chairman was unlikely to start drafting his report before the beginning of October. It seems likely that it is either taking him a while, or he started even later than that. The cynic in me thinks it's very unlikely that the re...
by ET
Mon Nov 07, 2005 1:09 pm
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: St James School
Replies: 19
Views: 29730

Re: St James School

2. What is it that makes some teachers and parents look like they are in a permanent trance? I have my own theory about this one, and I think it has to do with the meditation. The constant repetition of one word (what they call the "mantra"), whether aloud or in your head silently, leads to a form ...
by ET
Thu Nov 03, 2005 3:52 pm
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: Dear All
Replies: 31
Views: 41727

Ooops! :fadein:

Didn't notice the date of the post, just assumed it was recent coz of the recent responses. My mistake!
by ET
Thu Nov 03, 2005 11:09 am
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: Dear All
Replies: 31
Views: 41727

Has anyone considered that this post from the chairman of the 7th form has arrived on this board at just about the same time that the inquiry report is due to be published? Although I accept that the school as it is now may be different to how it was when I was a pupil there, the fact that they seem...
by ET
Tue Sep 20, 2005 8:01 am
Forum: General discussion of SES
Topic: SES schools worldwide
Replies: 74
Views: 125520

Hi Temporarily Duped, Welcome to the site, and well done for noticing that your son was so unhappy and getting him out before more damage was done. It wasn't until many years after we left that my parents realised quite how badly we had been affected by the school, despite the glaring evidence that ...
by ET
Fri Aug 05, 2005 9:08 am
Forum: Housekeeping
Topic: messaging disabled
Replies: 10
Views: 16156

I know! It's kind of spooky! Guess everyone is just waiting for the next lot of news from the inquiry, which won't be for a while I expect.
by ET
Thu Jul 07, 2005 2:28 pm
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: Positive experience of the inquiry
Replies: 10
Views: 16467

Positive experience of the inquiry

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by ET
Tue Jul 05, 2005 9:54 am
Forum: The North American schools
Topic: Tracing the money trail
Replies: 67
Views: 114952

Art In Action is very much still up and running, and is advertised widely. My partner is an artist, and subscribes to "Artist and Illustrator " magazine. There is a large ad for AiA in there this month. Also,when I lived in Brighton I would often see posters advertising it in art shops and art venue...
by ET
Fri Jul 01, 2005 9:21 am
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: Who here has anger problems?
Replies: 10
Views: 16611

Hi Free Thinker, I completely identify with this one! I too always cry when I'm angry, and it makes me seem so ineffectual, it is indeed impossible to talk when you're crying! I also have this terrible fear when I do get angry with someone. I hate it so much that I often apologise to them when I rea...
by ET
Tue Jun 28, 2005 6:54 pm
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: EXPERIENCES AT ST. VEDAST (now St. James) AND THE S.E.S
Replies: 604
Views: 896998

Hi Tom and Sarah, Thanks for your support. Sorry Sarah if I misread your comments about your illness, I know exactly what you mean about being told your illness was your own fault. I hope you are able to submit to the inquiry, but I can understand your wariness - we all share that on here, don't we ...
by ET
Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:42 am
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: EXPERIENCES AT ST. VEDAST (now St. James) AND THE S.E.S
Replies: 604
Views: 896998

Hi Sarah, welcome to the board. It's interesting that you feel you were treated better at school because you were disabled/ill. My experience was the exact opposite. I have a mild form of Cerebral Palsy, which made me bad at sport and very uncoordinated. It also makes me walk a bit strangely, with o...
by ET
Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:27 am
Forum: General discussion of SES
Topic: Welcome
Replies: 71
Views: 131029

Yes, well said Kier, and Daffy. My parents were just the same - see no evil, hear no evil etc. They say now that if they'd only known how bad it was they would have removed us all sooner. I find it impossible to believe that they didn't know. I used to have tantrums in junior school (out of sheer fr...

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