I was in Raleigh House from age 7-11, and Bannister House from 12-16. They were basically just used for sports day, so my talents were largely useless.
The collegiate system of Oxbridge and some other universities is pretty much like having houses, too.
Neither do I, but like... I dunno, it's just so common in turn of the 20th-Century writing. I don't have any idea where specifically I learned about it, it's just a cultural underpinning to anything remotely associated with 1800-Present English Literature.
Like, I'm pretty sure there's references to it in Sherlock Holmes.
Neither do I, but like... I dunno, it's just so common in turn of the 20th-Century writing. I don't have any idea where specifically I learned about it, it's just a cultural underpinning to anything remotely associated with 1800-Present English Literature.
Like, I'm pretty sure there's references to it in Sherlock Holmes.
I've never read Sherlock Holmes
I really don't know where I would have heard about it
None of my British friends have referenced it and no media I've seen/read talks about it except for Harry Potter which is in a magical wizard world
Neither do I, but like... I dunno, it's just so common in turn of the 20th-Century writing. I don't have any idea where specifically I learned about it, it's just a cultural underpinning to anything remotely associated with 1800-Present English Literature.
Like, I'm pretty sure there's references to it in Sherlock Holmes.
Neither do I, but like... I dunno, it's just so common in turn of the 20th-Century writing. I don't have any idea where specifically I learned about it, it's just a cultural underpinning to anything remotely associated with 1800-Present English Literature.
Like, I'm pretty sure there's references to it in Sherlock Holmes.
I've never read Sherlock Holmes
Go fix that.
I read one Sherlock Holmes story and didn't really care for it
It felt like there weren't really clues there for the reader to figure out the mystery along with holmes, and it wasn't that much fun to read
House system wasn't in place in my school (two rival comprehensive schools were being merged together, you can imagine the fights that caused) but houses are also a good way of kids working together across the year for sports day and what not.
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I can't really think of an analogous system for that in the American public education system.
That idea is pretty foreign to me.
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Holmes isn't a mystery in the sense that the reader is supposed to be able to figure out the story before Holmes. They're more thrillers.
Our middle school divided the student body into black and gold teams. Mostly what it determined was when you ate lunch, and which teachers you got, though
When our two schools merged (I must have been 12) there was a perilous few weeks where the new tie for both schools hadn't been implemented and we were all in our old ties and it was very much Us vs Them and as spectator it was amusing but many people were beaten up, one kid got stabbed and a few classrooms were set on fire one weekend.
Neither do I, but like... I dunno, it's just so common in turn of the 20th-Century writing. I don't have any idea where specifically I learned about it, it's just a cultural underpinning to anything remotely associated with 1800-Present English Literature.
Like, I'm pretty sure there's references to it in Sherlock Holmes.
I've never read Sherlock Holmes
Go fix that.
I read one Sherlock Holmes story and didn't really care for it
It felt like there weren't really clues there for the reader to figure out the mystery along with holmes, and it wasn't that much fun to read
Yeah, I don't know if I would describe it as a "Are you as smart as the hero" type series. You are there to read about Sherlock Holmes and his superhuman ability to deduce shit.
When our two schools merged (I must have been 12) there was a perilous few weeks where the new tie for both schools hadn't been implemented and we were all in our old ties and it was very much Us vs Them and as spectator it was amusing but many people were beaten up, one kid got stabbed and a few classrooms were set on fire one weekend.
Neither do I, but like... I dunno, it's just so common in turn of the 20th-Century writing. I don't have any idea where specifically I learned about it, it's just a cultural underpinning to anything remotely associated with 1800-Present English Literature.
Like, I'm pretty sure there's references to it in Sherlock Holmes.
I've never read Sherlock Holmes
Go fix that.
I read one Sherlock Holmes story and didn't really care for it
It felt like there weren't really clues there for the reader to figure out the mystery along with holmes, and it wasn't that much fun to read
Yeah, I don't know if I would describe it as a "Are you as smart as the hero" type series. You are there to read about Sherlock Holmes and his superhuman ability to deduce shit.
Eh
If the shit wasn't there for him to deduce it it doesn't feel genuine
That's why even though on Detective shows as much as I hate the "sudden epiphany" it at least points out the clues in the episode
When our two schools merged (I must have been 12) there was a perilous few weeks where the new tie for both schools hadn't been implemented and we were all in our old ties and it was very much Us vs Them and as spectator it was amusing but many people were beaten up, one kid got stabbed and a few classrooms were set on fire one weekend.
It's always there, they set up the crime scene and describe what he's looking at. Doyle doesn't intentionally leave out information so he can go "NO ONE IS AS SMART AS SHERLOCK HOLMES".
But the stories just aren't written with that in mind. You're not invited to try and figure things out: there's no elaborate construction of context with actual London (even more inaccessible to someone who doesn't actually live in London), and frankly I think that's why the stories have staying power. The amount you would have to know to even attempt to figure out the mysteries that take place in Sherlock Holmes mysteries would be Herculean, putting the emphasis there instead of on the much more universal (and frankly easier) techniques of suspense and the relationship between Watson and Holmes and Lestrade is a much, much more effective choice than trying to write an "interesting mystery" for the reader to sink their teeth into.
No one was surprised, both schools had had a long history of meeting a lunch time to kick the crap out of each other so combining them was bound to result in a bit of violence.
It's always there, they set up the crime scene and describe what he's looking at. Doyle doesn't intentionally leave out information so he can go "NO ONE IS AS SMART AS SHERLOCK HOLMES".
But the stories just aren't written with that in mind. You're not invited to try and figure things out: there's no elaborate construction of context with actual London (even more inaccessible to someone who doesn't actually live in London), and frankly I think that's why the stories have staying power. The amount you would have to know to even attempt to figure out the mysteries that take place in Sherlock Holmes mysteries would be Herculean, putting the emphasis there instead of on the much more universal (and frankly easier) techniques of suspense and the relationship between Watson and Holmes and Lestrade is a much, much more effective choice than trying to write an "interesting mystery" for the reader to sink their teeth into.
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I just didn't find that angle very interesting and it didn't make me want to read more
No one was surprised, both schools had had a long history of meeting a lunch time to kick the crap out of each other so combining them was bound to result in a bit of violence.
Its times like these that I am forced to reflect on how sheltered a life I have led.
It's always there, they set up the crime scene and describe what he's looking at. Doyle doesn't intentionally leave out information so he can go "NO ONE IS AS SMART AS SHERLOCK HOLMES".
But the stories just aren't written with that in mind. You're not invited to try and figure things out: there's no elaborate construction of context with actual London (even more inaccessible to someone who doesn't actually live in London), and frankly I think that's why the stories have staying power. The amount you would have to know to even attempt to figure out the mysteries that take place in Sherlock Holmes mysteries would be Herculean, putting the emphasis there instead of on the much more universal (and frankly easier) techniques of suspense and the relationship between Watson and Holmes and Lestrade is a much, much more effective choice than trying to write an "interesting mystery" for the reader to sink their teeth into.
Gotcha
I just didn't find that angle very interesting and it didn't make me want to read more
Fair enough!
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No one was surprised, both schools had had a long history of meeting a lunch time to kick the crap out of each other so combining them was bound to result in a bit of violence.
Was one of these schools led by Bill the Butcher?
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The public schools I went to had factions, to divide the school up across the year groups into four teams. Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow factions, in both of the primary schools and the high school.
It only mattered for sports day and the swim carnival. Two days out of the year you'd cover yourself head to toe in your faction colour and cheer like a maniac for anyone wearing the same colour no matter what year they were or what competition they were involved in.
The public schools I went to had factions, to divide the school up across the year groups into four teams. Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow factions, in both of the primary schools and the high school.
It only mattered for sports day and the swim carnival. Two days out of the year you'd cover yourself head to toe in your faction colour and cheer like a maniac for anyone wearing the same colour no matter what year they were or what competition they were involved in.
The public schools I went to had factions, to divide the school up across the year groups into four teams. Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow factions, in both of the primary schools and the high school.
It only mattered for sports day and the swim carnival. Two days out of the year you'd cover yourself head to toe in your faction colour and cheer like a maniac for anyone wearing the same colour no matter what year they were or what competition they were involved in.
I think the Romans used the same colors for chariot race factions.
No one was surprised, both schools had had a long history of meeting a lunch time to kick the crap out of each other so combining them was bound to result in a bit of violence.
Was one of these schools led by Bill the Butcher?
Haha! Our headmaster was called Bill, actually.
I didn't enjoy school, I had a rubbish time making friends for a good chunk of it, but there were some excellent teachers. Don't want to make it sound too awful!
No one was surprised, both schools had had a long history of meeting a lunch time to kick the crap out of each other so combining them was bound to result in a bit of violence.
A bit of the old ultra-violence?
I've been trying to post that for half an hour, but my phone wouldn't finish it!
My senior year of high school, some asshole thought he was hot shit when he crop dusted the halls every day for a week ...
With mace and pepper spray; little shit had a can of each hidden in his backpack and wired to a remote trigger in his jacket pocket. IIRC, he went to juvenile corrections for nearly two full years.
My senior year of high school, some asshole thought he was hot shit when he crop dusted the halls every day for a week ...
With mace and pepper spray; little shit had a can of each hidden in his backpack and wired to a remote trigger in his jacket pocket. IIRC, he went to juvenile corrections for nearly two full years.
I just don't have any access to the thought processes that bring someone to this course of action.
I mean, I was picked on at school, and the furthest I ever went was "Man, I wish I was a superhero".
Clearly I had not learned any lessons from reading Spider-man.
The public schools I went to had factions, to divide the school up across the year groups into four teams. Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow factions, in both of the primary schools and the high school.
It only mattered for sports day and the swim carnival. Two days out of the year you'd cover yourself head to toe in your faction colour and cheer like a maniac for anyone wearing the same colour no matter what year they were or what competition they were involved in.
I think the Romans used the same colors for chariot race factions.
White instead of yellow, actually
I always loved the simplicity of that. Just make four teams, give them a color and that's it, nothing more you need to make them into businesses and sporting heroes and political factions
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The collegiate system of Oxbridge and some other universities is pretty much like having houses, too.
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How have you never heard of this.
I don't really have an encyclopedic knowledge of the British schoolsystem
Like, I'm pretty sure there's references to it in Sherlock Holmes.
I've never read Sherlock Holmes
I really don't know where I would have heard about it
None of my British friends have referenced it and no media I've seen/read talks about it except for Harry Potter which is in a magical wizard world
Go fix that.
I read one Sherlock Holmes story and didn't really care for it
It felt like there weren't really clues there for the reader to figure out the mystery along with holmes, and it wasn't that much fun to read
That idea is pretty foreign to me.
Yeah Like our school system was all about school pride and togetherness and othering of other schools
We'd never other kids in our own school
Well except kids in other grades
Or kids of other races
Or kids of other cliques
But then it was fine after that and yeah.
Yeah, I don't know if I would describe it as a "Are you as smart as the hero" type series. You are there to read about Sherlock Holmes and his superhuman ability to deduce shit.
Jesus Christ.
Eh
If the shit wasn't there for him to deduce it it doesn't feel genuine
That's why even though on Detective shows as much as I hate the "sudden epiphany" it at least points out the clues in the episode
What!?!?
But the stories just aren't written with that in mind. You're not invited to try and figure things out: there's no elaborate construction of context with actual London (even more inaccessible to someone who doesn't actually live in London), and frankly I think that's why the stories have staying power. The amount you would have to know to even attempt to figure out the mysteries that take place in Sherlock Holmes mysteries would be Herculean, putting the emphasis there instead of on the much more universal (and frankly easier) techniques of suspense and the relationship between Watson and Holmes and Lestrade is a much, much more effective choice than trying to write an "interesting mystery" for the reader to sink their teeth into.
No one was surprised, both schools had had a long history of meeting a lunch time to kick the crap out of each other so combining them was bound to result in a bit of violence.
Gotcha
I just didn't find that angle very interesting and it didn't make me want to read more
turns out said Catholic minister was directly named when the allegations of pedophilia in the church came out
there was a newsletter like two days later going 'THIS HOUSE IS NAMED SOMETHING ELSE AND THE COLOR IS DIFFERENT ASK NO QUESTIONS'
Its times like these that I am forced to reflect on how sheltered a life I have led.
Fair enough!
Was one of these schools led by Bill the Butcher?
It only mattered for sports day and the swim carnival. Two days out of the year you'd cover yourself head to toe in your faction colour and cheer like a maniac for anyone wearing the same colour no matter what year they were or what competition they were involved in.
Humans are weird.
I think the Romans used the same colors for chariot race factions.
Haha! Our headmaster was called Bill, actually.
I didn't enjoy school, I had a rubbish time making friends for a good chunk of it, but there were some excellent teachers. Don't want to make it sound too awful!
A bit of the old ultra-violence?
With mace and pepper spray; little shit had a can of each hidden in his backpack and wired to a remote trigger in his jacket pocket. IIRC, he went to juvenile corrections for nearly two full years.
I just don't have any access to the thought processes that bring someone to this course of action.
I mean, I was picked on at school, and the furthest I ever went was "Man, I wish I was a superhero".
Clearly I had not learned any lessons from reading Spider-man.
White instead of yellow, actually
I always loved the simplicity of that. Just make four teams, give them a color and that's it, nothing more you need to make them into businesses and sporting heroes and political factions
My senior year there was a bomb threat
A couple of the football players decided to blame it on the muslim students
We had a literal race for going for 3 weeks. The entire football team got jumped at some point
Which was great because they were all pieces of shit