hk blues Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago Just now, Granny Danger said: The academic pinnacle of my time at secondary school was getting 100% in my Arithmetic ‘O grade’ prelim. It all went downhill from there. Arithmetic and History were the only 2 subjects I ever got 100% in. I'd have thought you'd have done well in History as well seeing as there was much less of it in your day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago 1 minute ago, hk blues said: Arithmetic and History were the only 2 subjects I ever got 100% in. I'd have thought you'd have done well in History as well seeing as there was much less of it in your day. You will remember what significant event occurred in 1910, has never occurred since, and is unlikely to occur again in the foreseeable future. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 1 minute ago, Granny Danger said: You will remember what significant event occurred in 1910, has never occurred since, and is unlikely to occur again in the foreseeable future. Dundee Hibernian joined the Scottish professional league that year...by which time the number 1 team in the city had already chalked up silverware. And there began the ongoing game of catch-up that United have played ever since. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago Arithmetic O grade. No calculator allowed. Imagine that these days. Yours etc, K Boomer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennie makevin Posted 39 minutes ago Share Posted 39 minutes ago 22 hours ago, hk blues said: A few from my time in Manchester - keckle for kettle Pacific for specific Wedensday for Wednesday Scocland for Scotland. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennie makevin Posted 23 minutes ago Share Posted 23 minutes ago 1 hour ago, Granny Danger said: The academic pinnacle of my time at secondary school was getting 100% in my Arithmetic ‘O grade’ prelim. It all went downhill from there. The obsession with mental arithmetic at primary school (1966 - 72) was hellish. For whatever reason, stupidity, laziness, numerical dyslexia, whatever, I just couldn't do 'numbers' . The seating for the week in class, thickest at the front, smartarse at the back, was predicated on a Friday morning test which was 95% on sums. I was always in the front row and judged on that. On the rare occasions when the Friday test was based on reading/writing i was in the smartarse back row. I'm about the only person I know who failed O Grade Arithmetic. A for Higher English but I have no doubt that the constant feeling of being "thick' at primary school because I was rubbish at mental arithmetic affected my confidence for years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted 10 minutes ago Share Posted 10 minutes ago (edited) 14 minutes ago, kennie makevin said: A for Higher English but I have no doubt that the constant feeling of being "thick' at primary school because I was rubbish at mental arithmetic affected my confidence for years. Same here. I was playing darts the other day and felt like a right thicko in front of other folk. Just cannot do sums, even though I passed various Engineering Mathematics modules at uni. Think I'd struggle to answer a single question on my old Higher* paper, which had a non-calculator paper. I once knew matrices. Now I couldn't tell you what they're for, never mind how to start with one. Anyone know how good Huw Edwards is with sums?** *or whatever they're called this week. **bound to be lining up a joke... Edited 7 minutes ago by Hedgecutter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted 4 minutes ago Share Posted 4 minutes ago 18 minutes ago, kennie makevin said: The obsession with mental arithmetic at primary school (1966 - 72) was hellish. For whatever reason, stupidity, laziness, numerical dyslexia, whatever, I just couldn't do 'numbers' . The seating for the week in class, thickest at the front, smartarse at the back, was predicated on a Friday morning test which was 95% on sums. I was always in the front row and judged on that. On the rare occasions when the Friday test was based on reading/writing i was in the smartarse back row. I'm about the only person I know who failed O Grade Arithmetic. A for Higher English but I have no doubt that the constant feeling of being "thick' at primary school because I was rubbish at mental arithmetic affected my confidence for years. 5 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: Same here. I was playing darts the other day and felt like a right thicko in front of other folk. Just cannot do sums, even though I passed various Engineering Mathematics modules at uni. Think I'd struggle to answer a single question on my old Higher* paper, which had a non-calculator paper. I once knew matrices. Now I couldn't tell you what they're for, never mind how to start with one. Anyone know how good Huw Edwards is with sums?** *or whatever they're called this week. **bound to be lining up a joke... I feel your pain, both of you. Maybe that doesn’t count for anything but you’ll never know. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted 2 minutes ago Share Posted 2 minutes ago 1 hour ago, hk blues said: Dundee Hibernian joined the Scottish professional league that year...by which time the number 1 team in the city had already chalked up silverware. And there began the ongoing game of catch-up that United have played ever since. I’m happy to concede that in 1910 you were the number 1 team in the city. What year do you reckon we overtook you? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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