Meme-y Stuff

[dizzojay]

This is a fun little meme that turned up on my Facebook feed, so I thought I would give it a whirl!

Think about your SENIOR year in Secondary School (High School in the US). The longer ago it was, the more fun the answers will be! Let’s see who will play along.

Class of 1984
1. Did you know your current love? I knew OF him, but we didn't know each other personally
2. What type of car did you drive? I didn't drive then
3. What kind job did you have? I got my first job as an Office Junior after leaving school
4. Where did you live? Bagshot, Surrey in the South EAST OF eNGLAND
5. Were you popular? No, never in with the in-crowd. Never wanted to be!
6. Were you in choir or band? No
7. Ever get suspended? No
8. If you could, would you go back? Oh hell, no.
9. Still talk to the person that you went to prom/ball? We didn't have proms back in those days
10. Did you skip school? I skipped PE a few times.
11. Go to all the football games. Nope, not interested.
12.Favorite class? English, History, Art
13. Do you still have your yearbook? No, never had one
14. Did you follow the "original" career? Not sure what this means!
15. Do you still have your senior ring? No, never got these in the UK
16. Who was your favorite teacher? My Art Teacher, I think he was called Mr Shaw
Don't know what happened to 17 and 18!!
19. Favorite thing to eat in the cafeteria? Sausage roll and chips
20. Favorite band/artist? Toyah, Madness, Duran Duran, Nik Kershaw, Adam Ant, Queen
21. High school hair? Tight curls and BIG
22. What kind of cologne/perfume did you wear? None
23. How old were you when you graduated? 16
24. Who do you think will play along? Anyone who'd like to!

Comments

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

If I do this there are going to be a lot of boring answers LOL!
I didn't know you left school at 16! Did you go to sixth form college?

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

No, I hated school. I just wanted to leave the whole time behind me and get out of that toxic environment to make my own way in the world. Pretty much from my first day at secondary school I'd made my mind up that I didn't want to extend the school experience a day longer than I absolutely had to.

I had got my English O level when I was fourteen so I had that plus a typing qualification to my name, so I guessed I'd have a bit of a headstart on other school leavers like me who were waiting for their O level results. I left school on 21st June 1984 and started my first job about a month later. After a while, I started day release college. In the next three or four years I went on to get two A levels, one at night school and then the second through distance learning.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Ah I see! I thought you had more qualifications - good on your younger self for knowing what was right for you and going out there to get it. *bravo!*

[supernutjapan.livejournal.com]

Was your office junior job after school a fulltime job? As you probably know, schools here and in the States/Canada, highschool goes till the 18th year. I cannot imagine graduating at 16. That was when I actually started studying LOL!

We had a teacher or two from Australia who told us they start school one year earlier〜at five years old〜so they graduate at 17. Even then, depending on the individual, they didn't quite seem ready to be out in the world. I would not have been at that age, that is for sure.

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

Yes, it was full time, which was what I wanted. I didn't enjoy school, and just wanted to go out and make my way in the world. So I left at the first possible opportunity that I was legally allowed to, and I never looked back.

Schools here in the UK, now have to go on until 18, but back when I left school (1984) you could leave school legally at 16. Most kids stayed on until they'd completed their O Levels (final compulsory education exams) and then finished, and either left school or went on to further education.

I finished my maths O level at 12.30 pm on the 2st June 1984 and was gone by 1pm!!

[supernutjapan.livejournal.com]

That is pretty amazing. 😍

[jj1564.livejournal.com]

I finished my maths O level at 12.30 pm on the 2st June 1984 and was gone by 1pm!! hee hee hee. I love this!

[jj1564.livejournal.com]

Ah, good old Nik Kershaw, I loved him back in the day and saw him in concert once. I still like his music and his vids were great, too.

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

He was a good little performer, our Nik. With the emphasis on 'little'!!

[jj1564.livejournal.com]

He's a very dinky guy! No wonder he had such big hair!

[metallidean-grl.livejournal.com]

Lucky you for being able to graduate at 16. I would have loved to be able to leave High School at that age. Although I wouldn't have been emotionally or mentally ready to leave home at that time, it still would have been nice to either work full time or start some pre-college courses locally. At least it wouldn't have been a waste, which is what I think my last 2 years of school were.