I very much regret to report, a, that some recent contact with my old school and some of my old teachers confirms to me that this model actually died during the middle of the 80s. No more corporal punishment, for a start. No fagging. The crumbling Victorian pile entirely lacking in any form of measurable heating is now like a 5 star hotel, with deep carpets and plasma screens everywhere.
They'll be churning out pansies, you mark my words.
I agree. Especially as keeping fit, jogging, gyming, healthy eating and what-have-you are popular lifestyle choices nowadays anyway, for those with the time and money and even for those without. And not just for professional sportsfolk.
Whatever you may think of it, they are coming for you too. Does HR 1313 mean anything to you? It ought to #SiegHealth!
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
So what you're saying is that blokes of around our age were the last to experience the 19th century system of beating, bullying, ritual humiliation and torture, designed to turn out sadistic monsters to run the empire and which Hitler took as the model for the Hitler Youth.
WES minor doesn't know how lucky he is.
We were indeed, which is why everything went down the shítter when the next generation of wimps came to power
If David Cameron had been locked into a cabin trunk and thrown down some stairs for blubbing for his mummy when he was 9, this country would be ina far better state.
It's all about pastoral care nowadays, Ash. Master WES has a housemaster, assistant housemaster, matron and multiple tutors to support him as he transitions into a fine, educated young man. Transgressions result in lines and extra work around the school, no bullying, no abuse, no emotional assaults and certainly no buggery.
And the world is a better place for it, oh yes.