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I enjoyed school but I wouldn't say they were the best days of my life. It's when you leave school and get a job that life begins!

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trustno1

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Definitely not. I enjoyed some things about school but leaving was better. About the first thing I did was to throw away my tie.

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moonbeam

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I think being over 50 has been one of the best times (you've a long wait, our Henry!). The kids are grown up, we seem to have more money than we ever did, and I feel i know what life is about a bit more than I did.It's especially good when you retire!

I guess each age has it's draw-backs - I have more health concerns now.

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Picked on, bullied, physically abused, intimidated, tyrannized and that was by so called ladies of the cloth

(nuns)

in the convent school I went to.

*I'm the one with the stars*

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It was a living hell.

*I'm the one with the stars*

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hazeleyes

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Originally posted by *georgiegirl*:
Picked on, bullied, physically abused, intimidated, tyrannized and that was by so called ladies of the cloth (nuns) in the convent school I went to.

I have heard similar stories to that unfortunately.

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best days apart from the showers and having to wear skirts

Id be in my element now with no stinky public showers after games with the games teachers counting you as you went in and long trousers hiding my long stick like legs and mobiles yeahhhhhhhhhh wish I was starting over now !

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Originally posted by *georgiegirl*:
It was a living hell.

god I hope it was nothing like the book Im reading its called Kathys story I always thought nuns were supposed to be nice ! its a very terrifying story Im sooooooo glad of my school I think Id even cope with the showers LOL

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I have heard similar stories to that unfortunately.[/QUOTE]

..and probably all true..

*I'm the one with the stars*

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mum24

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Originally posted by *georgiegirl*:
Picked on, bullied, physically abused, intimidated, tyrannized and that was by so called ladies of the cloth (nuns) in the convent school I went to.

i had Nuns too my Grammer school was a convent!
a different breed altogether!

if they didn't like you they tormented you! and they HATED me! all i learnt there, was to hate them back! and now if i see a nun crossing the road i have to fight with myself not to drive right over the top of them!

and if i told my mum that one had pulled my hair or hit me..then she hit me harder! as she thought they would only do such a thing because i really deserved it!

i only stayed for 2yrs did my o levels and ran!!

give me one noel! ..........a moist cumquat that is xxxx

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hullnothell

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I left at 15 and have never regretted it!! I`ve learnt more from life then I ever did from school

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deeva

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OH GOD!!!...I couldnt wait to leave school....Have had a much better time since....

We had a few nuns and priests...who were actually very nice.....

However, the stories I have heard from my friends here in Ireland...of the abuse they received is just shocking.....

Unfortunately a lot of the Nuns and priests had to enter the priest/sisterhood...it was expected of them by there families they felt they didnt have a choice.....with DIRE consequences in some circumstances....

They took their frustrations out on the kids....

Just dreadful.....

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Originally posted by mum24:
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Originally posted by *georgiegirl*:
Picked on, bullied, physically abused, intimidated, tyrannized and that was by so called ladies of the cloth (nuns) in the convent school I went to.

i had Nuns too my Grammer school was a convent!
a different breed altogether!

I will never look at a nun in the same light again !! glad I never went to a convent school have you read kathys story? the nuns in there were awful.

I dont trust priests either !

if they didn't like you they tormented you! and they HATED me! all i learnt there, was to hate them back! and now if i see a nun crossing the road i have to fight with myself not to drive right over the top of them!

and if i told my mum that one had pulled my hair or hit me..then she hit me harder! as she thought they would only do such a thing because i really deserved it!

i only stayed for 2yrs did my o levels and ran!!

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I will never look at a nun in the same light again !! glad I never went to a convent school have you read kathys story? the nuns in there were awful.

I dont trust priests either !

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alice in wonderland

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I hated school.....No Nuns thank goodnes....but I could not wait to leave

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If I'd of told my Mum she wouldn't of believed me and when they and priests visited the house the best of everything was laid on for them..grrrr it makes me so mad just thinking about them.

*I'm the one with the stars*

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Irish Nuns Apologize for Abuse
During the 1950s and 1960s, institutions run by the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy in Ireland were responsible for horrific abuses of young girls - including working long hours for little compensation and vicious physical beatings. The order has publicly apologized for what they have done, despite fighting the allegations in the past

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Too little too late..

*I'm the one with the stars*

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trustno1

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Originally posted by deeva:
...it was expected of them by ~~there~~ families

their

(since we are talking about school!!)

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Originally posted by trustno1:
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Originally posted by deeva:
...it was expected of them by ~~there~~ families

their

(since we are talking about school!!)

EH? what do you mean ? their families expected them to be serial abuser nuns? (and priests)??

< nearest I could get to a nun

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hazeleyes

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by deeva:

Unfortunately a lot of the Nuns and priests had to enter the priest/sisterhood...it was expected of them by there families they felt they didnt have a choice....

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Originally posted by hazeleyes:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by deeva:

Unfortunately a lot of the Nuns and priests had to enter the priest/sisterhood...it was expected of them by there families they felt they didnt have a choice....

yes but what Im trying to say is that it didnt mean they had to do those things to those kids!

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56cheffy

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Can't say school was memorable for me, in fact I can't remembmr much about it, so it can't have been that good, different these days though, allthe technology available to kids, I'd love to be there now, starting over.

As for the comments re nuns/convents/priests, etc...it doesn't surprise me one iota, I have ALWAYS steered well clear of the church, I don't trust anyone involved with it...but that's just me!

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