Arnold times/issues

Anyone who went to this legendary school will understand.

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Knowing that if you lost a sports fixture to KEQMS then you would have to retire from the team, leave the area & change your identity.

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Knowing you'd be interrupting games of strip poker & 'I have never' when sending Mrs. Taylor into the staffroom to get a teacher at break.

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Being put in Howarths, Listons, School or Pennington at the start of year 7 & only remembering which you were in on sports day.

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Being given Mr. Bleakley as your physics teacher & knowing you were going to enjoy every lesson but learn absolutely nothing.

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Knowing the reversible rugby tops were the work of a genius but praying you wouldn't be made to turn it inside out mid-games lesson.

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The moment we realised the school didn't background check the teachers - finding an article about Drama supply teacher Joe Kerr in court.

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Desperately hoping the readers of the sports reports would mess up so that there would be something to laugh about in Tuesday's assembly.

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Being given 2 calendars at the start of each term & knowing they'd never leave the bottom of your bag or make it into your parents' hands.

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Knowing that Mr. Jenkinson had his CV printed out & never more than inches away from his grasp at all times just in case Keefe suddenly quit

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Knowing you'd never be quite the same person again if you were sent out by Mr. Golding & shouted at in the corridor #canhearhimfromDrama

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Failing to understand why we rarely saw the headmaster despite him living in the school grounds. #hellofacommute

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Being given a 5 minute slot at parents evening for each teacher & knowing that it would take far longer than that for them to bollock you.

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Wondering how many schools turned us down before we eventually asked KEQMS to merge with us. #lastresort

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Seeing anyone who left Arnold & went to KEQMS or Kirkham as a traitor & disgrace to their family. #greenarmy

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Using the random blocks of wall on the corridor next to Mrs. Nicholls' office & the Y7 locker rooms to avoid somebody walking the other way.

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Getting a round of applause in Lower School assembly if it was your birthday that week #yesdoclapmeforbeingalive

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Mr. McIntyre & Mr. Jones not having Scottish and Welsh accents. The real ones were gagged & tied up in the staffroom #imposters

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Choosing between Army, RAF & Navy for CCF & only using the criteria 'which has the best uniform' to decide.

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Looking at the Oxford & Cambridge boards in the foyer & thinking "I'll never be on that".

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The headmaster, deputy head and Mr. Golding wearing capes for assembly as if the place was Hogwarts.