School AssembliesOur school assemblies were often presided over by the local vicar, who once warned us of the dreadful dangers of mixing with "Rods and Mockers". One of the cool teachers laughed. Tell us about mad headteachers and assemblies gone wrong.
Inspired by the mighty @Rhodri on Twitter
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 13 Jun 2013, 12:43)
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Dead rock starsLate-80s and our fantastic deputy head, Mr Vesey, was delivering his assembly. The theme was dead rock stars and he described how the likes of Janis Joplin, Jimmy Hendrix, John Bonham et al met their untimely ends.
He was particularly explicit, emphasising in great detail just how grotesque a vomit-asphyxiation death surely is. I believe the underlying message was 'Don't do drugs kids, that shit will fuck you up.'
I think the main problem with this bold approach to teaching issues of personal, social, and health education was that this was Primary School. I was seven. Mind you, to be fair I never did give heroin a go...
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If he'd delivered that assembly in Rotherham it would have been a valuable warning.(
The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Wed 19 Jun 2013, 21:03,
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True... I remember the 'AIDS - don't die of ignorance' campaign when I was about that age and I never got AIDS. Maybe there is something in this early intervention thing...
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This visitor came into our school and said "Now, kids, this is what an STD looks like, so be careful". We were all made to touch it, as well. It wasn't pleasant.
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drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 1:32,
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Was it on his penis?(, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 12:50, closed)
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