Resistance is Futile
Did anyone else have to do the English Speaking Board exam? Or was this an invention of my (and HLT's) school?

Aged 12 or 13, you had to give a presentation to your peers and an examiner, and then answer questions about it. The topic was up to you.

One boy in my class, whom I shall call Alex, was a badminton player - he was in the England youth team - and so, naturally, that was the subject on which he spoke. Alex also had a very large dimple on his chin.

Questions were invited. One boy, Zam, put up his hand.
"Alex," he said, "Are you so successful because the shape of your chin helps with aerodynamics?"


Zam was later expelled for pulling out a knife during a game of rugby. Given that someone on the opposing team had just called him a paki, I think that was reasonable.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 30 Jan 2009, 11:12, 10 replies)

Getting stabbed for casual racism seems a bit harsh.
I've been called "Paddy" more times than I can remember by Brits, Frogs, Wops, Coons and Paki's.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Fri 30 Jan 2009, 11:20, closed)

He didn't do any stabbing.
Just chased the guy for a bit.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 30 Jan 2009, 11:26, closed)

Oh yeah,
even that's totally justified for calling someone a name.

How about the next time someone gets called a cunt on QOTW they get to chase the "abuser" with a machete?
( uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Fri 30 Jan 2009, 11:28, closed)

Whatever.
You cunt.

*runs*
( Cawl, Fri 30 Jan 2009, 11:32, closed)

why would you
of all people, run away from someone with a sharp object?



Cunt
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Fri 30 Jan 2009, 14:22, closed)

The actual
chasing of someone for calling him a paki seems justified. However, carrying a knife on a rugby pitch probably means he was actually a bit of a cunt.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 30 Jan 2009, 12:02, closed)

You're on form today, good sir...

I'm glad the topic is such that it has brought you roaring back with a vengeance!

*clicks Enzyme for about the third time today*
( Pooflake braces for an onslaught..., Fri 30 Jan 2009, 11:43, closed)

Thank you, sir...
My current form is partly to do with a good question, but mainly to do with the topography of my lower jaw.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 30 Jan 2009, 11:56, closed)

CSEHE
I had to do the Certificate In Spoken English For Higher Education, must be something similar.
(ToysForBigBoys would spread her legs for Nick Clegg., Fri 30 Jan 2009, 12:49, closed)

Yep
in our school, it was called English Oral. But it was just a one-to-one exam with the teacher, rather than in front of the whole class.

*EDIT* which on reflection, sounds stupendously dubious...
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 30 Jan 2009, 13:14, closed)