Extension group
The handful of slightly more gifted kids in our year were allowed to skip certain lessons to attend 'extension group'.
We would be treated like adults, even though we were only 12 years old, and would be taught a variety of fun, yet educational, extra-curricular subjects.

During one such period, we were assigned to come up with an idea for a new piece of confectionary and create an advert for it.
At the time, VCR camcorders were quite a novelty and we had to submit our presentation via this medium. This was our chance to make a video, cool.

We came up with our idea and made our advert, which was handed in on VCR and the teachers sat down to watch it.
There were some good ones to start with, all receiving much praise.

Then came ours.
Did I mention we were told that we would be treated like adults?

In our heads, being 'treated like adults' meant being allowed to stay up late to watch Young Ones or Spitting Image, so something kind of rubbed off.
The teachers' faces were agog when we appeared on screen marketing Jelly Y-Fronts uttering the words, "Look at the Cola shit stains" and "Savour the lemon flavoured piss".

We resumed 'normal' class very soon after
(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Tue 18 Aug 2009, 12:24, Reply)