School Prefects

Mia · Post by **Mia** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 12:12 pm

I was thinking today about my schooldays.The prefects came to mind.Do they still have them ? Were you one? I could not stand them myself,they would dob you in to gain brownie points.Free for all here......Ex Prefects defend yourselves...lol

911 · Post by **911** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 12:16 pm

What's a prefect? A tattletale? Hall monitor? :-3

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 12:23 pm

911;690850 wrote: What's a prefect? A tattletale? Hall monitor? :-3
I was going to ask the same. Now if you wanna talk about the school defects I am your man.

Mia · Post by **Mia** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 1:07 pm

I was wondering if you would get me,as I guess Americans have a different name for them,They are the teachers pets appointed to tell tales on the other students

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 1:11 pm

Mia;690888 wrote: I was wondering if you would get me,as I guess Americans have a different name for them,They are the teachers pets appointed to tell tales on the other students
We call them Arsholes in school. Then later in life we call them boss.:wah:

neffy · Post by **neffy** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 1:12 pm

i was one

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 1:14 pm

neffy;690894 wrote: i was one
Howdy boss.:wah:

neffy · Post by **neffy** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 1:16 pm

:wah::wah: yeah dont forget it

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 2:01 pm

Uh..oh...I was a hall monitor in 8th grade.

Mia · Post by **Mia** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 2:14 pm

Whaaaaa I knew there had to be a couple at least.Shock horror....:wah::wah:

Indian Princess · Post by **Indian Princess** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 2:23 pm

Ah, Yeeeaaahhh!!!!! They still have them, I work with two and they are all grown up and now are called bitches!!!

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 3:11 pm

Indian Princess;690982 wrote: Ah, Yeeeaaahhh!!!!! They still have them, I work with two and they are all grown up and now are called bitches!!!

Fortunatley, I outgrew my "hall monitor" persona. I became humble.:wah:

WonderWendy3 · Post by **WonderWendy3** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 4:08 pm

How Ironic...I'm taking online courses and was wondering if there would be any of them in class, and well....there is but he's cool, keeps us thinking!!

I know this will shock everyone that knows me...but I was a "social butterfly"....I kissed half the football team....and well, ummm all the cheerleaders HATED me!! ha ha ha ha ha.....

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 4:55 pm

Yes, I remember the school perfects. Very well. And I laugh now because they mostly turned out to be either as normal as the rest of us underdogs or else they became total losers. Life had a way of evening things out after school ended and everybody had to grow up. I remember the first time I ran into a Perfect and she actually acknowledged me. In public no less. And she was actually a nice human being. School is a microcosm all its own, thank God, because that kind of behavior would never make it in the real life world.

SuzyB · Post by **SuzyB** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 5:05 pm

My Son is a 'class representative', he hates the responsibility but the Head of Year picked him and the pupils can't say no.

His duties are to represent the year in School Council, check uniform in tutor periods (registration am/pm), look after new pupils with the Buddy scheme and be the go between if the kids have a problem and don't want to tell a teacher, he has to attend meetings once a fortnight with the teachers and Head of School.

He always says that he would never grass someone for something though unless it was something 'real bad'

Platypus · Post by **Platypus** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 6:38 am

I went to schools for two years that had prefects. Sure, sometimes they seemed to be a bit too big for their britches, but I guess I was lucky that they weren't particularly cliquish. I heard stories about other schools where the prefects acted like a gang, letting their friends get away with anything short of murder and giving "black marks" (demerits, whatever their school called them) to anybody who objected or fought back. Thank God it wasn't the real bad old days when every fourth- or fifth-year could treat every first-year like a slave, and even administer canings (only staff could do that at my school).

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 6:52 am

I was a self appointed prefect :wah: I had an Athletics badge that was the same colour as the prefects badges so i made myself hall monitor so i could stay in on cold days:wah: Just used to flash me badge quick, i got away with it for a whole year

:D

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 6:56 am

Pretty inventive, Kaza

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 7:18 am

RedGlitter;691302 wrote: Pretty inventive, Kaza

It was wasnt it:wah: i never got told off or punished either when i got found out, teacher just laughed and said get outside you little cheat:wah: