Showing posts with label Skool reports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Skool reports. Show all posts

Monday, April 28, 2008

High School Score Card

``The past is a foreign country, they do things differently there''
 One or two of you. May have seen those words before. It was how I begun my university entrance essay. It took ages, and much back and forth. I have been cleaning out my closets, of late. I threw away five pairs of Jeans, I had worn the crotch out of, for example. Old mobile phone parts. I seem to picked up a batch of faulty dvds. Anyway, whilst in the middle of my spring cleaning. I came across some of my old school reports. I thought I would publish some of the highlights here.
 This was from my final report My academic reports were often good. I took Religious studies. They said ``Malchera's Ideas are bold and exciting'' In Ancient History they praised my ``Independent views'' ``Malchera is a very able boy'' I remember being annoyed at this. As I was about to go off to University or at least apply for jobs. I thought this made me sound childish. Which in fairness I may have been.
 I had not yet had a girlfriend. Yet why jeopardize my chances of getting a few hours in the local video shop. So I used the previous years report This described me as having a strong streak of independence. 
It was also mentioned that I ``Can'' be a sympathetic friend. Well I have no surviving enemies :) 
 It's almost like reading the history, of my neighborhood. I know the names and places. I even remember it, it just seems like someone else. 
I bought Douglas Adams, ``Mostly Harmless'' that year. (1995) It's on the shelf, about a metre away from me. I didn't have the internet. I ate in Burger king, most days. I was just starting to go to pubs. 
Often choosing cider, as my tipple of choice. I used to read New Talent Magazine. I had every episode of the X files on tape. I had no mobile phone. One of my classmates, had just got one. I bought scratch cards, and once spend a weekend, trying to find the 20 pound note hidden in a packet of crisps.
 My world was small. I had visited the mainland of Europe, that year.- Luxemburg on a trip with my mother
 Soon, my horizons would be expanded. From the walls of Koln city to the shores of Waikiki

Lima zoo

My daughter, and the flamenco    This is an albino tiger, which is very rare- if it was not specifically bred by a collector