MercyA Posted October 1, 2022 Author Share Posted October 1, 2022 2 hours ago, Bootsie said: When I was in junior high, it was the coach who was the biggest bully-- Same when I was in elementary school. I still remember him saying to one poor girl--in front of everyone--"No wonder you don't have any friends." 😞 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwik Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 (edited) On 10/1/2022 at 12:30 AM, Baseballandhockey said: I wonder if that’s a cultural difference, because certainly my childhood had plenty of spelling bees and science fairs and speed rounds with math facts and lets review for this test by playing jeopardy. And kids were allowed to choose groups/teams for many of them. It probably is. NZ likes people to be good at sports at school but academic competitions are not a thing. At least they never used to be. We did tests and we knew who was best at spelling and maths facts but there was no real recognition of it. We did have speech competitions but I was not good at that either. Edited October 9, 2022 by kiwik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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