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I suppose it is a good incentive to get kids working.

But, Malpass, if you're finding "An Inspector Calls" hard then god help you if you go for English literature at A-Level. The whole reason IC is studied at GCSE is because, as Lukey said, it is painfully unsubtle and all of the irony is blasted in your face, "World War? Nonsense! No way THAT'S going to happen. No siree. Won't be no wars round here, you can be sure of that. We're all safe. And that Titanic? UNSINKABLE! That isn't gonna sink", so one doesn't have to delve particularly deep to find something to write about in a 150 minute exam paper.

Sput wrote:I remember the head of year giving the "work hard and you'll be fine, or you can become the drunk in the town centre's bus shelter".
He later became that drunk.

Perhaps you’re not guilty of finding any enjoyment in discovering his demise, Sput, but I think there is a darker side to most people which relishes the downfall of others who we believe may have wronged us in the past.

Your post reminded me of the man who refused to give me a summer job when I left school having just turned 18. He was the Bar Manager at a hotel in Heaton Moor who, on reading my application, realised that me and my mates had been drinking there underage for the previous 18 months.

I was quite disheartened as it was the first job I’d ever applied for. About 5 years later I came across him again: he was working as a commissionaire at the Midland Hotel in Manchester city centre. I cannot deny feeling a certain level of smugness on seeing his situation as I was in a quite well paid job by then.
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Has anyone else got a guilty secret about relishing the downfall of others?

I like to bake a cake when a baby dies.

Alexia wrote:Oh.. .and the main reason I visited this thread - I notice Ison hasn't got a snazzy title, he's just "Moderator". Surely something snazzy could be thought up for him? Anyone?

And Hyma was the "eJanitor" for a short while. He's just plain " " now.

Ronnie Rowlands wrote:What I find more interesting is the fact that this guy seems to actually working hard on his GCSE exams!

Actually, I find there to be very little correlation between effort and achievement.

cdd wrote:

Ronnie Rowlands wrote:What I find more interesting is the fact that this guy seems to actually working hard on his GCSE exams!

Actually, I find there to be very little correlation between effort and achievement.

And yet I find myself targeted at A grade. Effort does pay off, assuming I get what I'm targeted.

Stuart* wrote:

Sput wrote:I remember the head of year giving the "work hard and you'll be fine, or you can become the drunk in the town centre's bus shelter".
He later became that drunk.

Perhaps you’re not guilty of finding any enjoyment in discovering his demise, Sput, but I think there is a darker side to most people which relishes the downfall of others who we believe may have wronged us in the past.

Your post reminded me of the man who refused to give me a summer job when I left school having just turned 18. He was the Bar Manager at a hotel in Heaton Moor who, on reading my application, realised that me and my mates had been drinking there underage for the previous 18 months.

I was quite disheartened as it was the first job I’d ever applied for. About 5 years later I came across him again: he was working as a commissionaire at the Midland Hotel in Manchester city centre. I cannot deny feeling a certain level of smugness on seeing his situation as I was in a quite well paid job by then.
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Has anyone else got a guilty secret about relishing the downfall of others?

You're using my post as a jumping off point for relishing the downfall of others so frankly I find that your opening sentence rings hollow. The teacher I mentioned was a fucking good guy and you're dead out of line.

Sput wrote:You're using my post as a jumping off point for relishing the downfall of others so frankly I find that your opening sentence rings hollow. The teacher I mentioned was a fucking good guy and you're dead out of line.

Your response is equally hollow. You were content to publicise his demise in your original post, so I find it odd that only now you choose to add that he was "a fucking good teacher".

I don't think the moral high ground is a good place to position yourself.

I think if you read my post carefully, Sput, you will find no relishing on my part. An acceptance of the less desirable aspects of human character was the discussion I was prompted to begin after your post.

Stuart* wrote:Has anyone else got a guilty secret about relishing the downfall of others?

Only yours.

I've worked out why Stu phrases his posts in the convoluted way he does: it's so he can deny and weasel out of any accusation!

Has anyone else got a guilty secret about relishing the downfall of others?

Thatchers' was pretty amusing.