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By *rightonsteve OP Man
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

....what was your favourite project?

I did one once on the St Lawrence river in Canada. For some reason, I enjoyed doing it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Egyptians

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

I remember doing one on the rain forest

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Perving at the male teachers

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By *imiUKMan
over a year ago

Hereford

I liked the Plains Indians, was totally different to anything we'd ever done in history up to that point.

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

the smoking round the back of the pavillion project, accompanied by drinking whiskey my friend smuggled out of her dads shop with apple tango

although i dont like whiskey now haha

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By *oungladMan
over a year ago

Burnham

School projects I found were a bit like some fab group meets. You get one person doing most of the work and everyone else pats themselves on the back for coming in once.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Oh i was talking about primary school dont remember doing any at secondary

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By *arksidesubCouple
over a year ago

not far from you..

I exceeded in Art school & my pieces was displayed at the London/Manchester/Birmingham/Nottingham art exhibitions.As well as being shown in a well known TV show setting in America

My claim to fame..

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By *rightonsteve OP Man
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

"I exceeded in Art school & my pieces was displayed at the London/Manchester/Birmingham/Nottingham art exhibitions.As well as being shown in a well known TV show setting in America

My claim to fame..

Yeah? I know the length of the St Lawrence river.

That's Coolsville, Iowa.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Shakespear

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

We were still taught Latin ... salvete

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By *utterflyandArtificeCouple
over a year ago

Trowbridge

It was a Geology project which introduced me to the most beautiful spot on the planet Earth, when it's not full of tourists, The Yorkshire Dales. Still take my breath away today and the only place in UK that feels like home - I love a small village in Germany which was my home for three years which will always be my home.

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By *uzy444Woman
over a year ago

in the suffolk countryside

shakespeare.for some reason i could understand the language

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Science.

It was the 80's so we were still allowed to dissect things and set stuff on fire!

MrWho.

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham

Airline catering

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Learning londons burning on the recorder

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By *uxom redCouple
over a year ago

Shrewsbury

Did a project on space I really enjoyed it.

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By *ucyfur77Woman
over a year ago

Pleasuretown

"....what was your favourite project?

I did one once on the St Lawrence river in Canada. For some reason, I enjoyed doing it. "

Art, I stayed on til sixth year and did my portfolio

English, I loved writing essays

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Loved English lit. Of mice and men. And the merchant of Venice. Shakespeare.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

The only thing i exceeded at was having to be segregated from the class and having my lessons in the dining hall on my own

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By *exysuzi and Mr.SCouple
over a year ago

CONISTON .Stoke Suburbia. THE MOORLANDS. BARMOUTH.

For a religious education project, I did mine on devil worship. I got 88 %. Top mark in the class

xxxx Suzi

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

anything arty

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By *onbons_xxMan
over a year ago

Bolton

The planets was a fun dreamy project which was full of wonder at the time, and still is.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

French music with our French teacher!

~was the beginning of my love affair with French music.

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By *illwill69uMan
over a year ago

moston

I didn't do projects at school...

Unless you count my weekly Saturday evening 'detention' punishments (while the rest of the school watched a film) of writing out 'Horatius at the Bridge' by

Thomas Babington or 'Lord Ullin's Daughter' by Thomas Campbell and 'Lochinvar' by Sir Walter Scott if my scholastic failures were not so bad...

I HATE THOSE POEMS! lol

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By *obyn GravesTV/TS
over a year ago

1127 walnut avenue

i did a project on explosives ...which didn't end well for the school science block

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham

"i did a project on explosives ...which didn't end well for the school science block

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By *illwill69uMan
over a year ago

moston

"i did a project on explosives ...which didn't end well for the school science block

Did you by chance add nitric and sulphuric acid together add cotton wool and leave it to dry? Or maybe you nitrated the first distillate of benzine. both of those would do damage to a science block...

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

Never did any I can remember to be honest.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I exceeded in Art school & my pieces was displayed at the London/Manchester/Birmingham/Nottingham art exhibitions.As well as being shown in a well known TV show setting in America

My claim to fame..

I am impressed ! I knew you were awesome !!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Anything in Ceramics or English lit

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

French music with our French teacher!

~was the beginning of my love affair with French music. "

Marguerite, Richard Cocciante

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I was head girl at school

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I was good at drawing and chatting the teachers up

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Fiddling with a blob of mercury. Elf n safety guv!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

English literature & English language were my favourite subjects

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By *rightonsteve OP Man
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

"Fiddling with a blob of mercury. Elf n safety guv!"

Yeah! I did that! Rolled it about the desk with my fingers

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

Trips out to Roman ruins in and around London as part of Latin.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

the only 'trip out' I remember was when a fellow classmate got expelled in the 3rd year, and the rest of the class went on strike and on the rampage.... consequently I and my classmates ended up on the front page of the local evening newspaper

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Film. I was mad about making films at school. I still have a showreel from then. Yep. It's rubbish.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Egyptians

all the tutankhamun (sp) stuff happened when i was at school - i remember my dad buying me a little tin of gold enamal paint to do the front cover -

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By *arksidesubCouple
over a year ago

not far from you..

"I exceeded in Art school & my pieces was displayed at the London/Manchester/Birmingham/Nottingham art exhibitions.As well as being shown in a well known TV show setting in America

My claim to fame..

I am impressed ! I knew you were awesome !!! "

Why thank-you gorgeous!

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By *GHertsCouple
over a year ago

North Herts

Did a project on Stanley Matthews in the fourth year at Junior Schhol, can remember writing to both Blackpool and Stoke City for more info and being really excited when I got replies from both.

Mr G

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By *illwill69uMan
over a year ago

moston

"all the tutankhamun (sp) stuff happened when i was at school - i remember my dad buying me a little tin of gold enamal paint to do the front cover - "

Ooooo! I went to the exhibition. Did anyone else?

Mum and dad took me and my brothers on a Saturday hours queuing up (all the way round the British Museum an off down one of the streets running away back towards the West End) to be rushed through with misrable old men standing by all the interesting stuff saying "move along" and "no stopping".

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By *icentiousCouple
over a year ago

Up on them there hills

Lusting after the English teacher until she trapped me in the library, frightened a 13 year old to death. Never tried to look up her skirt again.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Lusting after the English teacher until she trapped me in the library, frightened a 13 year old to death. Never tried to look up her skirt again.

ah,,,she had a cock

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Geography Teacher had us make a model of a medieval castle, with moat and drawbridge, out of plaster of paris. To teach us about the seiges, we then had to construct war engines and catafracts with which to hoy concrete marbles at the Castleford walls. I was on the team that got to undermine the foundations and weaken the structure to make the seige engines successful

Love history!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

*castle walls, that should say

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

None spent most of my time trying to avoid going

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Making my own amplifier as a part of a physics project

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"None spent most of my time trying to avoid going "

This

Although, I quite enjoy doing them now. My niece comes home with a new project every month and it's fun.

Best one we did was When they were doing roald Dahl in school and we did one on Charlie and the chocolate factory.

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By *mm_n_ZedCouple
over a year ago

Fareham

In primary school I remember doing a project on the Vikings. We all had to make little longboats - I loved that project!

In secondary school, I loved all the projects I did in needlework but especially soft toys. The things I learned in that lesson have served me well up to this day.

Of course, it's 'textile art' these days so no learning how to put in a zip or make a pair of trousers - god forbid learning something useful!

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By *reakShow90Man
over a year ago

Manchester/halifax

Not a project but I did enjoy of mice and men

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By *iSTARessWoman
over a year ago

London

"School projects I found were a bit like some fab group meets. You get one person doing most of the work and everyone else pats themselves on the back for coming in once."

Well I thought that was hilarious

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"....what was your favourite project?

I did one once on the St Lawrence river in Canada. For some reason, I enjoyed doing it. "

Geography was always my cup of tea as well. The teacher made it quite compelling to the point that we were all intrigued

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

P.s. I studied Bourton-on-the-Water as my project in 1978. If you live there then I'm watching you people....closely....very closely.....

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By *aGaGagging for itCouple
over a year ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

"I remember doing one on the rain forest"

Same here, did a project on the Amazon. I had an uncle living in Brazil at the time who sent me loads of information. Was completely fascinated. It was always a dream of mine to go there but ever thought that I would. Then a few years ago I got the chance and took it. It was one of the best experiences of my life - learnt about the plants and local jungle remedies, identifying animals by their calls, eating grubs, learning how to find tarantula nests and encouraging them out, tracking jaguars, fishing for piranha...... amazing!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Americas NFL, and odd subject I know but it was my last year of primary, we all wrote to an individual team, mine was Cincinatfi Bengals cause I love tigers, followed the sport ever since.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I exceeded in Art school & my pieces was displayed at the London/Manchester/Birmingham/Nottingham art exhibitions.As well as being shown in a well known TV show setting in America

My claim to fame..

My art teacher told me I was shite at art because I had no Intrest in drawing what she told me to,,,since studying old school technical drawing, In the last few years as a bit of a distraction from the everyday grind I have now kind of developed a style of portrait art, using ink,super sharp pencils, and a lot of ruler work. On occasion ive been asked to do peaces of art for friends and family

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By *ikeC81Man
over a year ago

harrow

Anything I do with computers

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Americas NFL, and odd subject I know but it was my last year of primary, we all wrote to an individual team, mine was Cincinatfi Bengals cause I love tigers, followed the sport ever since."

My old girlfriend from school became a pro basketball player in the states in the 90s. Shes on the all time greats list for the most goal assists. Still fancy the pants off her

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By *al2001Man
over a year ago

kildare

We were the first year of boys enrolled in an all girl convent,most of them boarders

I'd like to say my fav project was girls but it wasn't. Hadn't a clue. Done a cool 1 on japan tho

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Food tech

Art

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

In primary school, I did a project on Abba

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Semper in geritas sumos solum profundum variet.

With obvious apologies for spelling anomalies.

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By *anky_PankyWoman
over a year ago

Filthy Fuckeryville

Middle of junior school I did a project on the emergency services and on the front of my topic book I drew an ambulance and cut a blue polystyrene egg box up to make the blue flashing lights on top.... I was so proud!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Nazis. Interesting. Lots of politics, plots and murders, and that was just inside the party!!

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By *al2001Man
over a year ago

kildare

My boy done a school project on Chuck Norris

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Physics and science. Loved it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I did a 3 month project on JFK it turned into a 6 month project and ended up with an A star.

I still watch documentaries about it.

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

When I was at college, I submitted a proposal for my personal study in English Language on "euphemisms for the word fuck."

I expected it to be rejected out of hand but they ok'd it... and then I had to write the bloody thing

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By *oungladMan
over a year ago

Burnham

"School projects I found were a bit like some fab group meets. You get one person doing most of the work and everyone else pats themselves on the back for coming in once.

Well I thought that was hilarious

Well I'm glad someone thought so

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have to say my favourite project was when we had to set up a buissness for two weeks in the school, starting off with only £1. We got to keep the earnings

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By *arehamMan
over a year ago

handforth

Having dinner in the kanteen.

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By *erdita Von TeaseWoman
over a year ago

nottingham

History and English literature

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By *obwithkiltMan
over a year ago

Belton

Did a project on how Bournemouth International Centre would affect town....received distinction and then found out my geography teacher used it as an example in his next text book which was used by all local schools

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