Prefects

[Twocky61]

Re: Prefects

There was the head girl Karen

I'll leave the rest to your imagination lol

[80sChav]

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I was a Prefect for 1 whole week, that was year 3? I think I was 8 years old, main duty was to close the door once everyone was in, but I do remember telling a boy to stop bullying
a younger boy, he asked me "why? an what was I going to do about it?" I told him I was a prefect and I would report him to the headmistress! He didn't believe I was a prefect
so I flashed my badge.... he started to cry LOL

Maybe Twocky is onto something tho, I did like the Power LOL

This seemns highly true here, Culnara

I bet most went onto work in Courts or Security Gaurds in Shops and Courts

Though i never really got the chance 9or to be a Milk Monitor neither) i am glad thaty I was'nt selected, but hmm a lot isabout Power I think and "being like a Cop, that'd do someone for being 1cm over a double yellow"!!

[staffslad]

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At my secondary school, a "bog standard" comprehensive, anyone staying on in the 6th form automatically became a prefect. The blazer colour at the school was black and prefects were visually distinguished by having gold piping sown around the edge, and I think they also wore a lapel badge, again gold if memory serves. I really didn't want to be a prefect and it was a major influence on my decision to leave at 16 and enter the world of work/day-release college, rather than the 6th form. My abiding memory of prefects at my school is them preventing pupils from entering the school buildings during break times.

[80sChav]

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Near enough all Year 11's (final year pupils) were prefects at our school - I don't think there was any way of opting out. Only those with an appalling disciplinary record did not become a prefect.

I think, given there must have been between 225 and 250 of us, and we only had one "duty" a week (mine being picking up a bundle of internal mail for teachers and putting it into pigeon holes beside the staff room), that the school / staff / governors must have thought it would look "impressive" on a C.V. and / or UCAS form to put on that a pupil had been a "prefect", and thus reflect well - our school was heavily motivated by league tables and results. Every year, there would be a big page in the local paper reporting exam results, usually accompanied by pictures from my school with pupils who were destined for "Oxbridge", with senior staff simpering in the background.

I remember when being in "lower school", some of the prefects were absolute morons - those of the lowest intelligence were put on the doors of each "wing" of the school to empty the building before break or lunch, and then prevent entry until the bell rang for the next period - they took great pleasure in denying younger pupils access to the toilets etc. with monotonous regularity.

This sounds very very similar to my School on reflection Big Tim - as I guess it would re; at a lot of people's Schools.

Did you get my last PM btw?! I hope your in a position to reply to it!?

80sChav

[Big Tim]

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Near enough all Year 11's (final year pupils) were prefects at our school - I don't think there was any way of opting out. Only those with an appalling disciplinary record did not become a prefect.

I think, given there must have been between 225 and 250 of us, and we only had one "duty" a week (mine being picking up a bundle of internal mail for teachers and putting it into pigeon holes beside the staff room), that the school / staff / governors must have thought it would look "impressive" on a C.V. and / or UCAS form to put on that a pupil had been a "prefect", and thus reflect well - our school was heavily motivated by league tables and results. Every year, there would be a big page in the local paper reporting exam results, usually accompanied by pictures from my school with pupils who were destined for "Oxbridge", with senior staff simpering in the background.

I remember when being in "lower school", some of the prefects were absolute morons - those of the lowest intelligence were put on the doors of each "wing" of the school to empty the building before break or lunch, and then prevent entry until the bell rang for the next period - they took great pleasure in denying younger pupils access to the toilets etc. with monotonous regularity.

[darren]

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Im not shocked you did that at all.


surprised they had the authority to give out lines.

our prefects used to give us lines at break times if we were naughty. We would have to sit in the prefects lounge with them to write them. I was naughty on purpose just to get the lines so i could sit in their lounge writing them listening to their music until they realised what i was doing lol

[wispa lover]

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One school I was in used to have prefects until they transferred to high school. They kept an eye on us in the playground as well as the staff, so they didn't play chase or football like the others.

[Twocky61]

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Our prefects used to give us lines at break times if we were naughty. We would have to sit in the prefects lounge with them to write them. I was naughty on purpose just to get the lines so I could sit in their lounge writing them listening to their music until they realised what I was doing lol

[80sChav]

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I was a Prefect for 1 whole week, that was year 3? I think I was 8 years old, main duty was to close the door once everyone was in, but I do remember telling a boy to stop bullying
a younger boy, he asked me "why? an what was I going to do about it?" I told him I was a prefect and I would report him to the headmistress! He didn't believe I was a prefect
so I flashed my badge.... he started to cry LOL

Maybe Twocky is onto something tho, I did like the Power LOL

Class Twocky.......

At my Primary they'd never have dreamed of having them, but at my 1st Secondary if that'd happened that you describe at Primary it'd of been an even worse respond from the Prefects!!, nutmegging their Tie badly (or worse) lol

[Twocky61]

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I wasn't a prefect but I was a librarian. It was us kids who booked out books for fellow pupils & booked them back in

[culnara]

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I was a Prefect for 1 whole week, that was year 3? I think I was 8 years old, main duty was to close the door once everyone was in, but I do remember telling a boy to stop bullying
a younger boy, he asked me "why? an what was I going to do about it?" I told him I was a prefect and I would report him to the headmistress! He didn't believe I was a prefect
so I flashed my badge.... he started to cry LOL

Maybe Twocky is onto something tho, I did like the Power LOL

[Twocky61]

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I reckon most prefects went on to be traffic wardens lol

[80sChav]

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The prefects weren't popular at my school, to say the least. They thought they had more 'clout' than the teachers and used to terrify and sometimes bully the first year 11 year olds, but when the teachers were hanging around they behaved like little Angels.

You've hit the nail "omn the Herad" here fuzzy - this was the same as at my school

In 6th Form (of course) there was loads of Prefects and for the short time I was in 6th Form, I knew a few was going for the job (and one a sort of so called mate at times, who was a bit Sally Webster esquire) was going for the job (and I was wearing Trainers that day and (in the most sarcastic low pitched voice - he complemented me on how nice they looked) but extremely quickly changed his way of talking to say "but I think you'll get done/told off for them" ... and if he'd became a Prefect he'd have been on people's cases like a Referee with a Whistle, but he also had his own mates (close 1s) who sure didn't abide by "School Law's" and easily fancied themselves and it'd be inevitable he'd look out for them first as would/does every Prefect I've met (or rather call them their true name "Teachers Pet")!!!


80sChav

[Richard1978]

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My secondary school didn't have prefects, I think they had been done away with a few years earlier.

I did hear a more recent head wanted to bring them back, but I don't know if they actually did.

[80sChav]

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The simple description of a Prefect (an I'm sure Teachers would confess too, if they got the chance) as was an Auntie of mine was a Teacher "back in the day" is that Prefects think they are perfect and Teachers choose them totally on this basis alone too!

80sChav