Submitted Article 7 : My tragic experience at QE Boys
I started QE in September 1995. From day one, I regretted ever going there - it was a nightmare, infact to be fair, year 7 and 8 were OK - Up until there point where I found myself on the wrong side of Miss Tsang. She was my geography teacher for 3 years and my form tutor for 2 years and she made my life a misery. I went to Kenya in year seven, even then she was a control freak - She wouldn't let me play volley ball or go swimming through out the entire week because I had a paper cut on my thumb. How ridiculous is that. The next year I went on a trip to Russia. Mr Dormioux confiscated my money because I was spending too much - teachers are determined to ruin everything you do. However, there are some exceptions to that, Mr Lewis, Mr Mackay and various others, but all in all the majority of QE Boy's teachers are idiots - from year 9 onwards there was a witch hunt against me. Every teacher had their eye on me. They used any excuse to get be in trouble. In one term I achieved some 48 bad notes from 4 teachers - quite impressive, Don't you think? I was also given bad notes for getting bad notes. It was a vicious circle which you could only escape from if you were Houdini. I got numerous Saturday detentions for having gel in my hair. What's wrong with a bit of gel? Teachers wear it. It was just one problem after another.
Year 10 and the GCSE s*** started. I wanted to do Music, Art, Photography or design. They wouldn't let me do art because it clashed with music. They need 10 people to run the photography course - they only had 9. And I was told I wasn't good enough at design. I was dumped with History and Geography - my worst 2 subjects, and than they wonder why I was not motivated. My predictions were a joke, I was predicted C, D, D, D, D, E, E, E, F. I came out with A*, B, B, B, B, C, C, C, C. Quite a difference isn't it. Mr Poole said he didn't want me back in the 6th form, I wasn't 'QE material' - but what it Q.E material? Tall, side parting, no gel, carries a brief case, never swears, straight A*s, good at rugby and takes it up the a**e. Well I am glad I am not QE material - Mr Bennett said he would write me a good reference. In the summer I started to wonder why I was having so many rejections from colleges. After numerous appeals I got into Woodhouse. You should have seen the 'good' reference which had been written - No effort, bad attendance, rude, bad work, etc. Having been at Woodhouse for a few weeks, I visited QE Boy's to get course work - Mr Dhondy threatened to get me arrested for trespassing if I didn't leave the property. QE is a travesty. Something has to be done.
If anyone want to e-mail me they can on kingleonard@another.com
See you soon everyone. Stay strong and give the teachers as much hell as possible.
Les the Russian from Underne Sept 1995 to July 2000
