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Our new Prime Minister said his guiding principle will be "usque conabor" (I will try my utmost)

My school motto was "Non Sibi Sed Aliis" (Not for oneself, but for others).

Did your school have a motto? Did it matter?

Gangbanger jokes will be Sub-D pretty damn quick

FUcked that one up didn't you.

The school I attended didn't have one (or at least not one I remember). However, the school my cousins attended was called Patrick Henry High. There was a pretty significant drug problem at the school, so they had a somewhat modified version that went "Give me Liberty, or give me Meth".

Dunno. I thought it was catchy...

My Catholic school's attitude was along the lines of "Do it anyways, you're going to hell for something."

My high school's was "Pro Scienta Atque Sapientia."
My college's was "Solvo Vinum Quod Puella Pro Sulum."

My Lycée (yes, I went to a Lycée, unlike you philistines) didn't have an official motto.

The unofficial one was "Work hard, don't ask questions, and shut the fUck-up!"

I went to the French Lycée in london, and it was quite a fUcked-up place. We were allowed to smoke cigarettes *in* the playground, because smoking outside the school would "give a bad image of French people to the English". Latin was compuslory (for one year, at least), and anyone who failed a year was sacked from the school, since bad students lowered the Baccalaureat results, and would therefore mean a drop in the league tables. They were really strict and disciplinarian.

Once, while queuing in the canteen, I started chatting to this class of 9-10 year old kids queuing behind me. I told them about the game "Simon says", and they got all excited. So while we were bored queuing, I shouted "Simon says: Sit down!" and some 25 kids instantly sat down. The queue supervisor (yeah, we had a few of those) went insane told them to get up again, so I said "Simon says: point your finger at the queue supervisor!", and 25 kids all pointed their finger at her. Then I said "Simon says: Sing the Marseillaise!!" and there you go, 25 little kids sitting down, pointing their finger at the queue supervisor, screaming the Marseillaise to this poor queue supervisor. It was so much fun...

And then, I got expelled from the school for 3 days.

Just for that.

It means "Girl on Girl"

And if I'd said it meant 'undefeated', you'd not be all tingly.

If you need any more latin translations, PM me

Well, they had different levels of disciplinary procedures.

The worst was to get expelled, full stop. The second worse was a 3-day expulsion, which is a bit like a 3-day ban, I guess.

I kept the right ones out
And let the wrong ones in
Had an angel of mercy to see me through all my sins
There were times in my life
When I was goin' insane
Tryin' to walk through
The pain
When I lost my grip
And I hit the floor
Yeah,I thought I could leave but couldn't get out the door
I was so sick and tired
Of livin' a lie
I was wishin that I
Would die


It's Amazing
With the blink of an eye you finally see the light
It's Amazing
When the moment arrives that you know you'll be alright
It's Amazing
And I'm sayin' a prayer for the desperate hearts tonight

That one last shot's a Permanent Vacation
And how high can you fly with broken wings?
Life's a journey not a destination
And I just can't tell just what tomorrow brings

You have to learn to crawl
Before you learn to walk
But I just couldn't listen to all that righteous talk, oh yeah
I was out on the street,
Just tryin' to survive
Scratchin' to stay
Alive

Your headmaster was obviously an Aerosmith fan!

Rock on!



Edited, Jul 3rd 2007 1:16pm by RedPhoenixxx

What a coincidence...ours sang "Daisy".

Nexa

On gradutaion the choir would always sing I believe I can Fly for some odd reason.

Song doesn't really seem that relevant to me.