Levels of geekiness: comparing St.Olaves, Judd, Skinners
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This was a concern of mine with Son No.1, in Y8, who was keen to go to TWBGS, as I thought he also had lazy tendencies and can quite understand your thoughts. However, I have been extremely impressed with his progress there and he always seems highly motivated and determined to get a high assessment every term, which he does. His down-to-earth character actually seems to do better with those teachers who are 'human' and have a sense of humour, etc, rather than those who are over strict. They seem to bring out the best in him and he seems to want to please them. I also think that much success comes from parental expectations. If you have a child who wants to make you proud, then that is half the battle, regardless of what school they go to.tired_dad_2008 wrote:
@Villagedad: Yes we went to TWBGS twice in fact. But we live north of Sevenoaks and it is unlikely we would get a place there, and it is as inconvenient as Skinners to get to. It felt like a large school with more normal, well-rounded boys. It had a more relaxed atmosphere than the others I described, which wouldn't suit my son since he is a lazy so and so who needs lots of pressure and discipline otherwise he coasts along.
This was a concern of mine with Son No.1, in Y8, who was keen to go to TWBGS, as I thought he also had lazy tendencies and can quite understand your thoughts. However, I have been extremely impressed with his progress there and he always seems highly motivated and determined to get a high assessment every term, which he does. His down-to-earth character actually seems to do better with those teachers who are 'human' and have a sense of humour, etc, rather than those who are over strict. They seem to bring out the best in him and he seems to want to please them. I also think that much success comes from parental expectations. If you have a child who wants to make you proud, then that is half the battle, regardless of what school they go to.tired_dad_2008 wrote:
@Villagedad: Yes we went to TWBGS twice in fact. But we live north of Sevenoaks and it is unlikely we would get a place there, and it is as inconvenient as Skinners to get to. It felt like a large school with more normal, well-rounded boys. It had a more relaxed atmosphere than the others I described, which wouldn't suit my son since he is a lazy so and so who needs lots of pressure and discipline otherwise he coasts along.
