There was something about this on the radio a few months back but I can't remember what the gist of it was. Maybe it was that if more schools had mottos they'd hit the government's ultra-ambitious (not) target of 30% of 16 year olds getting 5 GCSEs at grade C or above (remembering that "vocational" qualifications such as NVQ brick-laying count as 4 GCSE passes).
Anyway, I can't remember, so, what was your school motto? Did it mean anything to you at the time or now in restrospect? Did it or does it inspire you or nauseate you? Or did you go to the school of hard knocks where the only motto was, "are you looking at my pint?".
Mine was "Haec Olim Meminisse Iuvabit", which I thought was gloriously world weary and in hindsight somewhat post-modern, rather neatly deconstructing the whole school experience in a sort of down-to-earth realism.
The more erudite among you* will recognise that as a quote from The Aeneid that roughly translates as "One day it will be a pleasure to remember even these things". None of this "Through endeavour, the sky" type nonsense.
* BTW, erudite is not a type of glue, Dodgy.
Anyway, I can't remember, so, what was your school motto? Did it mean anything to you at the time or now in restrospect? Did it or does it inspire you or nauseate you? Or did you go to the school of hard knocks where the only motto was, "are you looking at my pint?".
Mine was "Haec Olim Meminisse Iuvabit", which I thought was gloriously world weary and in hindsight somewhat post-modern, rather neatly deconstructing the whole school experience in a sort of down-to-earth realism.
The more erudite among you* will recognise that as a quote from The Aeneid that roughly translates as "One day it will be a pleasure to remember even these things". None of this "Through endeavour, the sky" type nonsense.
* BTW, erudite is not a type of glue, Dodgy.
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