What was your favourite school prank?
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Version 0 of 1. School day japes were once something of a rite of passage. From passing notes to pranks, getting into mischief was how you and your peers learned how far people would go for a laugh – and the risk of getting a detention. But now, such behaviour has been scrutinised in a report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Drawing on the results of a study of 34 developed nations, it singles out English secondary school classrooms. Four in 10, it said, had "far from ideal" standards of behaviour not conducive to a "favourable environment for learning". A quick poll of the Comment is free team revealed that sensible adults once indulged in such high jinks as switching desks, laughing uncontrollably, and telling mistruths to gullible teachers. Based on this not-so academic survey, four in 10 seems an optimistic assessment of the state of our classrooms. So did you partake in such antics? What are your favourite school mischief memories? And do you think it ruined your education, or is it actually what you look back on most fondly? |