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Do Teddies have kids who struggle academically?

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oioos7 · 03/07/2025 17:57

Hello All,

Just seeing if any current parents can tell me if the vast majority of kids at Teddies thrive academically. I have heard this from current parents and students.

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Spookywoods · 03/07/2025 18:27

3luckystars · 03/07/2025 18:14

Get stuffed with that attitude.

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@MsFogi you are right though!

year6leavers2025 · 03/07/2025 18:27

I know that they also weed out at sixth form

BIWI · 03/07/2025 18:26

AmIthatSpringy · 03/07/2025 18:12

I don't think Teddies have kids. They don't have the bits for it

Unless it's a stuffed goat. They might have kids. Don't know how academic they'd be though

They have growlers though.

3luckystars · 03/07/2025 18:26

Genius

Do Teddies have kids who struggle academically?
Spookywoods · 03/07/2025 18:25

My Teddy is very old now but still has full MC 😊

PennywisePoundFoolish · 03/07/2025 18:24

You're in for a big surprise

DirtyPeepingMucklowe · 03/07/2025 18:23

oncemoreuntothebeachdearfriends · 03/07/2025 18:22

My Teddy identifies as a male, even though he lacks a penis.

🤣🤣

Absentmindedsmile · 03/07/2025 18:23

oncemoreuntothebeachdearfriends · 03/07/2025 18:22

My Teddy identifies as a male, even though he lacks a penis.

Well I expect he has blue shorts and that’s all He needs.

OverheardInAWhisper · 03/07/2025 18:23

Absentmindedsmile · 03/07/2025 18:20

Wait. Is Today the Day?

😀😀

oncemoreuntothebeachdearfriends · 03/07/2025 18:22

My Teddy identifies as a male, even though he lacks a penis.

Dogsrfunny · 03/07/2025 18:22

Not a clue what teddies are, except for the cuddle ones but these answers are great 🤣

DirtyPeepingMucklowe · 03/07/2025 18:22

Hopefully your ted doesn’t fall in with the wrong crowd at school

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Do Teddies have kids who struggle academically?
3luckystars · 03/07/2025 18:21

Absentmindedsmile · 03/07/2025 18:20

Wait. Is Today the Day?

😂😂😂

soupyspoon · 03/07/2025 18:20

MsFogi · 03/07/2025 18:11

Oh dear lord why do private school parents think that everyone knows and cares about their school!? Seriously - they all end up at the same universities!

Yep and then still working at the same job which is nothing to do with their degree.

minnienono · 03/07/2025 18:20

I’d put this into the private school board as it’s incredibly niche and ripe for humour. I love the comment about struggling academically but throwing a mean picnic.Grin

as to their academic credentials, there’s an entrance exam so I think they are weeding out pouring performing kids to keep their exam results high.

if you need a more rounded school look for key phrases like “the whole child” or “not just an exam factory” in their headline publicity and mission. There are boarding schools for the less academically gifted

Absentmindedsmile · 03/07/2025 18:20

Wait. Is Today the Day?

DirtyPeepingMucklowe · 03/07/2025 18:18

My teddies thrived at uni

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Do Teddies have kids who struggle academically?
Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 03/07/2025 18:18

I really can't bear all the puns on this thread. It's knocked all the stuffing out of me.

OverheardInAWhisper · 03/07/2025 18:15

FKAT · 03/07/2025 18:08

Is this to do with Brideshead Revisited?

I’d say Aloysius got an Atilla.

3luckystars · 03/07/2025 18:14

MsFogi · 03/07/2025 18:11

Oh dear lord why do private school parents think that everyone knows and cares about their school!? Seriously - they all end up at the same universities!

Get stuffed with that attitude.

MrsTerryPratchett · 03/07/2025 18:14

FuzzyPuffling · 03/07/2025 18:12

To be fair, my teddies dont have teddy-children as they don't have wombs, only kapok.

I saw a kapok tree recently. I nerded out. [saddo]

JustMeHello · 03/07/2025 18:14

My bear is very bright, and has lots of sensible life advice, and can speak two languages (his native German, and English). He would love to have children, even if they weren't very bright, but he doesn't have any lady friends and isn't sure it would be ethical to bring single parent cubs into an overcrowded world.

WhereOnEarthIsMyPlanet · 03/07/2025 18:13

MsFogi · 03/07/2025 18:11

Oh dear lord why do private school parents think that everyone knows and cares about their school!? Seriously - they all end up at the same universities!

To be fair she was just asking a question. It would have been better off in the Education section though.

ETA I have no idea what Teddies is, but I’m
sure some people on here will!

FuzzyPuffling · 03/07/2025 18:12

To be fair, my teddies dont have teddy-children as they don't have wombs, only kapok.

AmIthatSpringy · 03/07/2025 18:12

I don't think Teddies have kids. They don't have the bits for it

Unless it's a stuffed goat. They might have kids. Don't know how academic they'd be though