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Do Teddies have kids who struggle academically?

363 replies

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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3luckystars · 03/07/2025 22:33

Er

Do Teddies have kids who struggle academically?
AnnoyedAsAllHeck · 03/07/2025 22:35

Is this thread fur real? I am laughing so hard I can hardly bear it! Next I'll be Winnie-ing and need to go Pooh!

3luckystars · 03/07/2025 22:35

Scholarship

Do Teddies have kids who struggle academically?
Neveranynamesleft · 03/07/2025 22:40

Teddies dont have kids...goats have kids.

AnnoyedAsAllHeck · 03/07/2025 22:44

If you give a Bear a beer, he's going to want some pretzels to eat. After you give Bear the pretzels, he's going to want a burger. While Bear's eating the burger, he's going to want another beer. After you given Bear another beer, he's going to want a napkin. After he uses the napkin, Bear is going to ask for some french fries. As Bear is eating the french fries, he is going to ask for some ketchup. After Bear squirts the ketchup all over and makes a mess, Bear is going to need more napkins. Lots of napkins. When Bear is done cleaning up the mess, Bear is going to want another beer. If you give Bear a beer, he is going to want some pretzels to eat....

Yerroblemom1923 · 03/07/2025 22:47

All that time spent in the woods is very "forest school" so sure kids gain a lot from that!

ErrolTheDragon · 03/07/2025 22:47
teddy bear dance GIF by Philippa Rice

Gif Ted ones might

Philandbill · 03/07/2025 22:47

Anybody else think that OP has run for the hills? 😂

AnnoyedAsAllHeck · 03/07/2025 22:49

MagdaLenor · 03/07/2025 19:03

They set traps?! Oh my god. That's tough schooling, even for soft toys.

Bear traps should be illegal! So should speed traps. Mouse traps are okay, but I could live without clap-traps. The Van Trapp family was very nice and liked to sing.

I'll see myself out.....👣👣👣

IdaGlossop · 03/07/2025 22:49

3luckystars · 03/07/2025 22:35

Scholarship

Those teddies are not academic. They are doing cookery, sailing, and wearing silly hats, none of which require hours in the library.

IdaGlossop · 03/07/2025 22:50

Philandbill · 03/07/2025 22:47

Anybody else think that OP has run for the hills? 😂

She's gone on a bear hunt.

ErrolTheDragon · 03/07/2025 22:51

Philandbill · 03/07/2025 22:47

Anybody else think that OP has run for the hills? 😂

Whereas the Bear went over the mountain…

IdaGlossop · 03/07/2025 22:51

ErrolTheDragon · 03/07/2025 22:47

Gif Ted ones might

This teddy is studying too hard. Look how much weight he has lost!

Philandbill · 03/07/2025 22:52

IdaGlossop · 03/07/2025 22:50

She's gone on a bear hunt.

😁😂😂

EastEndQueen · 03/07/2025 22:53

CBA to read the whole thread but presume this is about King Edwards in Oxford (teddies). Met three from there. Two absolute crushing boorish twats and one lovely, sensitive and thoughtful. All doing pretty well academically. I’m in my late 30s though so may have changed.

EconomyClassRockstar · 03/07/2025 22:53

I'm just imagining the OP coming back to the thread and thinking, "WOW! So many replies" and then opening the thread and.....😱😱😱

Mansionscoldandgrey · 03/07/2025 22:54

Philandbill · 03/07/2025 22:47

Anybody else think that OP has run for the hills? 😂

She's having a Pooh

Shenmen · 03/07/2025 22:54

Zippp · 03/07/2025 22:02

Is this St Edward’s Oxford? It took the rich but middling kids from my son’s prep school who hadn’t got into MCS or boarding schools.

I went to a comp in Oxford. We called the St Edwards kids " the Tim nice but dim". However they werent nice they were always the most sexist and snobby twats.

AnnoyedAsAllHeck · 03/07/2025 22:55

MagdaLenor · 03/07/2025 19:18

Good evening. I am starting a campaign "Free Pink Pauline" . She has been locked in a cupboard since 1968, which is surely a cruel and unusual punishment.
Who will support this cause?

Im Innocent Teddy Bear GIF

We should start a GoGundMe for Pink Pauline so she can use it to buy her freedom, hire a lawyer and sue her jailer for false imprisonment!

FREE PINK PAULINE!!!!

lifeonmars100 · 03/07/2025 22:57

MagdaLenor · 03/07/2025 22:19

I'm organising a marathon and a concert at Wembley.

😂 looking forward to the merch

ErrolTheDragon · 03/07/2025 23:00

EastEndQueen · 03/07/2025 22:53

CBA to read the whole thread but presume this is about King Edwards in Oxford (teddies). Met three from there. Two absolute crushing boorish twats and one lovely, sensitive and thoughtful. All doing pretty well academically. I’m in my late 30s though so may have changed.

That may well be what the OP was about but it’s not what the thread is aboutGrin

ruethewhirl · 03/07/2025 23:01

user1476613140 · 03/07/2025 21:51

Oh come on now MN - reinstate the laugh emoji pleeease🙏 this thread is hilarious 😂 🤣🤣

Edited

Totally! 😂And also, this thread should be in Classics.

Sophiehoney · 03/07/2025 23:04

OP, I feel for you, you came on here to ask a simple question and everyone is just being silly.

I can't bear to see it. I think you should tell them all to get stuffed.

CarpetKnees · 03/07/2025 23:04

I wish MN hadn't taken away the laughing emoji - SO many brilliant pasts on here.

I want to save this thread, to put a link to it on all the weekly threads that new posters start, moaning about how mean everyone on MN is.
This is what I love to read.

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