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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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OverheardInAWhisper · 03/07/2025 23:07

We’ve got it all wrong — it’s not teddies, it’s teddies.

Do Teddies have kids who struggle academically?
Mansionscoldandgrey · 03/07/2025 23:08

ErrolTheDragon · 03/07/2025 23:00

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

Perhaps we should panda to her and start being serious 😁

IdaGlossop · 03/07/2025 23:10

OverheardInAWhisper · 03/07/2025 23:07

We’ve got it all wrong — it’s not teddies, it’s teddies.

Oh dear. Silly everyone 🤩

Mansionscoldandgrey · 03/07/2025 23:11

OverheardInAWhisper · 03/07/2025 23:07

We’ve got it all wrong — it’s not teddies, it’s teddies.

So underbear, not stuffed toys?

Sophiehoney · 03/07/2025 23:11

Mansionscoldandgrey · 03/07/2025 23:08

Perhaps we should panda to her and start being serious 😁

I just don't think the OP is on my wavelength though. Polar opposites.

OverheardInAWhisper · 03/07/2025 23:12

IdaGlossop · 03/07/2025 23:10

Oh dear. Silly everyone 🤩

Or these.

Do Teddies have kids who struggle academically?
3luckystars · 03/07/2025 23:17

Bearly anybody has answered her actual question though. I hope she doesn’t bear a grudge for all these silly responses.

MagpieCastle · 03/07/2025 23:19

Teddies here tend to be total numptys. Their picnics are, at best, average (suspect the sausage rolls are supermarket bought) and their honey related table manners are appalling. On the other hand, post A levels, most tend to pretty quickly end up as high court judges or married to minor aristocracy, so...

ErrolTheDragon · 03/07/2025 23:23

3luckystars · 03/07/2025 23:17

Bearly anybody has answered her actual question though. I hope she doesn’t bear a grudge for all these silly responses.

probably more answers re the school strewn amidst posters toying with the thread than if she’d given the school its full name.

IdaGlossop · 03/07/2025 23:24

OverheardInAWhisper · 03/07/2025 23:12

Or these.

Who is the target market for this delightful ensemble?

Sophiehoney · 03/07/2025 23:26

ErrolTheDragon · 03/07/2025 23:23

probably more answers re the school strewn amidst posters toying with the thread than if she’d given the school its full name.

Oh for God's sake, I thought of "toying" opened this thread to add my beautifully witty pun and see you got your paws on it first.

You're not invited to my picnic

Sixtygoingonthirty · 03/07/2025 23:27

MrsTerryPratchett · 03/07/2025 18:06

They struggle academically but they do throw a mean picnic.

🤣🤣🤣

lifeonmars100 · 03/07/2025 23:31

If ever a thread warranted the reinstatement of the laugh emoji it is this one. I have shrieked with laughter, that teddy underwear set, imagine get kitted out in that in this weather!

lifeonmars100 · 03/07/2025 23:33

julietteoubliette · 03/07/2025 20:35

The ice cream van that comes around our estate plays it and it terrifies me! Such a creepy tune

That would freak me out, I would be expecting to see Pennywise driving it and the Child Catcher riding shotgun

lifeonmars100 · 03/07/2025 23:37

AnnoyedAsAllHeck · 03/07/2025 22:55

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!!!!

Those who are not with us are against us!

Roomforapony · 03/07/2025 23:39

Absentmindedsmile · 03/07/2025 18:20

Wait. Is Today the Day?

😂 You win 🏆

Manova14 · 03/07/2025 23:39

*cubs

Roomforapony · 03/07/2025 23:40

BIWI · 03/07/2025 18:26

They have growlers though.

🤣🤣🤣

Somethingsnapped · 03/07/2025 23:40

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.

Crushing boorish twats!!? 😱

Where did they come from... The bottom of the toy basket at a charity shop?

OverheardInAWhisper · 03/07/2025 23:41

IdaGlossop · 03/07/2025 23:24

Who is the target market for this delightful ensemble?

I think it was on one of those sites selling ‘kawaii’ Japanese stuff like unicorn frilly socks, poo emoji pillows and a cover that makes your computer keyboard look like tiny little bap buns.

lifeonmars100 · 03/07/2025 23:42

MagpieCastle · 03/07/2025 23:19

Teddies here tend to be total numptys. Their picnics are, at best, average (suspect the sausage rolls are supermarket bought) and their honey related table manners are appalling. On the other hand, post A levels, most tend to pretty quickly end up as high court judges or married to minor aristocracy, so...

And Stieff bears just live off their trust funds as they are the arisocrats of the teddy world

MsFogi · 03/07/2025 23:46

OP YABVU - furries have no place in schools!!

IdaGlossop · 03/07/2025 23:50

OverheardInAWhisper · 03/07/2025 23:41

I think it was on one of those sites selling ‘kawaii’ Japanese stuff like unicorn frilly socks, poo emoji pillows and a cover that makes your computer keyboard look like tiny little bap buns.

All products that show we have reached the nadir of capitalism.

Roomforapony · 03/07/2025 23:57

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?

🙋🏼‍♀️

Roomforapony · 03/07/2025 23:58

EmpressaurusKitty · 03/07/2025 19:18

It’s ok. She says she was registered female over 50 years ago at the toy shop.

PHEW.

🥹

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