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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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MagdaLenor · 03/07/2025 19:06

EmpressaurusKitty · 03/07/2025 19:04

Maybe that’s why it’s safer to stay at home.

Quite. Bog standard comprehensive it is.

EmpressaurusKitty · 03/07/2025 19:06

My teddy came to university with me but she wasn’t much help with essays.

CallMeDaphne · 03/07/2025 19:07

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.

Yes, but only if at six o’clock their Mummies and Daddies don’t take them home to bed.

RichardOsmanTheSecond · 03/07/2025 19:07

Are the teddies and furries like The Jets and The Sharks?

MyUmberSeal · 03/07/2025 19:07

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!

There’s always one.

Namechangerage · 03/07/2025 19:08

I don’t think teddies have kids

comedia mr bean GIF
oncemoreuntothebeachdearfriends · 03/07/2025 19:08

EmpressaurusKitty · 03/07/2025 19:06

My teddy came to university with me but she wasn’t much help with essays.

So he identifies as a female ?

CaptainMyCaptain · 03/07/2025 19:09

MyUmberSeal · 03/07/2025 19:07

There’s always one.

It's true though.

MagdaLenor · 03/07/2025 19:09

soupyspoon · 03/07/2025 18:20

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

Usually estate agents or presenting kids' TV.

MyUmberSeal · 03/07/2025 19:09

DirtyPeepingMucklowe · 03/07/2025 19:06

Naughty Ted — pissed about for three years at uni, now spends his days on the checkout dicking about.

I wish we still had the laugh emoji 🤣

EmpressaurusKitty · 03/07/2025 19:10

oncemoreuntothebeachdearfriends · 03/07/2025 19:08

So he identifies as a female ?

Who says they all have to be male? Don’t go misgendering my teddy!

MagdaLenor · 03/07/2025 19:10

RichardOsmanTheSecond · 03/07/2025 19:07

Are the teddies and furries like The Jets and The Sharks?

I've just met a bear called Maria.

DecidedlyUndecided · 03/07/2025 19:10

My teddies didn't do very well academically because most of their lessons involved taking the register repeatedly.

3luckystars · 03/07/2025 19:11

Yeah, I would press paws on that idea until you do more research.

3luckystars · 03/07/2025 19:11

The thought of them going off to university alone is unbearable.

YYYDlilah · 03/07/2025 19:11

Aren't they teducationally-gifted?

RichardOsmanTheSecond · 03/07/2025 19:12

MagdaLenor · 03/07/2025 19:10

I've just met a bear called Maria.

I had a Zebra called spot.

Shetlands · 03/07/2025 19:12

My teddies are mixed ability, ranging from Quentin who can 'bearly' read to Annunciata who recites Latin poetry while playing a mandolin and captaining the Lacrosse team. We don't mention 'Pink Pauline' as she's been shut in a cupboard since 1968.

MagdaLenor · 03/07/2025 19:12

EmpressaurusKitty · 03/07/2025 19:10

Who says they all have to be male? Don’t go misgendering my teddy!

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That's outrageous, isn't it?
Make sure she/her/hers is on her email signature.

MagdaLenor · 03/07/2025 19:13

Shetlands · 03/07/2025 19:12

My teddies are mixed ability, ranging from Quentin who can 'bearly' read to Annunciata who recites Latin poetry while playing a mandolin and captaining the Lacrosse team. We don't mention 'Pink Pauline' as she's been shut in a cupboard since 1968.

Freedom for Pink Pauline! ✊

oncemoreuntothebeachdearfriends · 03/07/2025 19:13

MagdaLenor · 03/07/2025 19:10

I've just met a bear called Maria.

Say it loud & there's music playing

EmpressaurusKitty · 03/07/2025 19:15

MagdaLenor · 03/07/2025 19:12

That's outrageous, isn't it?
Make sure she/her/hers is on her email signature.

Oh fuck. I’ve never asked her her pronouns.

I was given her on the day I was born & I’ve always just taken it for granted that she’s a girl teddy.

Have I been wrong all this time???????

Thepeopleversuswork · 03/07/2025 19:15

Dear God please move this to the education board. I know what Teddies is because I grew up near it but this poster is going to get her arse handed to her.

oncemoreuntothebeachdearfriends · 03/07/2025 19:15

I just asked Ted if he had a religion, & his growler said something like "Moron".

Not sure if that's his religion, or his opinion of me.

MagdaLenor · 03/07/2025 19:16

EmpressaurusKitty · 03/07/2025 19:15

Oh fuck. I’ve never asked her her pronouns.

I was given her on the day I was born & I’ve always just taken it for granted that she’s a girl teddy.

Have I been wrong all this time???????

not checked pronouns 😲

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