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I go to an English Boarding School and NONE of us are like this

posted 15 years ago by jess_lloyd8
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Grr, does this film annoy me.
I go to an english boarding school (I don't board) and

A)None of us dress like 70 year old women, our shirts are untucked, our skirts are short- we act more like the Poppy character

B) None of us (Apart from the odd few) talk like them AT ALL and we all know what FYI and MANI-PEDI means

C) None of us give a *beep* if we get screamed out by the "Matron" (No one's used that word in ages) and if she was to turn the light off, we'd turn it back on and not get worried about getting told off.

D) Also, no boarding school I know of has a room full of baths that all the girls share?!?! what the hell?!?!? They have shower cubicles instead and seperate bathrooms.

Phew, rant over.

[–] LilRed_RoRo 15 years ago

Well clearly the film wasn't about your school then...

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[–] el-526 15 years ago

You really don't need to get so worked up. I live in Australia and we're always getting overly and inaccurately stereotyped but I don't mind. Most people know it's not accurate, and those steryotypes are really only used for entertainment.

[–] coffinia 15 years ago

I hear you there, Swedes get stereotyped ALL THE TIME. Ever heard of busty blondes who has sex with you on a drop of a hat and says "Ja! Ja!" in a german accent? That's apparently a swedish girl. And I do believe we have some brunettes as well.

So yeah, it's irritating, but it happens all the time. It actually gets funny once you get past the annoyance.

[–] DrownMySorrow 15 years ago

The whole "the boarding school in the movie isn't like my boarding school" is kinda random. And the movie is FICTIONAL, hence the fact that nothing is realistic.
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P.P.P.S. Lol. I kinda laughed at the Swedish comment above me. I am good friends with a girl who was born in Sweden, and she comments on the sex thing ALL the time. And she isn't blonde either, so she rants about that as well.

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[–] kmccabe- 15 years ago

"busty blondes who has sex with you on a drop of a hat and says "Ja! Ja!" in a german accent"

Well that's one stereotype I do believe in. Or maybe I just want it to be true. Either way, please allow us our little delusions.

[–] cakesybabyy 15 years ago

its a film !! , its not supposed to be realistic. If it was realistic the film wouldn't be half as good :)

[–] i_love_OVIE 15 years ago

yeah, im american..unfortunately there are some girls like poppy, but the VAST majority of us don't act remotely close to how she acts.

i actually love watching movies that stereotype americans in some way, i think they're all hilarious

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[–] tinydogfan 15 years ago

Well when I lived in l.a up until last year pretty much everybody was snooty.

[–] i_love_OVIE 15 years ago

yeah im not gonna argue with that, im an east coast girl though, most of us are pretty down to earth.

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[–] pulps_suede 15 years ago

This film feeds on sterotypes, lol, i went to a bording school, it was nothing like this, there are some simerlarities, but not many. Lol, its not an overly good film, its just abit of fun. I doubt anyone would take those sterotypes of either America or England as a correct portrayal, and if they do, they are an idiot.
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[–] mareyk288 15 years ago

My goodness...look at how Hollywood portrays Americans! No nationality is safe.

[–] relish_melish 15 years ago

Like everyone else has already said, the movie isn't trying to be realistic. The characters and scenarios in a movie are all just part of a made-up "reality" that the writer created for the film.

When I first watched this, I thought to myself that it all seemed very exaggerated, and I didn't once take any of the stereotypes seriously or form any conclusions about English people from them (I'm a 19yo Aussie girl, and boy are we Aussies stereotyped in movies lol!!).

But anyways, it's just a movie, and I think we're all giving it just a little bit too much thought lol.

[–] elisebm 15 years ago

Well, what country one is from does not necessarily make you a certain kind of a person. I am American/Norwegian and I live in Norway. Trust me, there are "Poppys" in Norway too and there are "Harriets" in the US. Because the majority of movies are made in the US, we get the image of the US as perfect and glamorous. Everyone is wearing the seasons's Marc Jacobs bag along with their Jimmy Choo's.. I've been to 22 states, and I've learned that what you see in movies is only meant as entertainment and not to be as accurate as possible. Another thing is that teenagers across the world are very similar, especially in the west.

And I doubt that British people look that much down on Americans. As I said, it's not the country that you're from that matters, but how you act.
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[–] i_love_OVIE 15 years ago

well said. :)

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[–] duryodhana 15 years ago

its OK , movies tend to push sterotypes, I live in India and i neither fly on a magic carpet nor live in a slum.

[–] doubl3 8 years ago

That would be fun flying on magic carpets, though.

[–] to_good-ya_mate 15 years ago

You're cool aren't ya.

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[–] TheTimeLady 15 years ago

I go to a boarding/CoEd school as well, and i agree, my school is the oppisite to this one.

1. We go on rampages in the middle of the night for food

2 .We don't hide our phones from our housemistress nor do we have to hand them in

3. Like you, we really DO NOT CARE if the person on duty shouts the *beep* out of herself, because we'll carry on talking when she's gone

4 We have high heels, thin tights, short skirts and none of us wear our blazers or jumpers unless we are about to freeze to death

5.We have a bathroom for four, but we have seperate shower cubicals and toilets
This is all from my freind who does board...

I HATE THIS FILM!!!!

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[–] tigersaresexy 15 years ago

Hating a movie just because it stereotypes your people is the stupidest thing I have ever heard in my life.

Im of Indian decent, I think we are stereotyped hilariously.
Shockingly we dont all do that litle head bob and go 'Thank you come again' everytime someone leaves a room...lol

[–] SawyerScott 15 years ago

Its a movie, just because that's how your school doesn't mean that this school isn't!

[–] innersmiff 15 years ago

I just thought the film generally portrays Britain in general completely wrong.

The boarding school thing, the way we speak and our lifestyle are nothing like this film.

You guys are defending a racist film.

Racist.

[–] bugsboom 15 years ago

so in other words your school is more like St. Trinians? LOL.

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[–] HiiItsMe 15 years ago

Well clearly the film wasn't about your school then...

OP: get over it. It's a FILM, do you really care?

to innersmith:

You guys are defending a racist film.

Racist.

all i can say is LOL
how can you say this film is racist in ANY way?!

[–] innersmiff 15 years ago

HiiItsMe
Easy

Girl goes to kiss Alex Pettyfer, he backs away.

"Are you gay?"
"No, just English"

All English people are frigid then?

Racism

[–] shewolfinlondon 15 years ago

Sorry, but since when is 'English' a race?

Nationality, not race. Think.

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[–] amzywamzy23 15 years ago

personally i saw this film as just a mickey take of american and English/Scottish stereotypes. It wasnt trying to be accurate. The boarding school was a stereotype the audience can engage in. The american diva girl who gets transformed was a character often seen on TV so you can at least recognise the type.

I did think some of the girls interactions were quite natural sometimes. And i definately know a girl like Drippy so it not completely inaccurate just extremely exaggerated to the point of comedy which im pretty sure was the point.

Try not to be offended or think about it too much. You'll just get a headache trying to work out substance that isnt there.

[–] innersmiff 15 years ago

If you want to get into vocabulary, I'm not interested.

If its not racism, it's discrimination. This is worse than stereotyping.

I feel offended as I watch.

It is wrong that people think this entertainment.

[–] cityforever1974 15 years ago

It's a perception fed to Americans who are eager to believe it because they seldom travel and almost never live abroad.

[–] Tiffany1567 10 years ago

No, it's stereotyped because that's what make it funny, since hello the American's in the film were very stereotyped also. Since, I don't know one American who acts like they did.

I've actually lived in other countries and been to many, the purpose of the film was to be funny and entertaining.

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[–] xHeffalump 15 years ago

What concerns me is that the posters who are claiming to be from boarding schools seem almost proud to be acting like Poppy's character.

From my experience, girls who attend single sex, "posh", private schools, boarding or not, are all the same. No, they are not all prim and proper who dress conservatively. In fact, they are far more wild in comparison to those who attend regular schools, because they feel a need to rebel against the "goody-two-shoes, snobby private school girl" image.

Unfortunately, it fails, as people STILL see them as stuck-up and snobby (not saying that this is OK, of course).

I spent a few years at an all-girls' private school and it was the best few years of my life - the students had more life, a real sense of adventure and character to them in comparison to the public schools I went to.

What I did feel was depressing though, was how many of them attempted to fit in with society's "norm" behaviour, which as it stands, is crude, vulgar, and degenerative. These private schools girls are given the best opportunities in terms of education, they're constantly taught how to behave properly and speak correctly. They're given all the tools they need to become functional, successful members of society, so why they attempt to reject this and lower themselves to such a level, I do not understand.

[–] HiiItsMe 15 years ago

i cant understand how someone could feel discriminated against or racially offended by this film in any way! its ridiculous imo, its just a light, entertaining film

[–] innersmiff 15 years ago

Well, I was, thus preventing me from being entertained by it.

Even if I was to put that aside, the film is poorly made anyhow.

[–] HiiItsMe 15 years ago

innersmiff, i find that ridiculous-are you very over sensitive??

[–] innersmiff 15 years ago

Not necessarily. It's not that I can't handle people taking the pee out of British people, I just hate these damnned blasted stereotypes being portrayed to us and expecting us to laugh and go "HA LOOK HOW DIFFERENT WE ARE TO THEM! LOOOL".

I didn't find it funny, that's the biggest insult the film gave me.