school

of the old school

if someone is of the old school, they have traditional ideas about how to do something and they do not accept new ways of doing it. She was a teacher of the old school and believed in strict discipline.

See also: old

the old school tie

the way in which men who have been to the same expensive private school help each other to find good jobs. The old school tie still has enormous power in many City companies.

See also: old, tie

the school of hard knocks

learning through difficult experiences. An early training in the school of hard knocks was good preparation for a career in politics.

See also: hard, knock

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teach school

to instruct students in a school. Buller left journalism to teach school, and he wrote several books about his experiences.

See also: teach