My favourite book of all time is "Molesworth", written by one genius (Geoffrey Willans) and illustrated by another (Ronald Searle). In one of the priceless episodes our hero Molesworth has a daydream in which he finds himself together with other "lusty skolars" in an Elizabethan college run by a psychopath called Doctor Kurdling.
Our hero argues with the evil doctor about the existence of America, and gets six of the best with the cane -- after which Kurdling says: "...that will teach you not to alter the ignorance of a lifetime!"
Here endeth the parable for today........
....and then there's always Sue Townsend's "The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole", one of whose books was serialised last week on Radio 4 at bedtime.
ReplyDeleteMy wife has just told me that the last book is sub- titled "The Prostate Years"!
Are teachers still allowed to instill learning by walloping pupils on the back of the head with a copy of the OED?;After a run up that would make Joel Garner envious?
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