*Takes hat off and bows* - I never got that far! I do remember being surprised when I came across views seriously held that there was doubt in the matter: I took Tey and Alan Grant as unarguable.
This next para links also to a Cricket Term thread. My history teacher was a Miss Cromwell (don't mean that was her name, but her character). Fierce, unyielding: and at the start of my LIVth year, I was terrified of her. She was also utterly inspiring and required the highest standards, and spurred me on to improve, not simply my writing about history, but the useful academic skills (in those days) of being able to write legibly and check one's spelling in a dictionary if unsure. By the end of the year I was in the Miranda position of being the one she smiled at when I wasn't so cowed.
She was disdainful of my having read some Jean Plaidy and said if I liked reading history I should try The Daughter of Time. A bit disappointing at first, but then I got into it - and unwittingly she also introduced me to crime writing thereby!
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Re: Patrick's views on the Vatican II reforms?
Date: 2015-02-18 08:06 am (UTC)This next para links also to a Cricket Term thread. My history teacher was a Miss Cromwell (don't mean that was her name, but her character). Fierce, unyielding: and at the start of my LIVth year, I was terrified of her. She was also utterly inspiring and required the highest standards, and spurred me on to improve, not simply my writing about history, but the useful academic skills (in those days) of being able to write legibly and check one's spelling in a dictionary if unsure. By the end of the year I was in the Miranda position of being the one she smiled at when I wasn't so cowed.
She was disdainful of my having read some Jean Plaidy and said if I liked reading history I should try The Daughter of Time. A bit disappointing at first, but then I got into it - and unwittingly she also introduced me to crime writing thereby!