On 14 Feb 2015, at 20:58, John <sesso...@earthlink.net> wrote: > >> On 2/14/2015 3:11 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: >> On 14/2/15, Malcolm Smith, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>> For my English Literature 'O' Levels (or whatever the exams are called this >>> week for those of around 16 years of age), I got a book of short stories. A >>> few years later, my friend's brother, a few years younger than us, got the >>> Hitchhiker's Guide. I don't think anyone in his class got anything lower >>> than a 'B' grade, and most of them, before they knew that would be the book >>> for the syllabus, could quote whole chunks of the book from memory. Lucky >>> b*****ds. >> >> Malcolm, in my sophomore year at (American) high school, I did a >> semester course called 'Predictive Literature'. It was basically reading >> and writing science fiction, and counted towards to overall English >> grades required. 6 months of sci-fi! This was 1975/6. >> >> We repatriated in 76 and I was landed into O levels and The Grapes of >> bleedin Wrath.......... :-( > > Lucky you! We had to read the Scarlet Letter & Moby Dick that year. > > ... and it was five miles uphill both ways through knee-deep snow! >
You were lucky. I had Scarlet Dick that year B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
