Was quite overwhelmed by the response to my attempt at school
nostalgia. Many wrote in with their similar experiences. Below is one
from a young friend of mine Alisha Colaco who is a recent graduate in
Fine Arts. I have reproduced and posted her spontaneous responses
verbatim with her permission.
Village schooling in the Seventies
Corporal punishment might suck, but we grew up better muscled
By Cecil Pinto
Jerry Pinto is forty years old. He is fat and brown and is losing
hair. So it says on Page 122 of Favourite Stories for Boys, a lovely
book from Puffin/Penguin. There's a fabulously
