Bob W-PDML wrote: >On 14 Feb 2015, at 20:58, John <[email protected]> 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
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