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Could Do Even Better More School Reports of the Great and the Good
Catherine Hurley has once again unearthed the reports of celebrities past and present, and put together an eclectic collection of highly amusing and insightful comments from their school days. Pablo Picasso ended up spending most of his time following the headmaster's attractive wife around "like a puppy," and Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, was warned of being ruined by the ladies. Jeffrey Archer recalled, "I was allowed to ring the bell for five minutes until everyone was in assembly. It was the beginning of power."
111 pages, Hardcover
First published November 1, 2004
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January 29, 2012
I can empathise very well with this book because I feel sure that the phrase of the title was often applied to me during my schooldays!
It follows in the footsteps of the first volume of its kind and is just as interesting.
One comment in Sheridan Morley's report rings vaguely true with me as I feel sure, although it was never written on any of my reports, that it applied to myself. It reads, 'Morley is trying in every sense of the word.' I'm sure I was too!
My parents never ripped up a report, although they may have felt that they should have done (when I took them home I always kept them hidden until just before the return to school so that my parents had to sign them quickly to let me get on my way - they didn't have too much time to read them!). Fleur Adcock's mother did rip up one of her daughter's reports because she was not happy with it. The consequences were that Fleur returned to a deserted school one day early because the re-start date had been destroyed!
Perhaps a comment in Kathy Lette's report also has some bearing on my schooldays because it reads, 'It is regrettable that Kathryn sees her class role as that of resident entertainment officer.' Regrettable? What is regrettable about that???
Finally I do like the comment in Lynne Truss' report that says, 'Inclined to fussiness.' I love her books and her fussiness, particularly her (correct) fussiness over punctuation!
The book provides a fascinating look at the schooldays of some of the great and good ... and reading it makes one feel a little better about one's own reports.
It follows in the footsteps of the first volume of its kind and is just as interesting.
One comment in Sheridan Morley's report rings vaguely true with me as I feel sure, although it was never written on any of my reports, that it applied to myself. It reads, 'Morley is trying in every sense of the word.' I'm sure I was too!
My parents never ripped up a report, although they may have felt that they should have done (when I took them home I always kept them hidden until just before the return to school so that my parents had to sign them quickly to let me get on my way - they didn't have too much time to read them!). Fleur Adcock's mother did rip up one of her daughter's reports because she was not happy with it. The consequences were that Fleur returned to a deserted school one day early because the re-start date had been destroyed!
Perhaps a comment in Kathy Lette's report also has some bearing on my schooldays because it reads, 'It is regrettable that Kathryn sees her class role as that of resident entertainment officer.' Regrettable? What is regrettable about that???
Finally I do like the comment in Lynne Truss' report that says, 'Inclined to fussiness.' I love her books and her fussiness, particularly her (correct) fussiness over punctuation!
The book provides a fascinating look at the schooldays of some of the great and good ... and reading it makes one feel a little better about one's own reports.
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