tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post5398955557785837652..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: 'Catherine does not lack ability, only the will to use it.' Catherine JohnsonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-44457804182121749192009-03-16T15:27:00.000+00:002009-03-16T15:27:00.000+00:00Oddly (it seems, for a writer) I remember quite en...Oddly (it seems, for a writer) I remember quite enjoying school. But my father, who was a teacher (elsewhere), used to delight in dreaming up the most scathing report comments that one could reasonably get away with. The wittier, the better.<BR/><BR/>'Absent-minded when present; usually has the presence of mind to be absent.'<BR/><BR/>'A workmanlike performance.' (Think about it...)<BR/><BR/>(Geography): 'James does well to find his way home.'<BR/><BR/>I'm sure most of them were apocryphal. I hope they were.Nick Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307045090887391553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-81515581376289904202009-03-14T16:29:00.000+00:002009-03-14T16:29:00.000+00:00I wouldn't be a school kid at any time.I wouldn't be a school kid at any time.Brian Keaneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17754984212153946279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-54837386200866026422009-03-14T08:52:00.000+00:002009-03-14T08:52:00.000+00:00I wouldn't be a school kid these days. They work s...I wouldn't be a school kid these days. They work so hard and the pressure (not encouragement) to succeed comes from a great height. The feeling seems to be that if you don't achieve at that stage you're doomed.Jon Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04299901366453310075noreply@blogger.com