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French lessons become a source of classroom comedy in Max O'Rell's recollections of British schoolboys. Writing in English to preserve the flavour of conversations and anecdotes set in England, he mixes personal reminiscence with observations on teaching. The contents range from his arrival in London to examinations, cricket, debating societies and the habits of pupils. The teacher's voice connects these varied scenes, bringing practical concerns about learning into the comic anecdotes.
In the language lessons, ingenious wrong answers often reveal as much about the examiner as about the boy. An argument over the grammatical gender of a French noun turns into a dispute about wit and punishment, while other pupils invent elaborate explanations for familiar words. These humorous sketches offer readers interested in education and language a view of how students respond to rules, and how a teacher's patience can be tested by their imagination.
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Book facts
- Author
- Max O'Rell
- Reading time
- About 2 hours
- Pages
- 119
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Educational
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- PDF, EPUB, Read online