I was never a great student of French. The 4th Form had a French teacher who came in once a week. She was overbearing and relentless from our point of view. A common practice was to demonstrate mastery of a lesson by writing on the black board. Felicity Knight preceded me on one occasion to break down a French verb. She got it right and received praise for her efforts. The teacher then called me to the blackboard to perform the same task. I must confess a total blank. I noticed as I picked up the chalk that Felicity had covered for me because she did not erase her efforts completely thus enabling me to also complete the task successfully. The teacher was amazed because I was awful at French. She was so happy she awarded Hanover house 5 blue points.
I mentioned before that the school had 4 forms and 4 houses crossing all the forms. I was assigned to Hanover. Teachers awarded blue points for rewards and red points for sub standard performance. I collected a number of red points in French usually one at a time. Fortunately my other subjects were much better resulting in sufficient blue points to counter balance French.
I don’t think a class enjoys anything more that getting over on a teacher they don’t particularly like.
I mentioned before that the school had 4 forms and 4 houses crossing all the forms. I was assigned to Hanover. Teachers awarded blue points for rewards and red points for sub standard performance. I collected a number of red points in French usually one at a time. Fortunately my other subjects were much better resulting in sufficient blue points to counter balance French.
I don’t think a class enjoys anything more that getting over on a teacher they don’t particularly like.
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