The dark castle loomed above the Valley of Holiness where hermits and prophets had pitched their tents. Dearil peered down until he saw him: a tall, painfully thin figure in worn-out dungarees walking with a restrained swagger. Can You Tell a Story in … 37 … Continue reading Inspired by Mark Twain and Terry Pratchett
Education had been easy.
Learning things had been harder.
Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on.
Terry Pratchett, Hogfather
[DEATH is looking for a change of careers so he goes to a vocational guidance officer]
"It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever,’ he said. ‘Have you thought of going into teaching?’
DEATH’s face was a mask of terror. Well, it was always a mask of terror, but this time he meant it to be.
Terry Pratchett, Mort
“You know, you sound a very educated man for a barbarian,” said Rincewind.
“Oh, dear me, I didn’t start out a barbarian. I used to be a school teacher. [...]”
“What did you teach?”
“Geography. [...]. But I decided to give it up and make a living by the sword.”
“After being a teacher all your life?”
“It did mean a change of perspective, yes.”
“But … well … surely … the privation, the terrible hazards, the daily risk of death…”
Mr. Saveloy brightened up. “Oh, you’ve been a teacher, have you?”
Terry Pratchett, Interesting times
Wednesday Quotes: Teachers/Mentors
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“High-wire forest adventure course” is the highfalutin name for a rope climbing course in the woods. It seems to be more fun when the leaves are out for the actual active people. For the photographers on the ground the leaves make taking pictures much more difficult. Finding the right people in a sea of green for starters.
A free Monochrome Madness week, free – to choose but not free of moss.
There once was a woman who had set her heartOn becoming a Harriett. She gave it a start:She came and she ran,She drank and she sang.And because of her skills they named her Jelly Tart. Laughing along with a Limerick: Jelly PS: A Harriett is … Continue reading A True Story from H3
but it is also so much fun!
If you don’t know what you’re looking at, don’t worry. The dust is flour, any liquid you might spot is beer.
in German just as in American English. But in the UK they are known as crisps.
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