For my English Literature GCE, we read "Who Dares Wins", a story about a British soldier in Greece following the collapse in 1941, "Macbeth", and collection of poetry, the title or content of which my mind refuses to recall. I remember the first book as a great story and an exciting read for a 15-year old: amazingly, I also loved the Shakespeare, and can still quote a few passages. Perhaps the examiners were getting more flexible than before in the content chosen for study?
THHGTTG I have read twice - it's quirky and can be smile inducing, but not laugh-out-loud funny. John in Brisbane -----Original Message----- From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Malcolm Smith Sent: Sunday, 15 February 2015 2:57 PM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: An artists rendition of what a finished FF Pentax may look like. Steve Cottrell wrote: > Malcolm, in my sophomore year at (American) high school, I did a > semester course called 'Predictive Literature'. It was basically > reading and writing science fiction, and counted towards to overall > English grades required. 6 months of sci-fi! This was 1975/6. > > We repatriated in 76 and I was landed into O levels and The Grapes of > bleedin Wrath.......... :-( For our sins, my year got a collection of short stories by D H Lawrence. In fairness, I quite enjoyed them and I read them again about a decade ago with such joys as 'The Rocking-Horse Winner' and 'The Man Who Loved Islands'. However, at the age of 15/16, I would have much preferred your options! Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
