"Listen to me or I'll break your legs"
- Steve Thompson
Dear Sir. Not sir. It's automatic.
Sorry Steve. Dear Steve. I'm fed
On seven years of autocratic
Tiffinisms: "genuflect
to teachers." Seven years' emphatic
Faire-sans-dire still in my head.
Dear Steve. Your style was more dramatic
you taught life and art instead:
Stoppard, condoms, mathematics,
goatee beards and Berthold Brecht
and Bigmouth Strikes Again, such is
what you gave us, plus the threat
of a half a term on crutches
for ignoring you. Dear Steve - respect.
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For Steve Thompson's 40th birthday.
I went to Tiffin Boys' School in Kingston. Faire sans dire was the motto, one the staff cheerfully translated as 'shut up and get on with it'. Teachers were addressed as Sir, and success was an Oxbridge place. Kids who get in have their names written in gold on the wall of the main hall, together with Head Boys and Sandhurst graduates. Steve Thompson - Mr Thompson - was my teacher, and eloquently embodied the polar opposite of those attitudes. I don't think I can ever thank him enough for that. (No-one forgets a good teacher was the slogan for the government's teacher-recruitment-drive a year or two back) (Thanks also to Ashleigh, Chris, Claire and most of all, of course, Mac, for getting this out of my head and into words that rhyme a bit) Daily DeviationGiven 2008-08-02It is my absolute honor to feature No-one forgets a good teacher by ~LazyLinePainterJohn. It has long been one of my favorites, both for style and for subject matter, and I think it captures the complicated love-hate-love-respect we encounter as we recall, with trepidation or wonder, those who inspired us to be better. (Featured by `GeneratingHype) |
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Zim (on lice): I would just like to say, if I *were* a member of an alien species, which I am NOT! huh, huh, I would just like to take this opportunity and say, FILTHY HUMANS!!! It is obvious who the superior race is!
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"You were once shoved headfirst through someone's vagina. Why are you acting so dignified?"
xkcd #291
pieces of literature like this so
outstanding, at least to me, is
the personalization involved in
the writing. Seeing as how most
writing is more, open towards
casting a relatable view into the
audience, the fact that this kind
of literature makes for a great
read, despite my having no experience
in this particular situation, is wondrous
indeed.
I think I could talk for days
about this subject.
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Awesome
It's great to read something by you after so long.
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I love the start-stopping of the first lines.
Masterful, as always.
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Just brilliant. It embodies the relationship perfectly.
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