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I am trying to recall the name of one of the most feared teachers at CH. He was a French teacher who appeared to keep very much to himself. He was very strict and gave vocabulary tests which had excessive consequences if they were failed. I am sure he had a French sounding name.
Anyway, I have had cause to appreciate his discipline... even after 20 years I can still remember a fair bit of French and it has come in handy on a number of occasions.
Anyway, I have had cause to appreciate his discipline... even after 20 years I can still remember a fair bit of French and it has come in handy on a number of occasions.
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Re: French teacher
Louis Bardou?Tim_MaA_MidB wrote:I am trying to recall the name of one of the most feared teachers at CH. He was a French teacher who appeared to keep very much to himself. He was very strict and gave vocabulary tests which had excessive consequences if they were failed. I am sure he had a French sounding name.
Anyway, I have had cause to appreciate his discipline... even after 20 years I can still remember a fair bit of French and it has come in handy on a number of occasions.
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I had the dubious pleasure in later CH years to be guardianed by a man who was brought up in France, served with de Gaulle in London and was fluent though he never spoke it in the house.
He interviewed my French teacher (name forgotten) and concluded that the man had not the slightest competence in the language. A year later I passsed O level after a different teacher and the said guardian found the paper very difficult (so did I)!
Looking back, the standard was way ahead of what I now have to speak day in, day out. OTOH, my daugfhter got Spanish GCSE and cannot string a simple sentence together. Standards have slipped.
He interviewed my French teacher (name forgotten) and concluded that the man had not the slightest competence in the language. A year later I passsed O level after a different teacher and the said guardian found the paper very difficult (so did I)!
Looking back, the standard was way ahead of what I now have to speak day in, day out. OTOH, my daugfhter got Spanish GCSE and cannot string a simple sentence together. Standards have slipped.
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When I was at school I went to Louis Bardou's wedding in Worth Abbey - I've no idea why I went - it might have been something to do with the choir - but I remember thinking - WOW - there's hope for everyone!!
It is odd when you see someone "out of context".....makes you see the human side...
I was more scared of Farrar tho' .
It is odd when you see someone "out of context".....makes you see the human side...
I was more scared of Farrar tho' .
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Aaah, yes, I remember his wife, Ruth. She used to play the timpani in the Horsham Orchestra.Rory wrote:When I was at school I went to Louis Bardou's wedding in Worth Abbey - I've no idea why I went - it might have been something to do with the choir - but I remember thinking - WOW - there's hope for everyone!!
It is odd when you see someone "out of context".....makes you see the human side...
I was more scared of Farrar tho' .
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Thee's got'n where thee cassn't back'n, hassn't?
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I think it was -When were you in the choir, then? Must've been when you were a junior.
DBTS just mentioned Arthur Rider - he was really old. I mentioned him just yesterday to my daughter because a teacher at her school had given her a strange name - and I mentioned that once, many years ago, this really old man decided, for no good reason, to call me "brickdust".