in a crowded field for me this is starmer's worse piece of judgement and his claims about what transpired are not honest.
standards in public life just seem to get worse and worse.
in a crowded field for me this is starmer's worse piece of judgement and his claims about what transpired are not honest.standards in public life just seem to get worse and worse.
I'm not sure if it was the official motto but it was a constant feature in my years at the Math :
"Knowledge is a steep which few may climb, whilst duty is a path that all must tread".
Apparently its a slight rewording of a historical quote by some guy called Lewis Morris. Think he may have been a writer/poet although one of the founding fathers went by that name as well.
Prefects used to delight giving out 50 or 100 "knowledges" instead of lines to us lower oiks for indiscretions, although the main disher out of them was the English teacher, Nick "Ben" Gunn. The quote was seared on my brain given how many times i had to write it out
All ok here thanks jolly, hope you are the same.I'm not sure if it was the official motto but it was a constant feature in my years at the Math :"Knowledge is a steep which few may climb, whilst duty is a path that all must tread".Apparently its a sl
dixie, i wasnt taught by ben gunn but i think i remember the name so he must have still been there when i was. i remember a latin teacher who gave out something similar, i remember them being called 'standard sentences'. for me it is all a bit hazy, you have a much better memory.
dixie, i wasnt taught by ben gunn but i think i remember the name so he must have still been there when i was. i remember a latin teacher who gave out something similar, i remember them being called 'standard sentences'. for me it is all a bit hazy,
jolly, i found a webpage a while back with a load of our old teachers photos on it together with pupils amusing comments unfortunately it seems to have disappeared, it was on a site called abelian.org , i will keep searching.
In the meantime there is a facebook page with a photo of the staff on the main page - just click on it to enlarge it. I reckon this was taken early 80s so it may refresh your memory - see how many you recognise
jolly, i found a webpage a while back with a load of our old teachers photos on it together with pupils amusing comments unfortunately it seems to have disappeared, it was on a site called abelian.org , i will keep searching.In the meantime there is