"the whole endless, disturbing discussion on what precisely Alec did to Tess"
??!! I mean; ??!! We had a GCSE science teacher a bit like that; you know, with a slightly...unhealthy enthusiasm for certain facets of the subject. The teacher who taught us DH Lawrence was sort of the opposite; she looked as if she was going to die of shame at times depending on how, er, forthright, the particular bit of text under discussion was. The net effect was the more or less the same, however; not much actual education getting done at the end of the day. Now, the other English teacher we had was the one who got me into Christopher Marlowe (who I came to think of as Shakespeare's funnier, more evil twin), so I have that much to thank her for.
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??!! I mean; ??!! We had a GCSE science teacher a bit like that; you know, with a slightly...unhealthy enthusiasm for certain facets of the subject. The teacher who taught us DH Lawrence was sort of the opposite; she looked as if she was going to die of shame at times depending on how, er, forthright, the particular bit of text under discussion was. The net effect was the more or less the same, however; not much actual education getting done at the end of the day. Now, the other English teacher we had was the one who got me into Christopher Marlowe (who I came to think of as Shakespeare's funnier, more evil twin), so I have that much to thank her for.