A-levels are a Waste of Time

“Timms, I never understand poetry. But learn it now, know it now and you’ll understand it whenever.

Examinations are the enemy of education

Was against the idea of students going to Oxford because “other boys want to go there”

the real name is Douglas

could hit students

teaches everything academically

“They know their stuff. Plainly stated and properly organized facts need no presentation”

What's the teacher's name whose nickname is Tot or Totty?

“these days teachers just remember the books they discovered and loved as students and shove them on the syllabus. Then they wonder thy their pupils aren’t keen as they are”