tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post3933452785802214838..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: A Teacher RememberedBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-27247074363828981092007-09-27T14:20:00.000+00:002007-09-27T14:20:00.000+00:00Nige, that's a wonderful tribute. I think everyone...Nige, that's a wonderful tribute. I think everyone who loves to read, who loves beauty, and drama, and culture, has a teacher to thank somewhere. I still remember my 3rd-grade teacher, Mrs. Picard. She used to let me read instead of do the lessons b/c I already knew the math or science she was teaching. She guided me to some good books, too. All auto-didacts begin with a good teacher or mentor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-82765100434391926412007-09-26T11:34:00.000+00:002007-09-26T11:34:00.000+00:00Thank you, everybody, for your comments. There i...Thank you, everybody, for your comments. There is, as I mentioned, a great deal more I could have said about this remarkable man, but I'm glad that what I wrote rang a bell with so many.Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-74398166091091643502007-09-26T08:22:00.000+00:002007-09-26T08:22:00.000+00:00sorry for your loss, nige.sorry for your loss, nige.Ian russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106519805045337505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-62406530467996319252007-09-25T22:50:00.000+00:002007-09-25T22:50:00.000+00:00A sterling post, Nige. Anyone who encourages curio...A sterling post, Nige. Anyone who encourages curiosity, passion, is a teacher of sorts. Sadly, officialdom tends to kill curiosity & passion graveyard dead.<BR/><BR/>The finest teacher i've ever met was sacked from a university i shall not name on a transparent pretext. <BR/><BR/>The second finest was earning £4000/year doing a half-post but was only paid for a quarter-post: they said she wasn't Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-76960824208065825312007-09-25T21:51:00.000+00:002007-09-25T21:51:00.000+00:00A lovely tribute, Nige, and a beautiful portrait ...A lovely tribute, Nige, and a beautiful portrait in words. Thn you for sharing your thoughts.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03071928294799081845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-243722545864657772007-09-25T21:19:00.000+00:002007-09-25T21:19:00.000+00:00Nige, a wonderful piece ...... thanks for sharing....Nige, a wonderful piece ...... thanks for sharing. I was connected to your post through Frank, at Books, Inq.<BR/><BR/>It's funny that I find myself reading your tribute, the day after having watched "The Changing of the Guard" (1962), which is on my list of favorite episodes from the original "Twilight Zone" television series.<BR/><BR/>Donald Pleasance - in his first appearance in America - Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08952101708880633319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-89559757305338824002007-09-25T17:02:00.000+00:002007-09-25T17:02:00.000+00:00Remember how Kenneth Williams referred to men as '...Remember how Kenneth Williams referred to men as 'her'? That's how the words 'trollop' and 'baggage' were used...<BR/><BR/>HugoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-40395849096899731122007-09-25T16:59:00.000+00:002007-09-25T16:59:00.000+00:00Uh-huh?Uh-huh?Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-64178643079340941652007-09-25T16:57:00.000+00:002007-09-25T16:57:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04202367524408419953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-88977338481901700892007-09-25T16:28:00.000+00:002007-09-25T16:28:00.000+00:00Everyone wants to be a writer or a performer or an...Everyone wants to be a writer or a performer or an "artist" of some sort and have - so they like to think - a lasting impact on people and society. But it's the great teachers who do the greatest good. And who wants to be one of those?Frank Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-20172852469935083242007-09-25T15:49:00.000+00:002007-09-25T15:49:00.000+00:00Ah Hugo - you too - I thought as much, and thank G...Ah Hugo - you too - I thought as much, and thank G he worked his magic on you (strange terms to use though - baggage and trollop....)Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-90005077750209561762007-09-25T15:14:00.000+00:002007-09-25T15:14:00.000+00:00Ah, Nige, what a touching eulogy. I'm sure the ol...Ah, Nige, what a touching eulogy. I'm sure the old boy would be delighted to hear himself spoken of in such terms. Oddly, my English beak was similarly charismatic and influential, and played an identical role in my life (apart from Venice, chiz), albeit in a grimmer than grim state comp in the early 80s. At the time I was going through the Rebel Years – he told me I was a 'hugely talented Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-12842060118084568732007-09-25T15:13:00.000+00:002007-09-25T15:13:00.000+00:00Oh, sorry to hear the aged mentor has finally gone...Oh, sorry to hear the aged mentor has finally gone, Nige. Oddly enough my neighbour here in Norfolk was talking last night about how in the early fifties it was routine for children at school to discuss, say, different recordings of a Beethoven Symphony. It all stopped with rock 'n' roll - or rather with the ad-creeps and marketing slugs who turned it into yooof culture. I'll down a large glass Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-81560272954412175552007-09-25T15:07:00.000+00:002007-09-25T15:07:00.000+00:00Beautiful eulogy to a life well-lived.Truly except...Beautiful eulogy to a life well-lived.<BR/><BR/>Truly exceptional teachers--the once that mark us forever--all seem to convey the message that the world is more beautiful, interesting or exciting than you and they.<BR/><BR/>The game was up when the first educational bureaucrat urged that we "teach the child", not the subject, and we all cheered.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com