"raden" wrote in message
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In message , Mary Fisher
writes

English grammar and spelling and Latin were the best things I ever
learned.
They weren't the only lessons though. I didn't excel at everything -
especially maths, history and sports.

Nor did I learn from detentions, lines and other punishments ...

"Nothing is more distressing to a well regulated mind than the sight of a
person who ought to know better disporting himself in an improper manner
at an improper time"

Only the pompous would claim to have a well regulated mind, in my opinion.
They deserve to be distressed.

I still remember

What - disporting yourself?

Climbing a tree in a sarong?

:-)

Mary