Lurch the stalker Posted December 4, 2015 Posted December 4, 2015 Take that back[emoji12]If you can show me I am wrong I am happy to take it back
HeyYou Posted December 4, 2015 Posted December 4, 2015 School English Lit. set works back in the dark ages: Lady Chatterly's Lover - had some pretty lewd parts, as I remember. As 16/17 year old boys, with hormones barking, we loved it. The Cruel Sea - no sex as far as I recall! The Good Companions - nothing to interest a schoolboy, though I find the social engineering failure it describes very interesting these days. The Brothers Karamazov - might as well have been in Russian for us, though I enjoyed reading it again after a few decades! Wonder what set works are these days? Tumbleweed 1
Tumbleweed Posted December 4, 2015 Posted December 4, 2015 School English Lit. set works back in the dark ages: Lady Chatterly's Lover - had some pretty lewd parts, as I remember. As 16/17 year old boys, with hormones barking, we loved it. The Cruel Sea - no sex as far as I recall! The Good Companions - nothing to interest a schoolboy, though I find the social engineering failure it describes very interesting these days. The Brothers Karamazov - might as well have been in Russian for us, though I enjoyed reading it again after a few decades! Wonder what set works are these days? One of my kids did Animal Farm this year - grade 9. Don't know about the elder one...will ask him. Lord of the Flies has come up before. He did iLollipop a couple of years back. HeyYou 1
Latent_Blue Posted December 4, 2015 Posted December 4, 2015 (edited) Sounds a lot like David Gemmell...Every book has exactly the same plot, anti-hero, or reluctant hero, who gets stuck in a walled place with a hot chich who can't stand him and also can't keep her clothes on with an approaching army...fixed - for wilbur smith... Edited December 4, 2015 by Latent_Blue
HeyYou Posted December 4, 2015 Posted December 4, 2015 One of my kids did Animal Farm this year - grade 9. Don't know about the elder one...will ask him. Lord of the Flies has come up before. He did iLollipop a couple of years back. I left out Lord of the Flies. Again, didn't really get it when I was at school, but it makes sense now, especially in our current circumstances. Animal Farm is a classic though, also sort of pertinent in modern SA. Tumbleweed 1
Uni Posted December 4, 2015 Posted December 4, 2015 Lady Chatterly's Lover - had some pretty lewd parts, as I remember. As 16/17 year old boys, with hormones barking, we loved it. Wonder what set works are these days? Wasn't that banned for a very long time? One of my kids did Animal Farm this year - grade 9.Glad to see that's still on the syllabus - I expect matrics will be required to read see spot run in the future. I wish Ayn Rand's atlas shrugged could be added - that's a tough read but so good. Tumbleweed 1
TIB Posted December 4, 2015 Posted December 4, 2015 School English Lit. set works back in the dark ages: Lady Chatterly's Lover - had some pretty lewd parts, as I remember. As 16/17 year old boys, with hormones barking, we loved it. The Cruel Sea - no sex as far as I recall! The Good Companions - nothing to interest a schoolboy, though I find the social engineering failure it describes very interesting these days. The Brothers Karamazov - might as well have been in Russian for us, though I enjoyed reading it again after a few decades! Wonder what set works are these days?we didThat Playoffset by Twelfth Nightand 30 years later my eldest did Lord of the Flies as well - much better this time round Lady Chatterly's Lover was tame after I secretly read Mario Puzo's The Godfather at the tender age of 16...
Andymann Posted December 7, 2015 Posted December 7, 2015 We had Othello in Matric. I'll never forget the period where we had to cover the part where Iago tells Brabantio that his daughter and the Moor are busy making the beast with two backs...... Our poor English teacher was never the same after that..... HeyYou 1
Tumbleweed Posted December 7, 2015 Posted December 7, 2015 We had Othello in Matric. I'll never forget the period where we had to cover the part where Iago tells Brabantio that his daughter and the Moor are busy making the beast with two backs...... Our poor English teacher was never the same after that..... We had The Winter's Tale. The teacher raced past this line: "...with such delicate burthens of dildos and fadings, ‘jump her and thump her'..." Andymann and Captain Fastbastard Mayhem 2
MphatiPyga Posted December 7, 2015 Posted December 7, 2015 We had Othello in Matric. I'll never forget the period where we had to cover the part where Iago tells Brabantio that his daughter and the Moor are busy making the beast with two backs...... Our poor English teacher was never the same after that.....Poor Mr Anderson ???? Tumbleweed 1
DJR Posted December 7, 2015 Posted December 7, 2015 (edited) We had Othello in Matric. I'll never forget the period where we had to cover the part where Iago tells Brabantio that his daughter and the Moor are busy making the beast with two backs...... Our poor English teacher was never the same after that..... We had The Winter's Tale. The teacher raced past this line: "...with such delicate burthens of dildos and fadings, ‘jump her and thump her'..."Sadly, my (excellent) English teacher knew not to pick any Shakespeare because she understood that she would never get half her Karoo Boereseuns through matric. It is a bit of a hole in my education. Edited December 7, 2015 by DJR Lexx 1
Andymann Posted December 7, 2015 Posted December 7, 2015 Poor Mr Anderson It was Mr. Kooyman....... And given what we suspected back then, but now know, we can only imagine what he was thinking!
Tumbleweed Posted December 7, 2015 Posted December 7, 2015 Sadly, my (excellent) English teacher knew not to pick any Shakespeare because she understood that she would never get half her Karoo Boereseuns through matric. It is a bit of a hole in my education. My girlfriend in matric knew all the naughty references in Shakespeare. She gave me quite an, um, education... Warning: If a old school sweetheart pops up later in life, and suggests meeting for coffee, do not - I repeat - do not suggest a cappuccino at your place. If you do, make sure you don't have bunnies. Lexx 1
Tumbleweed Posted December 7, 2015 Posted December 7, 2015 Can anyone remember a setwork collection of SA short stories that had a rather disturbing piece about a woman having relations with a dog? "Mrs Brown..." or something?
Andymann Posted December 7, 2015 Posted December 7, 2015 Can anyone remember a setwork collection of SA short stories that had a rather disturbing piece about a woman having relations with a dog? "Mrs Brown..." or something? I do remember the dodgy version of "Old Mother Hubbard" "When she bent over, Rover took over, and gave her a bone of his own....." Lexx 1
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