Word: english
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...another English teacher who was ousted from his position because he took matters into his own hands (I belted a couple of students who didn't know the difference between teacher and student because the almighty administration didn't trouble to orient them on this nice point), I shout hurrah! hurrah! migawd, hurrah! for James Worley [Dec. 7]. Probably Worley would disagree with me on the subject of physical restraint in the schools, but I want him to know that I agree with him 100% on the subject of teachers' paper work, especially in the euphemistically entitled...
When she began teaching English at Venice (Calif.) High School, Florence Russell, 28, was determined to enrich the minds of her students. She got a supply of good paperbacks for students to buy if they wished. Principal Walter Larsh approved so long as no student was compelled to buy the books (against the law). Teacher Russell's 51 juniors snapped up the books, though pennies are scarce in Venice, a brassy seaside settlement on the western edge of Los Angeles...
...Cheng), describes how the scoundrel's virtuous widow, Moon Lady, and her infant son suffer for Hsi Men's egregious gong-kicking. The work is Ko Lien Hua Ying, or Flower Shadows Behind the Curtain, translated into German by Sinologist Franz Kuhn and now passed on to English readers, fire-bucket fashion, by Translator Vladimir Kean. The result, somewhat surprisingly, is wry and readable...
Five Finger Exercise. Despite contrived moments and false notes, John Gielgud's eloquent direction and Peter Shaffer's sharp dialogue give atmosphere and tension to this play (with Roland Culver and Jessica Tandy) about an English family and the young German tutor who unwittingly feeds the fire of its discontent...
Heartbreak House. Shaw's metaphorical portrait of pre-World War I English society, while too miscellaneous and uneven as a whole, offers often brilliant conversation, manifold wit and moments of wisdom. Maurice Evans, Pamela Brown, Diana Wynyard...