A little Learning
fciir Francis Aeland told two stories in the House of Commons recently. They are worth recording as ironical commentaries on. our educational system. The first was of tho headmaster who sent a boy homo to liis parents at the end of the term with the report: “Stubborn and *=<”-'iit. AVouid make an admirable pareut. ” The second was of the farmer who asked ono of his labourers to'show some friends round tho farm and garden. After they liad gone, the farm hand said to him, “Them was terrible high up learned folks, wasn’t they?'’ “Yes,” said the farmer. “I thought so,” replied tho man, “they tlicl’t seem to know nowt.”
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Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 213, 6 September 1934, Page 10
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112A little Learning Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 213, 6 September 1934, Page 10
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