Re: A "general downplaying of school learning"?

Posted by Tim on September 02, 1998 at 11:12:36:

In Reply to: Re: A posted by Jack Eckert on September 01, 1998 at 23:05:27:

I'm reminded of two things by this thread:

The observation by Mary Crosbie in her Observer review of Swallows and Amazons that
It was Titty, the only bookish member of the family, who cherished the little promontory "Darien," and one feels that Titty alone was articulate enough to express the romance of the adventure, and perhaps that she tuned the others to the right pitch.
A remarakably perceptive observation coming as it did so soon after the book's publication
The protest by Mavis Guzelian when she was interviewed for the 'Awfully Big Adventure' BBC program that she 'was never as clever as that other person' (ie Titty Walker). I suspect that by 'clever' she meant 'academically bookish'.