tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354528689599607554.post1646932300387493884..comments2023-09-17T11:13:17.741-04:00Comments on With My Book and a Quilt: Miss ReadCGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256456742503046710noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354528689599607554.post-89405664371949047462014-09-23T08:49:36.860-04:002014-09-23T08:49:36.860-04:00Thank you! I'll be sure to stand next to you ...Thank you! I'll be sure to stand next to you again and sing extra loud ;)CGracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05256456742503046710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354528689599607554.post-65649716546742970172014-09-22T20:13:02.699-04:002014-09-22T20:13:02.699-04:00Oh I'm sorry to hear you are sick! And that ex...Oh I'm sorry to hear you are sick! And that explains the lack of singing on Sunday, I love to hear you all sing and missed your beautiful voice. Feel better soon!kyleann33https://www.blogger.com/profile/13612125492778556881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354528689599607554.post-42804094386335142372014-09-22T17:06:57.257-04:002014-09-22T17:06:57.257-04:00In the late 1950s early 1960s 'backward' w...In the late 1950s early 1960s 'backward' was a official label in schools for children with difficulties in education, these days in the UK known as 'special needs', I'm glad you meant it the other way!Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627279197391969703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354528689599607554.post-89080960897118718342014-09-22T13:14:29.367-04:002014-09-22T13:14:29.367-04:00I agree! I love how briskly and unsentimentally s...I agree! I love how briskly and unsentimentally she refers to her students.CGracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05256456742503046710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354528689599607554.post-41796362403201182822014-09-22T13:13:03.049-04:002014-09-22T13:13:03.049-04:00Whoops! I meant it as in, "out of the way......Whoops! I meant it as in, "out of the way...or far away from a huge metropolis." I've never heard it used as unintelligent! Interesting.CGracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05256456742503046710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354528689599607554.post-66233337597787449922014-09-22T11:22:20.870-04:002014-09-22T11:22:20.870-04:00I'd forgotten about Miss Read, I actually read...I'd forgotten about Miss Read, I actually read one or two when I was an older teenager (my mother read them.)<br />You comment '...rather backwards country villages...' which I would take issue with. In English English (as opposed to USA English) you can use backwards two ways - either the population are not very bright (or intelligent) or the village is out of the way (a long way from town and cities.) I hope you mean the latter! I was born and grew up in such a village, and even in the late 1960s the villages we lived in were pretty much like the ones she describes.<br />Either way, I think I'll search out a copy and read them again as an act of nostalgia!Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627279197391969703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354528689599607554.post-81467547786628397992014-09-22T10:31:06.148-04:002014-09-22T10:31:06.148-04:00I have loved and re-read Miss Read many times They...I have loved and re-read Miss Read many times They are as you say gentle and friendly. They also have made me laugh out loud. Miss Read's decidedly unsentimental observations about her students sometimes catch me by surprise.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14713443581082024452noreply@blogger.com