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When I were a lad, elementary school meant four hours of beatings in a muddy field, and we were glad of it
by inopinatus 3y ago
When I were a lad, elementary school meant four hours of beatings in a muddy field, and we were glad of it
- 082349872349872 3y agoOn that note, I found Orwell's posthumously-published Such, Such Were the Joys (about his boarding school days) suggests the inspirations behind large swaths of 1984.
- inopinatus 3y agoComing Up for Air is practically my childhood in a nutshell