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I figured out where the painting was right away.
Colin Byrne reminded me of Snape:
young teacher, tall, hair too long, nose to big, dress in black.
She said: You were a terrible teacher. You called us toads
His reply: Only to your face. Behind your backs it was worse, I'm afraid.
Quote from book:
He had been a terrible teacher, sarcastic, critical and impatient. But every once in a while, he'd been glorious too. --- the way he rose to read to the, words cascading lake dusky music from his tongue. --- He had the way of inspiring the least likely students, so the dumbest kid found themselves reading books, the athletes were writing poetry, and shyer student began to speak up, if only to protect themselves from one of his scathing put-downs. She belatedly remembered that he was also the teacher who'd finally shown her how to write a paragraph that made sense.
--even though he was the youngest teacher in the school, almost everyone was afraid of him because he could be so sarcastic. But the kids respected him --- he expected everyone to work hard.
Colin Byrne reminded me of Snape:
young teacher, tall, hair too long, nose to big, dress in black.
She said: You were a terrible teacher. You called us toads
His reply: Only to your face. Behind your backs it was worse, I'm afraid.
Quote from book:
He had been a terrible teacher, sarcastic, critical and impatient. But every once in a while, he'd been glorious too. --- the way he rose to read to the, words cascading lake dusky music from his tongue. --- He had the way of inspiring the least likely students, so the dumbest kid found themselves reading books, the athletes were writing poetry, and shyer student began to speak up, if only to protect themselves from one of his scathing put-downs. She belatedly remembered that he was also the teacher who'd finally shown her how to write a paragraph that made sense.
--even though he was the youngest teacher in the school, almost everyone was afraid of him because he could be so sarcastic. But the kids respected him --- he expected everyone to work hard.
