Telling Tales Out of School
Subtitle: a Miscellany of Celebrity School Days
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 387
ISBN-13: 9781849548328; 9781849547734
Subjects: Elementary; Celebrities; EDUCATION; Education; Anecdotes
Description: WHICH UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE PRESENTER FAILED HIS ELEMENTARY MATHS O LEVEL SIX TIMES? FOR WHICH DRAGONS' DEN INVESTOR WAS FLOGGING LEATHER JACKETS A LUNCH BREAK ACTIVITY? WHICH ENVIRONMENTALIST WAS EXPELLED AT PRIMARY SCHOOL FOR ATTEMPTING TO POISON HIS CLASSMATES WITH DEADLY NIGHTSHADE? WHICH ADVENTURER AND EXPLORER SPENT HIS TIME AT ETON SHINNING UP THE ARCHITECTURE? Through intimate conversations with journalist Jonathan Sale, some of Britain's leading personalities reminisce about their school and college days, revealing the portents, paths and false starts that led them to where they are to.
Table of contents: title: Cover; PRAISE; TITLE PAGE; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1: NURSERY SEEDS; CHAPTER 2: THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR SCHOOL LIFE; CHAPTER 3: PRIMARY COLOURING IN; CHAPTER 4: HOME SCHOOL RUN; CHAPTER 5: ELEVEN PLUS AND MINUS; CHAPTER 6: ON SECONDARY THOUGHTS; CHAPTER 7: ON THE O LEVEL; CHAPTER 8: ON THE A LEVEL; CHAPTER 9: BOARDER COUNTRY; CHAPTER 10: THE CANED MUTINY; CHAPTER 11: PET TEACHERS; CHAPTER 12: TEACHERS WITH CATHOLIC TASTES; CHAPTER 13: ALL THE SCHOOL'S A STAGE; CHAPTER 14: MATHS IS ALL GREEK AND LATIN TO DYSLEXIC PEOPLE; CHAPTER 15: SORRY YOU'VE GOT TO GO.; title: Chapter 16: university entrance and how to fail itchapter 17: to greater degrees; chapter 18: right honorary degrees; chapter 19: bailing out; chapter 20: parental guidance; chapter 21: special interests; chapter 22: chance would be a fine thing; chapter 23: did it all work?; chapter 24: and to conclude ... ; acknowledgements; a, b, c; index; d, e, f; g, h, i; j, k, l; m, n, o; p, q, r; s, t, u; v, w, x; y, z; copyright.