At the age of 14 years, I was in the 9th grade at Grey High School and I was standing in the gymnasium at the special meeting of all close to 90 boys who were in Noakes House, together with our representative teacher and some prefects. The teacher stood up and said, “Boys, the annual...Read More
It all started with Polly van der Mescht’s English Lit Classes during Standards 9 &10 in 1972 and 1973. Here we were given to read Wilfred Owen’s war poems, set sections from Cry the Beloved Country for critical analysis, and discussed Koosie en sy Cadillac from Die Huisgenoot which had been pinned to the back...Read More
