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Room clearout
Jan. 31st, 2006 06:01 pmOne of the dubious advantages of clearing out my room is that all sorts of scribblings come out of the woodwork. Nearly literally. This one was from "Oranges are not the Only Fruit", and just grabbed my interest at the time:
Over the years, I did my best to win a prize; some wish to better the world and still scorn it. But I never succeeded; there's a formula, a secret, I don't know what, that people who have been to public school or Brownies seem to understand. It runs right the way through life, though it starts with hyacinth growing, passes through milk monitor and finishes somewhere at half-blue.
I think I snagged this a while ago, as it reminded me of my very first day at infant school. We had good old fashioned christian assembly, with hymns and all. And I noticed that pretty much all the other kids knew all the words to the hymns. They all knew each other, too, as they all went to the same church, the same church playgroup; later, the same Am Dram group, Venture Scouts and pub.
Then they all married each other.
Anyway, that feeling of missing out on something was pretty much my first social experience in life.
Over the years, I did my best to win a prize; some wish to better the world and still scorn it. But I never succeeded; there's a formula, a secret, I don't know what, that people who have been to public school or Brownies seem to understand. It runs right the way through life, though it starts with hyacinth growing, passes through milk monitor and finishes somewhere at half-blue.
I think I snagged this a while ago, as it reminded me of my very first day at infant school. We had good old fashioned christian assembly, with hymns and all. And I noticed that pretty much all the other kids knew all the words to the hymns. They all knew each other, too, as they all went to the same church, the same church playgroup; later, the same Am Dram group, Venture Scouts and pub.
Then they all married each other.
Anyway, that feeling of missing out on something was pretty much my first social experience in life.
