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SIR,—It was interesting to read Janus's comment on a sixth-form school- , boy's life. It is impossible to draw any sound conclusions from an • account of one day spent by one sixth-form pupil. There are no two days alike, and no typical day can be formulated. The day varies with the mood of the pupil. If the boy is in a mood for work he will pay great attention during class, and will be disappointed if he only does five hours' work in the evening; if he is not, the pup:I will not feel interested in his work, and will work neither at school nor at home. The evenings, however, are not wasted; they are spent doing either general read:ng or something else of value (possibly writing a letter to the Spectator).
Janus is very sound in his rejection of Mr. Garrett's proposal that • all sixth-form pupils should do three hours' work each evening. One hour of spirited work is worth several of " forced labour." . The three hours spent some evenings in half-hearted effort could be much more profitably spent.
There are very few regular and definite features in a sixth-form pupil's week. Several pupils at our school, however, have at least one such feature. These pupils, myself included, waste at least one period of forty minutes every Friday afternoon making a preliminary perusal = of the pages of the Spectator.—Yours faithfully,
Northcliffe, Red Lane, Coble, Lancs. JOHN M. HODGSON.
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