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Best streamlined models/stub fingered
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A certain woman who was a teacher had an accident at school. The desk lid which was lifted suddenyl fell and hit her in the head. She was seriously injured, was in hospital, lost her memory for some time. It was an old-fashioned desk.
A man who met her in a pub asked her about that accident. He wanted her to tell him about it.
She told him how the accident happened and a woman who was sitting next to them and was also a teacher in the same school said:
Typical, that is. The best streamlined models for the young; for the teachers something out of
Jane Eyre or Nicholas Nickleby.
It was just the same with the piano.We
struggled on with the first one ever made, I swear, until
about three years ago, when some stub-fingered little cretin
decided he wanted to learn to play. Then we got the
Broadwood.
--- I'm not sure what she's talking about here. Maybe by saying "streamlined models" she refers to the tables at which the children at school sit. So she says that such best streamlined tables are for the young and for the teachers like the ones from the books Jane Eyre and Nicholas Nickleby. And not for the teachers. Or maybe it's not what she's talking about.
And probably it was the same with the piano. They had an old, broken model with which they struggled.
However one day some little cretin (a pupil probably) decided he wanted to learn to play and they bought a new model of a piano.
This is how I understand it.
By the way: What does it mean: stub-fingered.
A certain woman who was a teacher had an accident at school. The desk lid which was lifted suddenyl fell and hit her in the head. She was seriously injured, was in hospital, lost her memory for some time. It was an old-fashioned desk.
A man who met her in a pub asked her about that accident. He wanted her to tell him about it.
She told him how the accident happened and a woman who was sitting next to them and was also a teacher in the same school said:
Typical, that is. The best streamlined models for the young; for the teachers something out of
Jane Eyre or Nicholas Nickleby.
It was just the same with the piano.We
struggled on with the first one ever made, I swear, until
about three years ago, when some stub-fingered little cretin
decided he wanted to learn to play. Then we got the
Broadwood.
--- I'm not sure what she's talking about here. Maybe by saying "streamlined models" she refers to the tables at which the children at school sit. So she says that such best streamlined tables are for the young and for the teachers like the ones from the books Jane Eyre and Nicholas Nickleby. And not for the teachers. Or maybe it's not what she's talking about.
And probably it was the same with the piano. They had an old, broken model with which they struggled.
However one day some little cretin (a pupil probably) decided he wanted to learn to play and they bought a new model of a piano.
This is how I understand it.
By the way: What does it mean: stub-fingered.
Top answer
Yes, that's what I think it means too. The "stub-fingered little cretin" is obviously a pupil. e.
- Yes, that's what I think it means too.
- The "stub-fingered little cretin" is obviously a pupil.
- e.
- his/her fingers are just stubs, not very good for playing the piano with.
- It's a nice, compact, humorous insult.
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Yes, that's what I think it means too.
The "stub-fingered little cretin" is obviously a pupil. Stub-fingered just means short-fingered, i.e. his/her fingers are just stubs, not very good for playing the piano with. It's a nice, compact, humorous insult.
The "stub-fingered little cretin" is obviously a pupil. Stub-fingered just means short-fingered, i.e. his/her fingers are just stubs, not very good for playing the piano with. It's a nice, compact, humorous insult.
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Hi
So you agree that streamlined could refer to the tables at which students sit?
But why she calls him a "cretin" if thanks to him they bought a new, modern piano?
So you agree that streamlined could refer to the tables at which students sit?
But why she calls him a "cretin" if thanks to him they bought a new, modern piano?
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Yes, I think STREAMLINED refers to the tables.
The teacher's words are a lot more than just a story about a new piano. She is trying to show the school management's attitude to the pupils (and the teachers) - the teachers have to put up with ancient equipment (desks) while the pupils get anything they want, even a piano (roughly the price of a car!), even when there's probably little chan
The teacher's words are a lot more than just a story about a new piano. She is trying to show the school management's attitude to the pupils (and the teachers) - the teachers have to put up with ancient equipment (desks) while the pupils get anything they want, even a piano (roughly the price of a car!), even when there's probably little chan
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