tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551095981795678487.post7976993009651328812..comments2023-02-19T11:09:34.995+00:00Comments on Peter Symonds' School Nostalgia Corner: photo of Mr HawkinsDoug Clewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09161329377810660760noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551095981795678487.post-44003830344572504542001-04-14T01:40:00.000+00:002001-04-14T01:40:00.000+00:00Fine picture of Harry. My class was actually the...Fine picture of Harry. My class was actually the last one that Harry ever took - a private study class in the final lesson before the end of term service in July '67. He was a very fine Maths teacher, a massive improvement on certain PE teachers who also taught Maths as an afterthought! (or was I thicker when younger?) Certain 'Harry' expressions remain in the memory:- 'That minus that, that plus that' - when factorising something like (x2-y2) 'Square the first, twice the product, square the last' - when calculating (a+b)2 'Tom's old aunt sat on her coat and hat' - mnemonic for tangent =opposite over adjacent (TOA) etc Oh. yes and he once took a swipe at Colin Ivory and knocked his glasses back to row Z! mike hedges MSNhttp://msn-mike hedges.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551095981795678487.post-48597766124140659292001-04-13T22:09:00.000+00:002001-04-13T22:09:00.000+00:00Harry had a bit of a temper on him. I remember one...Harry had a bit of a temper on him. I remember one lesson when a pupil at the back annoyed him, he raced down the aisle to the pupil, picked him up by his lapels and bellowed at him. I don't know how the pupil felt but it frightened us to death, jim wishart, list manager,jim wishart MSNhttp://msn-jim wishart.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551095981795678487.post-58637485906418542402001-04-13T16:06:00.000+00:002001-04-13T16:06:00.000+00:00Damn! Peter got in before me. 'Harry' wa...Damn! Peter got in before me. 'Harry' was equally well known to my generation ('55-63). The last time I saw him was many years ago - the 80s, I think - when he was queueing to go into the 'Antiques Roadshow', which was visiting Winchester. (It was at that modern hotel by the Cathedral.) I was too shy to speak to him. I suppose the missing number on the blackboard must be 4/3, to make the LHS into the square of (x+4/3). The picture must have been carefully posed. There isn't a trace of chalk dust on Harry's jacket. As I recall, he was famous for getting covered in the stuff in the course of a lesson.chris cooper pss 55-63 MSNhttp://msn-chris cooper pss 55-63.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.com