‘Could do better’ – Worst Witch author’s school reports just like Mildred’s
The family of the late Jill Murphy share the comments from unimpressed teachers that inspired her classic children’s series“Lazy”, was all that one of her teachers wrote. “Not working to capacity”, reported another. “More effort required”, “could do better” and “very poor indeed” were the typical comments of the rest.If Miss Hardbroom had written a school report about Mildred Hubble, it might have read a little like this. For these are the damning words of the schoolteacher nuns who inspired the late author and illustrator Jill Murphy to create The Worst Witch. Continue reading...
The family of the late Jill Murphy share the comments from unimpressed teachers that inspired her classic children’s series
“Lazy”, was all that one of her teachers wrote. “Not working to capacity”, reported another. “More effort required”, “could do better” and “very poor indeed” were the typical comments of the rest.
If Miss Hardbroom had written a school report about Mildred Hubble, it might have read a little like this. For these are the damning words of the schoolteacher nuns who inspired the late author and illustrator Jill Murphy to create The Worst Witch. Continue reading...
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