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Podcast: The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy
Episode: 🎧 124: When report cards were . . .
Description: 1WHEN REPORT CARDS were handed out at the Babbington Grammar School, some of my classmates fell into a whimpering terror, instinctively cowering and covering their vulnerable spots, as skittish and apprehensive as squirrels. Others began whooping and crowing, pounding one another on the back, and totting up their spoils. At the time it didn’t occur to me to pity the first group, but I certainly envied the second, for my parents considered it a Principle of Child Rearing not to reward my accomplishments in school.     When I brought a report card home, I got small praise for eve...