Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
There Is An Incident Which Occurred At The Examination During My First Year At The High School And Which Is Worth Recording. Mr. Giles, The Educational Inspector, Had Come On A Visit Of Inspection. He Had Set Us Five Words To Write As A Spelling Exercise. One Of The Words Was 'kettle'. I Had Mis-spelt It. The Teacher Tried To Prompt Me With The Point Of His Boot, But I Would Not Be Prompted. It Was Beyond Me To See That He Wanted Me To Copy The Spelling From My Neighbour's Slate, For I Had Thought That The Teacher Was There To Supervise Us Against Copying. The Result Was That All The Boys, Except Myself, Were Found To Have Spelt Every Word Correctly. Only I Had Been Stupid. The Teacher Tried Later To Bring This Stupidity Home To Me, But Without Effect. I Never Could Learn The Art Of 'copying'.
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