Life's a Laugh

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Valerie Miličević. Life's a Laugh

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VALERIE MILIČEVIĆ

LIFE'S A LAUGH

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“Griffin (no respect!) Come here!” Oh heck, what has my dad done now! Approaching his desk, he said, “What is the meaning of this!”. “Well Sir, it was a bit diff diff. .” “Oh, I know YOU didn't do it! I want to meet your father”. “My f f father Sir?” “Yes, I want to know how your father solved my algebraic equation in six lines when it's taken me the whole bloody blackboard!”

Being a myope, I was seated in the front row of the maths class. Rarely wearing my specs, I couldn't see much of what was going on. Gradually, I moved back, a few rows at a time until I was seated in the back row. A sharp shifty to the right saw me out the door and sitting quietly in a corner of the art room next door, gazing in awe at all the artistic endeavours going on around me. After a few weeks the art master, Mr C, said if I was going to sit there for hours, I might as well join in. And so, it was that I got my Higher Art! Not that I went to Art College. I couldn't wait to get out into the big wide world!

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