As my Housemaster for 5 years (Fa. 1980-85) and Economics teacher, DNR had a big influence on me during my time at Epson. His habit of giving us newspaper articles about the most recent money supply definition and then expecting us to discuss it in class didn't strike me as that significant at the time but on reflection it was probably as new to him as it was to us in those early days of monetary policy. We spent our days trying to evade detection for breaking the rules. How we celebrated outwitting him. I wonder if we ever actually succeeded or he just let us get away with it on occasion. Even on our last night in the U6 as he chased me around Fayrer and I hid on the roof...he was probably affording me one last small victory. He was terrifying at the time (try to stop the knees trembling when you are waiting outside his study...) but as many others have said, he wanted us all to succeed, if we made a mistake he let us know and gave us the opportunity to learn and move on. He cared about us all and I will always be grateful for his guidance. RIP and my thoughts are Carole, Jennifer, Zoe and Danielle at this difficult time.
As my Housemaster for 5 years (Fa. 1980-85) and Economics teacher, DNR had a big influence on me during my time at Epson. His habit of giving us newspaper articles about the most recent money supply definition and then expecting us to discuss it in class didn't strike me as that significant at the time but on reflection it was probably as new to him as it was to us in those early days of monetary policy. We spent our days trying to evade detection for breaking the rules. How we celebrated outwitting him. I wonder if we ever actually succeeded or he just let us get away with it on occasion. Even on our last night in the U6 as he chased me around Fayrer and I hid on the roof...he was probably affording me one last small victory. He was terrifying at the time (try to stop the knees trembling when you are waiting outside his study...) but as many others have said, he wanted us all to succeed, if we made a mistake he let us know and gave us the opportunity to learn and move on. He cared about us all and I will always be grateful for his guidance. RIP and my thoughts are Carole, Jennifer, Zoe and Danielle at this difficult time.
