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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Binastro" data-source="post: 3245121" data-attributes="member: 111403">. Brock, regarding language skills.It is only 21 miles, maybe 22 miles that separate us, but boy did I suffer regarding French.In our classroom, when I was 11 years old, all four walls were covered in French grammar.The master, a Frenchman, used to chase me round his desk with a slipper trying to hit me, but I was much too fast for him. I literally had dreams, sometimes nightmares about those four walls.Eventually, when I was 15 in my O level examination, the comment I got was. Hopeless! It is not surprising, as I was hopeless.But I was okay in other subjects.The only time I got caned was for talking in class. This was by the physics master, he was very good at physics, in fact he invented a Ray box for showing how light rays travel through lenses. But looking back now I think he was a part-time sadist. When I asked the real reason why I was caned, he told me that it would do me good.I did get close to 100% in Physics Special A level.I agree that P coating does seem to make a noticeable difference and improvement.</blockquote>