Ms Tandy
Excellent history teacher who could easily by sidetracked onto more interesting stuff. I learned sod all about the Norman Conquest and a considerable amount about the Spanish Inquisition.

You had to be careful, though - if you weren't subtle enough in leading her off-topic you'd be called up and have the thumbscrew demonstrated on you.

Book:

After the surgery, I spent 18 subjective months and four real weeks knitting implanted knowledge into muscle memory. By the end of it, I could put an arrow through a larks eye at two hundred feet, and spoke Syrian Aramaic like an ill-bred local.
Perfect.
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