“Because there was a shortage of widows in the castle, soldiers used a hole in the wall.”
Part of a history essay
21
The percentage of three and four-year-olds enrolled in UK schools in 1970
“They’re healfy, they got orange in the middle.”
What a pupil told his teacher after saying he had eaten Jaffa Cakes for breakfast
65
The percentage of three and four-year-olds enrolled in UK schools in 2004
“Can I get away with wearing the long-shorts-over-tights look to work this winter?”
Twentysomething teacher