And here they are —. Hearing her speak can cause diabetes. In Western culture, nunchi could be described as the concept of emotional intelligence. Knowing what to say or do, or what not to say or do, in a given situation.
You win. We so need a phrase for that. Sometimes, agreeing to do something because of good nature is not very kind to oneself. I found reading in class horribly dreary and dull — the bits where everyone had to take it in turns to read, that is. Some children found it quite challenging and stumbled through, few read aloud well, with expression, and it was so much slower than reading to oneself.
On the whole, though I disliked the books we were given to read. I can only remember a few, but was completely put off the author in every case — until I got to the age of public exams, that is. The first was A High Wind in Jamaic a — which must have been very well written, because I still remember much of it, much as I disliked it.
The only character I liked, John, was killed off, and then his siblings put him right out of their mind and blanked the accident from their memories, which I found peculiar.
Emily herself, the main character, I disliked. Even the end, when she was portrayed amongst other blameless children of her own age, I found creepy. Nada the Lily. Another horrible one, as far as I was concerned. I disliked it and was also bored by it and have never read anything by H.
