From a final exam: “Women in Franco’s Spain lived like royalty: they stayed at home, cooked, cleaned, etc.”
I guess this student and I are seeing different kinds of royalty on TV. How often do you think Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II does the dishes? I have a sneaking suspicion she does them even less often than I do.
If I recall correctly, Elizabeth II was a truck mechanic in her twenties. She probably doesn’t get to do that much anymore, either.
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Really?? I had no idea.
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I do not remember where I read it, but it was part of the Royal family visibly contributing to the war effort, back when she was Princess Elizabeth during the Second World War.
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Wikipedia says she “trained as a driver and mechanic.” I am not going to take any more time from grading to get more detailed information.
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I am still deep in procratination phase. I have surprised myself today. I rarely comment on blogs and never argue with people. I’m generally a passive blog reader. But the prospect of grading finals has made me aggresive! Ha ha 🙂
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This is why blogging is good for the health of both bloggers and commenters! 🙂
It’s great to have you here in a more active state.
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Yep, she was a truck driver in London during World War II.
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“Women in Franco’s Spain lived like royalty: they stayed at home, cooked, cleaned, etc.” –If that’s royalty my mom must be Queen of the world!
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I wonder what this particular student thinks Cinderella did after she reached the castle and married the prince.
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Elizabeth II was born in 1926. She was 19 when the war ended. So while she did train as a driver and mechanic during the war, it wasn’t in her 20s.
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