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I always had a love-hate relationship with this time of year when I was a young ‘un. When it came to games there was no more rugby or football, and the only sporting option at school was cricket, which for me meant hours spent making daisy chains on the boundary before a brief knock that usually ended in a duck. More to the point, summer meant countless classroom hours
spent looking out of the window at the hazy, lazy days outside and longing to be free for swimming, tennis and mooching. But, most of all it meant exams. I
‘Confounding the stereotypes, most of today’s teenagers have a work ethic that was entirely absent from my childhood’
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didn’t exactly hate exams – in fact, being a competitive soul, I took an almost masochistic joy at the prospect – but I wasn’t by any stretch of the imagination
a diligent student, so revising wasn’t part of the schedule, instead being replaced by last-minute cramming. As my parents trusted me to study (were they crazy?!) I’d end up with vast amounts of time to fi ll, and no-one to help me fi ll it. Like all thirteen- and fourteen-year-olds, the idea of doing anything on my own simply didn’t occur. It’s diffi cult to play tennis or football solo, not to mention extremely boring. Fast forward thirtysomething years, and I’m now having the same discussions with my children. Being older
and wiser, I make sure they are actually in their rooms, even if they’re not revising. Not that we need to check because most of today’s teenagers seem to have a work ethic that was entirely absent from my childhood. In fact they are spending so long revising that my old early summer ennui has returned. For the rest of the
year I can force my terrible trio to go skiing or dog-walking with me, throwing in the odd cinema excursion, historic house visit or sporting extravaganza. Now, however, every enquiry is met with a ‘I’m revising’ stonewall. That early evening boredom has returned and I have realised two things: even at my advancing age, there still remains a scintilla of the child in me; and, far more worryingly, how we’ll miss them when they’re gone.
Richard Bath, Editor Contributors this month...
JAMIE MCIVOR The television presenter, who was born and bred in Campbeltown, explains why he still retains an enormous affection for this surprisingly remote corner of the country.
NICKY WILSON The co-owner of Jupiter Artland, a remarkable sculpture park just outside Edinburgh, explains the genesis for this amazing venture.
KEVIN MCKENNA The Observer
columnist and cultural commentator from Glasgow asks why we have public art and whether it represents good value for money for the public purse.
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