*he only studied with her for a term or two because his parents found another teacher who didn't ignore the law about hitting children, whereas my parents thought that was a point in her favour.
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Jo Wiley just referred to him as the Billy Joel of his generation, and if only he'd stuck with Mrs S he could have been the me of his generation. He really missed out.
Oh my goodness. Mine wasn't violent, just a little eccentric. Rows of slippers inside the front door that you had to change into. Two grand pianos and an upright in the studio, but I was only allowed to use one of the grands.
Her concession to the banning of corporal punishment (thankfully just before I started learning) was that she no longer hit pupils with a ruler for poor hand position.
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