I remember giving a talk at school in the sixth form, cannot remember my subject now but I needed to say 'crocus'.
I was unsure of the plural of crocus so, having recently been learning plurals in Latin, I went for 'croci'.
The Mistress in charge of the lesson corrected me loudly to 'crocuses'. I felt a fool.
Funny what sticks in your mind. I've never forgotten that and when my turn came to do a bit of teaching, I tried never to humiliate anyone, over anything.
I thought this morning "today is a Hazel day" as it is your favourite colour!
I agree with you on that humiliation point - people can be unnecessarily cruel and teachers are no exception. Just for the record, I think you are brilliant!
I actually thought that it could be either croci or crocuses. I seem to remember googling the same thing recently before writing about the flower. I also spoke with a woman at the riverside the other day and she talked about the croci on the river bank. So, maybe your teacher wasn't 100% right. I don't know. Interesting how clearly you remember that moment though, when you don't recall the subject of your talk. Things like that can have a big impact on our confidence. A lovely shot though of this beautiful, purple striped crocus!
Issi, thank you. I did a check and find it can indeed be croci or crocuses or even just crocus. For future reference, hippopotamus follows the same pattern!
I agree with you on that humiliation point - people can be unnecessarily cruel and teachers are no exception. Just for the record, I think you are brilliant!
Issi, thank you. I did a check and find it can indeed be croci or crocuses or even just crocus. For future reference, hippopotamus follows the same pattern!
Thank you so much for that generously wonderful vote of confidence!