First year at Harrow

Interpreting

7.Why does Churchill think mr welldon considered him worthy to pass into Harrow?

Mr welldon took a broadminded view of Churchill’s  Latin paper and showed discernment in judging his  general ability.Due to his ability to look beneath the surface of the things, he was able to discern Churchill’s “slender indications of scholarship” which he exhibited in his Latin paper.Churchill always had a great regard for him because he was the man who was not dependent on paper manifestations.

8)Why does the author consider his situation at Harrow as unpretentious?

The author considers his situation as unpretentious because of his name placement in the bottom of the merit list.He, unlike many brilliant students,takes interest in poetry,English essay writing and history.Whereas examiners on the other hand  always like to expose his shortcomings by testing him in mathematics and Latin.In this way he is not able to boast off his performance

9)Churchill and some other students were not allowed to study Latin and Greek as they did not show any extra-ordinary performance during the entrance test of Harrow.They were considered the stupidest boys of the school, who could only learn English.This thing according to Churchill,gave them an advantage over cleverer boys as it helped them to make their way in society.

10)Churchill did not feel himself at any disadvantage as compared to the boys who learnt Greek and Latin as he learnt English thoroughly by staying in third(year) three times.So, he had three times as much of it as anyone else.He got essential structure of ordinary English sentence into his bones.The boys who excelled in Latin and Greek,had to come down to common English,to their living or make their way.