Acton Public School

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    A great deal of unnecessary worry is indulged in by theatregoers trying to understand what Bernard Shaw means. They are not satisfied to listen to a pleasantly written scene in which three or four clever people say clever things, but they need to purse their lips and scowl a little and debate as to whether Shaw meant the lines to be an attack on monogamy as an institution or a plea for manual training in the public school system.
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    I’ll sing you a new ballad, and I’ll warrant it first-rate,
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    A school is not a factory. Its raison d’ĂȘtre is to provide opportunity for experience.
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