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Good To See
I was just wondering about this story the other day and voila, here's a new installment :)
Well done as usual. It's interesting to see how the kids are responding to the expectation of such secrecy. Hope it doesn't take quite as long for the next chapter.
Never let it be said that I don't enjoy the occasional delusion of grandeur
Never let it be said that I don't enjoy the occasional delusion of grandeur
I doubt the next part will take as long, but ...
I hope you were being tongue in cheek. If not, you didn't follow her blog.
Karen had more important things in her Real Life since the last part was posted ...
Like a special trip to Thailand for and with her partner.
Anyo9ne who missed it should read the 5 part series, Samantha's Trip of Her Life, listed at http://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/author/karen-page
Holly
One of the most difficult things to give away is kindness.
It usually comes back to you.
Holly
one question. Who won the
one question. Who won the contest to find the security personal on the field trip? I continue to love your story and can't wait for the next installment.
Part 32
Many thanks Karen for taking the time to write and post another installment. As ever, questions answered and more posed, so I too look forward to the next installment when you are ready.
I hope that your RL settles down slightly and that matters are healing nicely.
A
Thank You, Karen
Thank you Karen for another episode of your superb story. I appreciate the time and effort involved, especially when real life can be hectic. This chapter even brought back memories for me. I spent my Eighteenth birthday on a training course at Bletchley Park, but that was way back in the early seventies. Thank you once again.
Anne
Finally ... - Thanks :)
Hello Karen,
thanks for finally posting the next chapter. I was worried for a while the story would not be continued for some reason.
I had hoped you would find time in Thailand but apparently not.
I really enjoyed this chapter as the once before.
As a computer science student I of curse heard of the Turing Machine and its fundamental meaning for theoretical informatics, but I never before heard he was gay and harassed for it.
So apart from the fun of reading such a great story it seems I nearly always also learn something new.
This trip also reminds me of the school trip we took to one of the German concentration camps. (Buchenwald) The intention there was of course different: "Never again should a war start from German ground!" This still has a big impact on me today, so I imagine the trip of year one will leave a big impression on them too.
One other thing: When the minibuses went for the surprise trip I joked in my mind they were of course of to meet The Queen for tea. So I then wondered if The Queen knows of Hayfield Hall and if at least some students will actually meet her some day...
So thanks again for a very well thought through and fun to read story and please do not keep us waiting so long again. Otherwise I have to consider if this would count as torture. ;)
Hugs
Holly
Friendship is like glass,
once broken it can be mented,
but there will always be a crack.
Alan Turing
Thankyouthankyouthankyou for shining a spotlight on the social price we all pay for bigotry and homophobia (even though you are preaching to the choir). Yes, I've heard about how Turing was persecuted for homosexuality in the 1950's, how his life and career was destroyed, and how it (probably) ended in suicide. This Wikipedia article opens with "Turing is often considered to be the father of modern computer science," and it is oh so true. In his time, computers were seen strictly as number crunching machines, for use in calculating mathematical tables. It was Turing who showed the world that they could be used to manipulate symbols and, through them, concepts. Without that fundamental understanding, the computerized automation of the codebreaking effort at Bletchly Park (and thus the timely breaking of Lorenz encrypted messages) would not have been possible. Modern digital multimedia, computer aided design (CAD), computer animation, and animated graphical modeling of engineering designs -- none of these things would have been possible, either. Who knows what else he might've achieved, had not a pack of bloody bigots destroyed his career and his life?
Molly
"Sometimes, I just can't help myself!" -Babs Bunny
Molly
"Sometimes, I just can't help myself!" -Babs Bunny
The Need For Secrecy Verses The Want To See Family
is discussed and the outcome if the school is found out.yet, we still do not know who won the trip game.
May Your Light Forever Shine
Very interesting way to show
Very interesting way to show the students how some secrets must be kept even if it affects you personally. Just think, if Alan Turing had not died back in the 1950's, he could possibly have become what Bill Gates is now in regards to computing systems.
Did I miss in one of the chapters, Sam ever disclosing what is up with her? The last I recall is she was waiting until Helen and Jayne got back from what they had to do, and that was quite a while ago. Just wondering.
I noticed
I noticed in this part that certain dates don't match. You claim that they leave on Friday Dec 13th. And yet you allow them to wrap there presents until the 20th of Dec. Also They put the Tree up 12 days before Christmas which would be the same Day that They are suppose to leave. When you have the time it would be good to go through part 31 and this one being 32 to get those dates correct.
Yours Truly
Arina
If I Remember Correctly,
They won't be leaving to go to Russia until near the end of the month, as they are supposed to be arriving there on the 29th or 30th.
So they could still be at Hayfield Hall for several more days before leaving on the trip.
The time between the 13th and the day they leave is being used for Russian immersion, so they will have better skills for the actual trip.
Back again
I must admit, it's been over 10 years since I last read this story. And each time I find something new. So, may I ask in which year the story takes place? This part was added in 2007, when I was 20 and neither of my grandfathers was old enough to have fought in WW II, but here the students are only 13.
So I'm realy wondering. :)
Some will some won't
When the school police questioned the kids, and security sat and watched, the kids were being tested to see how they handled the situation. This is not the first time students have been left in order to see how they handled themselves.
There's more to the scheme of the school but it depends on the kids letting go of everything they picked up before coming to the school.
Others told them who they should be and how they should act. They learned not to be who they wanted to be for fear of being attacked by the sloths of society.
They also can't be of use to the school until they have let go of any mistrust they have of being open with others, Matilda and Jessica prime examples.
All of this is necessary as the kids progress though the years and finally learn the sole purpose of the school and what some may be tasked to do. Any hangups when they reach that point and a mission could be jeprodized. And lives lost.
Others have feelings too.