It was serious work but he wouldn’t let us get heavy with it. Sometimes he would come into the room where we were all waiting, and he’d look all ‘round at our faces and he’d say, “Go and walk ‘round the block. You’re no good to me looking like that. You’re too serious, too grim.” So we often had to go and take a walk.
Marjory Barlow (“Taking Time – Six interviews with first generation teachers” – p71)