Lintott Quotes

Question 1

Lintott describing Irwin

Answer 1

‘The new man seems clever’

Question 2

Lintott describing what men are good at’

Answer 2

‘Men are, at history, of course’

Question 3

Lintott describing why men are good at history

Answer 3

‘Story-telling much of it, which is what men do naturally’

Question 4

Lintott describing to Irwin the difficulty of teacher-student relationships

Answer 4

‘One of the hardest things for boys to learn is that a teacher is human. One of the hardest things for a teacher to learn is not to try and tell them’

Question 5

What men call women

Answer 5

‘I’m what men call a safe pair of hands’

Question 6

Lintott asking the boys about the gender differences in history

Answer 6

‘Why do you think there are no women historians on TV? No tits?’

Question 7

What history is for women

Answer 7

‘History’s not such a frolic for women as it is for men’

Question 8

Lintott describing how she sees history

Answer 8

‘What is history? History is women following behind with the bucket’