#outofcrunchem

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Starter Call.

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Headcanon 011:      On Miss Honey and College:           Information on teaching studies found here. Currently in Britain, teachers go through their undergrad and then go for a postgrad in teaching. Combined, this takes multiple years - the undergrad alone would take three and the postgrad would take longer. Miss Honey would likely have been going to her Teacher’s Training College for both her undergrad and the beginnings of her postgrad. I have previously headcanoned that she started teaching at Crunchem Hall when she was twenty; if her undergrad took three years, then that would mean she started college when she was seventeen (which is rare, but on a base-by-base can happen - and given Jenny’s credentials and intelligence, I assume that this is not unlikely for her).  This means that, if she started teaching by the time she was twenty, either her aunt did not care about the necessary postgrad requirements (likely, given the Trunchbull’s stance on education) or Miss Honey was pursuing a secondary route for her postgrad. As a result, I assume that Miss Honey arranged to gain her postgrad through a School Direct program at Crunchem - one that allowed her to be salaried. The only problem with this is that most School Direct programs use two schools for their training, not just one, so it is possible that Miss Honey does not complete her postgrad in such a way until after the Trunchbull leaves Crunchem.

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[outofcrunchem]:      Ok, back to Jess.  May be back on here later tonight, but not likely.

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Starter Call!

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Rules Update. I have taken out the things about “character story” and “overarching timeline”. I’m now multi-verse, multi-ship, etc. Also, yes, I’m coming back.

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Also, it's a nice touch that the book canon comes first. I'm not sure how many people know this, but for the most part, Roald Dahl was not fond of film adaptations of his works due to things they changed and altered, whether the change would just work better in a movie or otherwise. I'll stop spamming you with posts now. *scurries away*

I did not know that about him, although a little bit of searching does reveal that - at least in relation to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.  However, it is impossible to know whether or not Roald Dahl might have liked the film version of Matilda, as it was made six years after his death.  I would hope that, had he been alive, they might have asked him to write the screenplay, given his work on You Only Live Twice and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.And while it is true that he did not like the additions to and deviations in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, it should also be noted that he was originally working on the screenplay and I would assume those changes he did not like were only added when they hired another screenwriter to finish his screenplay...after he failed to meet the deadlines.

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Also, you mentioned that Miss Trunchbull didn't change anything in Miss Honey's room. Maybe as a sign she still loved her niece. While I can't agree with that, and assume she just didn't want to bother with changing it... It brings to mind another headcanon... About Lissy Doll. When she regained her house after Trunchbull was scared away, was Lissy Doll waiting in her room for her? Because that might make a good topic for a drabble, their reunion.

Since Lissy doll is from movie canon, I will default to the movie’s use of her - in which Lissy doll was left in Miss Honey’s room, untouched, until she was rescued from Red House by Matilda and returned to Miss Honey at Crunchem (along with a piece of chocolate!).

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Know what I think the best thing about Miss Honey is? She's quite obviously an AWESOME teacher. Despite the horrible headmistress at the school, no one, especially in her class, ever bullied Matilda or called her names, and I think that may have been down to the way Miss Honey treated and taught them. :3

Perhaps, but I also think that’s characteristic of Dahl’s writing.More often than not, the antagonists were adults and not other children.In a place such as Crunchem Hall, where life is basically a war againstthe Trunchbull, you need all the allies you can get, no matter who they are.However, you do see characters like Hortensia not believing in Matilda’sabilities.  So it’s likely that, regardless, most kids either didn’t believe or,in some cases, were in awe of her mental prowess.