Answer in about 50 words to the questions given below : (4 marks)Q.5 (B) (I) Write a short note on Denham’s viewpoint on P.T. in ‘To Sir, With Love.’ (2)

Answer: At the Students’ Council meeting, Denham, speaking for Braithwaite’s class, frankly criticised the P.T. lessons as dull and of little use to the boys.

When the senior class presented its report at the Students’ Council, Denham spoke on physical training. In his blunt, outspoken way he said that the boys did not get much benefit from P.T. because the lessons were the same routine exercises again and again, and they wanted something more useful and interesting. His remarks showed that the class, trained by Braithwaite, had learnt to think for themselves and state their views openly, though his frankness made Braithwaite and the staff a little uneasy.