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Mr. Gordon Lowther
The headmistress of the Marcia Blaine School, Miss Mackay strongly disapproves of Miss Brodie’s educational methods, attempting to pump the Brodie girls for incriminating information about their teacher throughout their student years. When Sandy reveals to her Miss Brodie’s interest in fascist politics, Miss Mackay at last has what she needs to force Miss Brodie’s retirement.
Miss Mackay Quotes in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie quotes below are all either spoken by Miss Mackay or refer to Miss Mackay. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 2
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‘The word “education” comes from the root e from ex, out, and duco, I lead. It means a leading out. To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil’s soul. To Miss Mackay it is a putting in of something that is not there, and that is not what I call education, I call it intrusion, from the Latin root prefix in meaning in and the stem trudo, I thrust.’
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Miss Mackay Quotes in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie quotes below are all either spoken by Miss Mackay or refer to Miss Mackay. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 2
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‘The word “education” comes from the root e from ex, out, and duco, I lead. It means a leading out. To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil’s soul. To Miss Mackay it is a putting in of something that is not there, and that is not what I call education, I call it intrusion, from the Latin root prefix in meaning in and the stem trudo, I thrust.’
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