Quote - ... I'm definitely one of BagginsBill's slower students, the one he turns to with a feeling of dismay when my hand is waving in the air, thinking: "oh, no, not her again!"

They are poor students who keep their hands down after tripping over the first few hurdles of incomprehension. I think anyone who is passionate about teaching a subject, like bb, must simply adore those who are passionate about learning it, like you. (I would say "and me" but I'm too prickly to be adored!)

"If I were a shadow, I know I wouldn't like to be half of what I should be."
Mr Otsuka, the old black tomcat in Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)