a frontal attack

J-schools used to see themselves largely as training grounds for the cannon fodder that would head off to local radio and TV stations and newspapers.

The leader calls out some number instructions for the rest of the class to follow (e.g. "Fatima says: do 5 starjumps … 3 kneebends, no headshakes …)

I vowed I’d take no responsibility for either of them, and as they didn’t seem to mind such un-auntly callousness, we got on well together and laughed our way across the Atlantic.