Fill in the gaps with the necessary prepositions.
When my grandmother was at school, she had to learn everything (a)................heart, and even years later she could recite countless poems (b)…....... memory. She was discouraged (c)................... thinking (d).............. herself, and concentrated simply (e).......................... learning facts. The teachers were very strict (f)........................ pupils in those days. My grandfather confided (g)...................... me that he was expelled (h)...........school (i)....................... playing truant just once.
It is always worthwhile for governments to invest (j)...................... education. Nobody should be deprived (k).....................education, and everybody should benefit (l)................... it. Nothing can compensate (m)............... a bad start in life. Pupils (n).................... public schools still account (o)......................... many of the students at Oxford and Cambridge University. Until quite recently these universities seemed to be prejudiced (p)..................... pupils from state schools. Many people objected very strongly (q).................... this at last things are changing.
I had no intention (r)..................... staying (s)............... at University after I had finished my first degree. I finally succumbed (t).................. parental pressure, but only (u).................... protest, and carried out research (v).............. the life of Baudelaire.