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It is a curious truth that grasshoppers have their hearing-organs in the sides of the abdomen. Your daughter Vanessa, judging by what she’s learnt this term, has no hearing-organs at all." Please explain
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It is a curious truth that grasshoppers have their hearing-organs in the sides of the abdomen. Your daughter Vanessa, judging by what she’s learnt this term, has no hearing-organs at all."

Please explain these lines of Matilda

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This seems to mean that the girl Vanessa has not learned anything and has quite bad grades or test scores, in short she is not doing well in school.
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