Why is it no one seems to be able to please Simon Blackthorne? No one seems to be able to get it right, not even Simons favorite, the “French Teacher”. Its not that she didnt try to teach her student. She tried her very best, but some people just dont have an aptitude for languages. Master Blackthorne, doesnt seem to see it that way and decides that the fault lays with Angeliques inability to teach. Had she not learned anything from him!