I think I am getting the hang of this

Sometimes, I begin to wonder if our school is typical.

We have been invited to take over the whole SATs process for the country.  The head and deputy head have been discussing it in a makeshift HQ - a tent on the playing fields. Janice also believes that they are going to attempt a wholesale re-structuring of the administration of the school.

I asked Janice what we should do about that.   She said that we had a number of ways of handling the matter.

“First there is the issue of witchcraft in the town,” she said.  “Then there is your contact with MI5.  Havoc Blythe knows all about the Cult of Merlin and our senior managers are sitting in a tent.   You and I have changed the entire parking culture within parts of the town, we have a set of deals with every estate agency within 30 miles, and even though the dentists have gone back to Latvia we are still in contact and they worship you as the person who gave them their big break in England.”

I told Janice about my concerns as to whether the school is typical.

“Do other schools have spiders eating all the W’s from their typewriter?” she asked.  “Do other schools have Binky who thinks that her mobile ringing is a bird trapped in the staff room roof?”

“I am not sure they do…”

“But do you know what Havoc Blythe found in the staff room roof when the ceiling was taken down looking for Binky’s bird?”

I said I didn’t.

“Ask him after your holiday,” she said.

“But really,” I replied, “is this normal?”

“You know the Dept for Cushions and Soft Furnishings?” she asked.  “Is that normal?”

And so we left it.   I went dancing in the evening with Binky.  I think I am getting the hang of this.

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