That'll Teach Her a Lesson

Kayleigh Baker, of Hurworth School near Darlington, has been banned from school trips, from the netball team (no, I have to say that wouldn’t bother me either, but each to his own) and from her end-of-year prom. What can this troublemaking yob have done to deserve such punishment?

Well, she’s had outstanding reports, masses of Grade As, a perfect attendance record and “impeccable behaviour and a totally focused attitude.”

But, with the backing of her parents, she’s decided not to go to the twice-weekly, hour-long after school GCSE revision classes. Her parents reckon that she works very hard anyway and could do with a bit of free time.

However, the school’s chief executive, Eamonn Farrar, says,
“We know what’s best for the children and that’s why we make them go to these lessons. In life, if you don’t do something you are asked to, then you can’t expect anything in return. Children who don’t conform to the school rules cannot expect to go to the school prom.”

Oh, yes, there’s a valuable lesson to be learned from his remarks, and I hope Kayleigh’s paying attention to it.

It is this.

In this world there are many small-minded, do-it-by-the-book, rude, jobsworth, one-size-fits-all, unpleasant, uncreative, totally insight-free, short-sighted high-density deeply stupid people.

Eamonn Farrar is one such. He has been presented to Kayleigh as an early example, so that she will know to avoid people like him for the rest of her life.