Of Mice and Men

Sometimes i have a moment of genius! Why not link extra curricular activities for those six of some 437 students that have managed to process their "obligatory" Student Identity Cards in the first two weeks of school?

After a four day delay due to the continued failures of the photocopiers on site, my newsletter goes out offering a wide array of activities across the whole school community – Story Club for our 3 year olds up to Drama  and even Guitar Club (for beginners) with Mountain Man himself for the 11+.

L. my secretary and Front Of House is completely inundated with photos and the response is instant, and the desk is deep in a sea of parents and students jostling to get their ECA forms and their ID photos. 

But nothing quite goes right here. Our completed and multi-signed Requisite Form for the plastic wallets has yet again fallen on Deaf Ears at the Secondary campus, and have failed to acquire them after three weeks! I try to chase it up only to find  that they have lost the Requisite Form and can i fill in a new one please. 

It goes down as “urgent” and i wonder how long it might take to eventually procure them. “48 Hours” says Yasin with every confidence. I suspect it closer to 48 days.

It’s like a Fawlty Towers farce here, and again i question what on earth am i doing here? It appears everyone elses' jobs apart from my own - trying to run a “respectable” international school.