(05 Jul 2014, 5:45 pm)marxistafozzski wrote I probably wouldn't have given a toss if we had of had one, at that time I probably had less than 5 friends in the world...
I just remembered I embarrassed my head of year on my last day, A Newcastle Falcons player came to present our Record of Achievement, while I can't remember exactly, I think it was a young Jonny Wilkinson, though most tell me different...
Anyway it was my birthday and as I went to collect my Record, the head of year said "It's birthday today, happy birthday son" he held his hand out to shake mine and at the last second pulled my arm away and said "Don't think so, hypocrite" he had done everything he could to get the school to boot me, I was not prepared to shake the hand of a man who hated me...He was not amused as I did it in front of close to 500 people...If looks could kill I would have died on the spot.
I was told a story by one of the older kids (a Sixth Former) and apparently, about 10 years ago, the school had just installed microphones etc.
Anyway, it was an awards evening, and as the head of year presented some special award to a kid who well, apparently was rather troubled, she picked it up and walked off without a thank you.
The microphones were attached to the wall in a socket and were on ready for use, and instead of a 'thank you', guess what she murmured
All of the speakers carried the sound around the entire building.
No idea if it's true or not, but anything can happen at Park View. Don't get me wrong it's a great school that offers opportunities to those who want them, but I can honestly imagine something like that happening
