I want to tell you how our school has changed. Radically changed. Last year, it was us school boys who ran the school, in a sense. Corridors were turned into football courts when teachers escaped to the nearest starbucks, and when they were back they wisely fortified themselves behind their locked classroom doors. That isn't quite fair to all of them though, for among them were some daring spirits. Mr Sa'eed, for instance, made some brave forays into the dangerous territory of the school buildings, and even managed to capture a few footballs as bounty. ( sadly for him, he only hung on to them for a few days at most ).
The balance of power was firmly with us boys. It was a well known fact that during most lessons, bandits of boys roamed the school, armed with fire extinguishers. ( maybe to douse misbehaving teachers ).
Its very different now. Teachers deliver long lectures to packed halls, no-one dares reply or object. During break-time the teachers are mobilised into tactical units; two or three patrol the hauntingly empty corridors, while guards stand at the doors to the outside yard, just to make sure we stay in the sun. School really has changed, change as visible as the new headmaster.
