Staff only: Teachers don't top the pile in the genius stakes [Independent.ie]
- Published: 09 June 2010
Every Irish school plays host to at least one genius. These men and women would have been great artists and diplomats had they existed in the alternative realities called Europe or the United States.
Very few have managed to escape the drudgery -- Brendan Gleeson, Flann O'Brien and Con Ryan spring to mind. Please sympathise with all the ones that are still being tormented by a Higher Executive Officer or a class room full of sadistic brats.
We all work with a few of these thwarted Leonardos -- those staff members that the rest of us recognise as being 'extremely clever' and 'incredibly sharp'.
The other day I asked a few of the dimmer teachers, like myself, who is the greatest mastermind in our school?
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