Diary of a Schoolteacher: Satanists and long-lost friends: just another parent-teacher meeting [Independent.ie]
- Published: 26 October 2011
The first P-T meeting of the year turns out to be a great night for gossip. Someone has blu-tacked my name on the door and is handing out names and room-number lists to mums, dads, grannies and grannies' boyfriends as they arrive.
Thankfully I'm at the dark end of the corridor so they first head for Finnegan at the other end, happy in the knowledge that he only believes in something called "constructive criticism". All that means is that the kids think he is gay.
As I spot Cian Fingerton's dad, a concerned parent who as gossip has it wants to "bate me", because I called his son a "gobdaw", I find myself considering removing my name from the door, turning off the light and jumping out the window.
However, before that very large and aggressive parent can reach me, the welcome and unexpected sight of an old friend emerges from another room.
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