Mr Orchard
When I was at secondary school back in the eighties we had a supply teacher who was a bit odd. Firstly he was a follower of the Bhagwan and a sannyasin so wore nothing but orange clothing, and was otherwise a bit of a hippy. He was also obsessed with the 'powers of crystals.'

I can't remember a single lesson I ever had with him where we actually did any work, without fail all his lessons were involved around crystals, whether it was him telling us in great detail about the giant crystals the US government were finding in the mid-Atlantic from Atlantis, stories actually about the downfall of Atlantis, or the men from the Ministry of Defense who would come up to his stall in a craft market (selling crystals) and inform him they were currently conducting research into using crystals as weapons. He would also get entire classes to meditate with a crystal in are hands, which quite frankly mate was never going to work with a room fall of urban fourteen year olds. But he never gave up trying. There were times when I genuinely believe he had no idea everybody viewed him as a complete nutter.
( Jahled Three shades of black, Fri 31 Oct 2008, 14:25, Reply)