Not today, not tomorrow, but soon
An ex of mine became a teacher. There have been other teacher tales on here - I think this is different. She has got a proper science degree. She worked for a few years in a related industry, then trained to be a teacher. Odd, I thought, for a quietly committed anarchist.

She's been a teacher for a few years now, never staying at one school for long, working at schools all over the world. Good schools too. Schools where the great and the good send their offspring; Royalty, captains of industry, politicians, surgeons, judges, lawyers. Pupils with pedigree,and connections.

She's good too. The parents all seem to like her and the good results she gets. But her pupils! They admire her, adore her, are inspired by her and are blindly devoted to her.

Then they graduate, or pass their exams with flying colours and go into their parents profession, or follow their own path. How many pupils does a teacher influence? 4 classes of 25 in each year? Teaching 4 year-groups at a time? Certainly several thousand over 10 years.

A few years from now her devoted followers will be scattered throughout corridors of power, boardrooms, exclusive clubs. They will be in positions of power or they will be experts in their chosen fields. They will have influence and they will have excellent family and professional connections. And they'll all remember the much-loved Ms Cartwright

Now the thing is, she's an ex for a reason. She can be really mean.
One day, I fear she will decide that she has had enough. One word from her, and all it would take is a message on an alumni forum and her sleeper network will activate...

It may not but evil but I don't believe the transition to the new world order will be easy.
(Rich T has a clever and witty sig, Wed 14 Jul 2010, 0:10, 3 replies)

My god...
What will this new word be?

Sorry
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 14 Jul 2010, 9:20, closed)

corrections
You are as bad as her!
Typo corrected. LAst line originally read "...to the new word order ..."
(Rich T has a clever and witty sig, Wed 14 Jul 2010, 9:34, closed)

Well, I for one
welcome our new insect overlords.
( Blind Meach Cautiously optimistic, Wed 14 Jul 2010, 13:24, closed)