Mr Stott : The greatest teacher I ever had.
Junior 3 at a school in Wigan and we were introduced to a fairly new teacher called Mr Stott. Prior to being in his class I'd always been left out of any major activities and considered by all but one teacher (the rather strict but still excellent Mrs Rooks) to be an under achiever. But he got me involved in orienteering and other stuff up in the Lake District and generally made me feel that bit more confident.

He once told this story of how he was approached by a woman when buying a washing machine in town. She asked him if he knew her and said he looked familiar. Then told him that he was a dog in a past life and so was she. How did she know this? She'd bitten him and she could tell.

At this point Mr Stott called up the class bully to the front and asked said bully to feel the lump on his head from this bite in a past life. Just as the bully got close Mr Stott barked loudly at him and scared him. The rest of the class fell about laughing.

He left a couple of years after I moved on to secondary school due to ill health. I've never seen him since.

(Update, just did a Google search and apparently he's back there. Still as daft as ever)
( beefandcheese, Thu 10 Nov 2005, 11:12, Reply)