I was 15, the school was 3 months old, built for 800 students but only had 220 and as it was a government "progressive" school, everything was brand new (we even had video cameras - remember, this was 1973)
My favourite teachers were all a bit weird.

1. English, Mr. Potts - Long hair and beard, generally placid but did have "incidents" every 2 months or so, where he would scream a lot and move away from the set curriculum - I remember several in depth studies of Hunter S Thompson articles and the Door"s albums "The Doors" and "Waiting for the sun". After these, he would have a week off.

2. Geography and Drama, Mr. Snowdon - long hair and beard, very intense but usually happy.
Was great to be around because he would always back his students in any situation and the other teachers were scared of him. Don't actually remember learning much but he was fun. We made several movies.

3. Mr. Naylor, Chemistry - Very long hair and beard, was only ever seen wearing army trousers and t-shirts, rode an old ex-army BMW which he would disappear on for up to 3 days at a time. Very philosophical and not at all interested in chemistry. Alleged to have threatened the Deputy Headmaster with a wakizashi (hari-kari sword). Died in Afghanistan during the Russian invasion in 1980 while riding his BMW around the world.

All 3 were Vietnam veterans and had a very realistic, although somewhat bizarre attitude towards education and the world in general. They all were great guys and taught us plenty about life.
(peewee13, Fri 11 Nov 2005, 10:29, Reply)