Improvised Assemblies
My dad was a teacher for 35 years, 30 of which were in one school. Pretty early on, he got bored of assemblies so him and a couple of mates came up with a rule by which when your name was down on the rota to do an assembly, you were not given a theme by the other members of the conspiracy until you were actually in the hall, about to get up behind the podium. Someone would just whisper 'Fair play', 'Charity', 'The importance of respecting others, etc., and you'd wing it.

They got so good, and each built up a repertoire of assemblies they were ready to give at a moment's notice, that they got away with it under 4 different headmasters for 15 years without anyone twigging.

I've always respected them for having a go at it, because I reckon if I was dropped in it like that, I would flounder completely.
(SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 15:33, 1 reply)

I'd up the stakes
Start throwing in topics like "teen pregnancy", "Corporal Punishment", "18th Century Russian Literature".
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 17:57, closed)