In light of the ongoing David Benson-Pope tediousness, I'm considering composing a letter to the Director of Operations at Stagecoach Wellington, demanding that one of their drivers be immediately dismissed. I had heard through the grapevine that "Mr. L", the maths teacher and notorious "bully of F Block" at my old college, had been fired for his inappropriate disciplinary methods; on having recently ridden in a couple of downtown buses driven by "L" I'm pretty confident that the rumour has been sufficiently substantiated.I was actually lucky; my 5th form year occurred only just after the mandate for corporal punishment was taken away from teachers. But if even only a few of the stories that went around about this guy were true, he demonstrated enough 'poor judgement' such that he should not, in my opinion, ever be allowed behind the wheel of a bus. How on earth could he be replied upon to demonstrate good judgement when it is called for now; when required, for example to drive the correct way down a one-way street. Or to answer competently when enquired of whether or not his bus goes "down Courtenay Place".
Given his history, it's simply farcical that this man be allowed to continue serving the public.Meanwhile, Bully is also the name of the 2001 film by Larry Clark (he of Kids and Ken Park fame|infamy), which is based on the true story of how seven Florida teenagers conspire to murder one of their mates, the titular bully. Somewhat chilling, kinda clinical but at the same time kinda raging angry - and despite the frequent and explicit sex scenes and the at-times seemingly meandering plot - it's quite a good film. Not everyone agrees though; I recall one review which insisted that Mr. Clark never be let behind the lens of a camera again. There's another review behind the image; IMDB entry here; Wiki here.
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Oh I remember Mr L! That prick!
One of my late primary school teachers, who later became a friend of sorts, also went to the same college and told me all sorts of sordid stories about him. I recall one tale was that he had relations with a female student and had to pay for an abortion by selling his sports car. I can’t imagine is any female student wanting to have an affair with such a creepy man.
I also heard the reason he left was that he’d had a nervous breakdown.
Wasn’t there also gossip that a PE teacher had an affair with the sister of a guy in our year? Benji (barks like a dog).
I loved Bully, despite that risible and gratuitously long 360% shot, because it captured that ignorant, wannabe-hardass loser mentality I know so well; they should show it in schools. Or maybe I just appreciated the chance to perv at Bijou Phillips... whatever, good film both ways.
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