ROT for 2nd November 2009

Year 9 Matthew walked towards me, shirt untucked, mocking the school rules. “Tuck your shirt in,” I said. He did but he surled like a surly teenage boy.

Five minutes later, outside, Year 9 Matthew’s shirt was untucked again. His shirt had got wet, he explained with sincerity, when he went to the bathroom to wash his hands. He’d untucked it to let it dry. “If your shirt was tucked into your trousers, how could it possibly have got wet? Go to the Hall, sit in the sun and let your shirt dry.”