Nearly 15 weeks of no realtime interaction with my kids’ school. Just had the first ever face to face video encounter between my daughter and her GCSE drama teacher.
Our discussion afterwards:
Nearly 15 weeks of no realtime interaction with my kids’ school. Just had the first ever face to face video encounter between my daughter and her GCSE drama teacher.
This was our discussion afterwards:
ME: Wow. That was really helpful wasn’t it?
HER: No.
ME: Why?
HER: Because I had no idea he was an Archers fan. I’d really liked him.
ME: I thought he was fab.
HER: It’s ruined my relationship with him.
ME: Don’t be silly.
HER: Fifteen weeks with no teachers in front of me! And you two spent the entire time talking about The Archers!
ME: Not the entire time.
HER: Huh.
ME: He was dead impressed that you used to listen to it.
HER: Only when Kirsty stabbed Rob.
ME: He was less impressed that you got Helen and Kirsty mixed up.
HER: Well, I’m not listening to it now. He can’t make me.
ME: He said it’d be good as homework – that you should write your own scripts and send them in. You’re great at dialogue.
HER: I’m. Just. Not. Doing. It. Okay?
ME: He said it’d be fun. You could give ’em some fresh and er… ‘youthful’ content … Could be a laugh!
HER: Sounds hilarious.
ME: The BBC might appreciate it.
HER: When did the BBC ever listen to an outsider? Unless you’re from the North. Or Simon Armitage.
ME: That’s a bit unfair. There are quite a few northern people on Radio 4 nowadays.
HER: Yeah, right. They all ham-up their accents. I’ve seen Simon Armitage in the Co-op in Honley and he doesn’t talk like that normally.
ME: Still … Hey – some of it you like. You’ve said you like ‘Ben’ on it. That he sounds a bit ‘tasty’
ME: Still … Hey – some of it you like. You’ve said you like ‘Ben’ on it. That he sounds a bit ‘tasty’.
HER: I did, until he was talking about to the Young Famers’ Quiz. So not cool.
ME: That’s quite rude of you. That’s what young farmers do!
HER: (Giving me The Look) Mum, there are plenty of young farmers round here. We live in a rural area.
ME: And?
HER: Believe me, the kids who belong to farming families at my school do NOT do quizzes.
ME: What do they do then?
HER: You really don’t wanna know.
ME: Ah, more like Freddy then.
HER: Will you just STOP IT with The Archers? I’d rather go and do my maths (She wanders off)
ME: Shame. They need younger listeners. We don’t want to see the Death of The Archers. We need to breed a new generation of listeners….
HER: (Shouting down the hall) PUT THEM ON BLOODY TIK TOK THEN!
Funny, 😂