Transition year ideas.

 TY [Trannies] survival guide;

Want to survive your time in this school? Some call it Shawshank but for a number of years we all have to call it home! Here then are a few ideas from the Transition Year's as to how to get on with it.

Stay out of trouble. Sounds easy, right? Not when you have Nutters that vape in toilet cubicles. Like a strawberry-flavoured group therapy session, there can be 5 in there, sharing Covid, saliva and eventually, demerits.

Don't be a David! This apparently means 'zesty' but we know that being a David is really just someone that thinks they are too cool, know it all and has the attention span of a gold fish.

Have a decent trim at all times! No perms, no big hair, no fringes that need a gardener to fix. Keep it tight and light. And only grow a beard if you are able.

Don't fill your bag too much unless you are training to be a coal delivery man in the near future.

Don't annoy senior students. They bite, hit like Quarter Backs and are top of the food chain. Don't get in their way in the assembly hall either. No kid wants to be beaten black and blue by a chicken tikka wrap.

There are certain teachers you need to avoid and not 'upset'. You'll figure it out as you go. Booming voices, red faces, throbbing veins on foreheads... and that's just the female teachers!

Hoodies are a non-runner. Rumour has it a certain teacher has opened an outlet shop with the garments confiscated down through the years. You've been warned.

Respect management. Want to wear second-hand shoes? Want to be hunted down and found? With the determination of Bruce Willis in Die-Hard and the cunning of James Bond, they will get you....

Don't be late for class. By the time you walk the length of the school campus all the way to the prefabs you will have been watched for a few minutes. The teacher's patience will have reached boiling point as you walk slowly, talking about tractors and Ballywilliam girls. Patience is not an infinite commodity in teachers.

Finally; If you are determined to go on the mitch, there are a number of factors to consider. If you get a friend to ring in to sign you out, make sure they sound like an adult, not a squeaky teenager. Make sure they know your Mum or Dad's name in case they are asked. And don't ring in from outside the principal's office like one kid did.😒

Have a nice year!!!


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