Hey,
So recently I found out the results of the head girl/boy interviews.
The actual interview went pretty well. My head teacher and head of sixth form were sat at one end of a table and I was at the other end giving my presentation. They both were smiling and laughing throughout, which I took as a positive sign – even if one of the questions after the presentation wasn’t actually about the presentation but rather about my favourite genre of rock music and why.
A few days later I was called out of my tutor to go find out the results of the interview. I was told to head to main reception and they’ll call me in when they’re ready for me. While waiting, I sat reading Harry Potter so I didn’t notice the time passing. However when interrupted by a teacher, I noticed the time. I’d been sat outside in main reception for half an hour. I asked the receptionist if she could see if he was ready for me, but to no avail. His assistant didn’t even pick up the phone. So I sat there, more concerned now waiting for my meeting.The head of reprographics walked past me several times then finally asked me why I was in main reception. After I told him why I was there, he said he’d take a peek in his office and see if it looks like his meeting will finish soon. When he returned, I was informed it wasn’t another sixth former in his office but a year 10 girl in trouble for punching another girl. I started to feel like i’d been forgotten.
Eventually, my head teacher came out of his office. To see me? Of course not. He went to go to a meeting and saw me, then was visibly startled. He asked me how long i’d been sat waiting for him and seemed surprised when I said i’d been sat for an hour. He hadn’t even noticed i’d been there. He quickly sat me in office and told me the results.
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I didn’t get the role. If you read between the lines of what was said, I seemed to enthusiastic and charity oriented which wasn’t what they were looking for. I was then told a metaphor that didn’t make sense and about the head’s son whose in India for some reason.
I quickly left the office and walked back to the sixth form, taking a deep breath. I was actually upset I didn’t get the role, which surprised me. In sixth form, there was a gaggle of Year 12s and one Year 13 sat around a big table discussing the results, which is very unusual as usually sixth form is very segregated into little groups. Everyone was outraged at the results – the girl who won was forced to apply and didn’t even want to role. She hates speaking in front of others. However, I know the girl who won would make a great head girl – this wasn’t the issue. The boy who got Head Boy didn’t even do a proper presentation – he read directly off five note cards. He also gets away with not wearing the uniform, never does his work and referred to everyone in sixth form as being ‘scum’ that is below him intellectually. Charming fellow, right?
It started to sound like the results were chosen before the actual interviews even take place. This became more apparent when I found out why the other candidates didn’t get the role – one boy was too nice and the other was too intelligent. The other girl who applied was very feminist based. It’s ridiculous. The girl who won head girl once again told the head of sixth form she doesn’t like talking in front of crowds and she was immediately told she wont have to – despite this being a primary role in being the head girl.
Honestly the whole thing is frustrating and i’m almost glad I didn’t win if the results were going to be predetermined like that. I’m a deputy head officially but we all know that’s the equivalent of a child getting a prize for participating.
To top it all off, my sixth form is constructed essentially like a giant glass conservatory. This means it gets very hot easily and with one opening window, it wasn’t very well ventilated. We also got told off for opening the door in case ‘an axe murder got in’. The head of sixth form didn’t acknowledge the fact that if a murderer truly wanted to get in, a glass door wasn’t exactly going to stop them. The fact that the staff room also had an open door despite not having many teachers in it was also ignored.
Until next time,
Megan
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