Do you know who I am?
Written by John MacphersonGiven all the recent sage advice for students I thought you might appreciate this:
A friend was invigilator at a large exam in a college. Supervising hundreds of students sitting scribbling.
Time passed. Then ended.
“That’s it” he called “Time’s up, pens down”.
The pens descended.
“Bring your papers to the front, pile them on my desk please.”
The pile grew, into two giant piles, teetering on the brink of tumbling. Lots and lots and lots of paper.
As the crowd thinned the invigilator noticed one last student, far back in the hall, still scribbling.
“Pen down please, time’s up.” he said.
The scribbler continued scribbling.
“I wont ask again, get that pen down or I wont accept your paper!”
The scribbling continued.
“Ok last warning, pen down or I’m not accepting your paper.”
The scribbler looked up, smiled and carried on scribbling.
“Ok thats it, you had your chance, I’m not accepting your paper.”
The scribbler ignored this and continued.
The invigilator sorted his own stuff, filled his forms, checked his watch, and gathered his bits and pieces.
Then the sound of a chair moving. Footsteps approaching.
A thin, grubby, long-haired, partly shaven, but otherwise nondescript student stood there, clutching his exam paper.
“I’m not accepting it, I warned you, time was up long ago and you’ve just blown it.”
The student scratched his stubbly chin, and said “Do you know who I am?”
The invigilator replied “No I don’t and you know what…… I don’t care”.
And quick as a flash the student lifted the giant pile of exam papers, about in the middle, and thrust his exam paper into the pile, and with a wry grin said “Good!”.
And walked off whistling.
Author — John Macpherson
John MacPherson was born and lives in the Scottish Highlands. He trained as a welder in the Glasgow shipyards, before completing an apprenticeship as a carpenter, and then qualified as a Social Worker in Disability Services. Along the way he has cooked on canal barges, trained as an Alpine Ski Leader & worked as an Instructor for Skiers with disabilities, been a canoe instructor, and tutor of night classes in carpentry, stained glass design and manufacture, and archery. He has travelled extensively on various continents, undertaking solo trips by bicycle, or motorcycle. He has had narrow escapes from an ambush by terrorists, been hit by lightning, caught in an erupting volcano, trapped in a mobile home by a tornado, kidnapped by a dog's hairdresser, rammed by a basking shark and was once bitten by a wild otter. He has combined all this with professional photography, which he has practised for over 35 years. He teaches photography and acts as a photography guide & tutor in the UK and abroad. His biggest challenge is keeping his 30 year old Land Rover 110 on the road. He loves telling and hearing stories.
Discussion (2 Comments)
Quality!
Aye. I suspect that lad will have gone far!