So I was watching the Murray-Nadal final when my mobile phone (on silent) vibrated. There was a message from an unknown number. “No school tomorrow” it read. This was good news. Jet-lag had set in and getting up at 6.30am was not a great prospect. But who was this mystery bringer of good tidings?
“Great,” I replied. “Are you sure?” I was hoping the response would give me some clue as to who it was. It came within seconds. “Yes,” it read.
Rupert and I congratulated each other on our good fortune and then continued to watch the tennis. Then my brain started working. Why was someone from a French school sending me messages in English? None of the mothers speak to me in English, the teachers are all French. There was only one thing for it. I called the number.
“This is Angela,” said a voice. Angela is staying with us. Angela has a blackberry. Olivia and Bea have been taught by my friend Mo to use a Blackberry. They don’t like school.
I was not sure whether to be furious or rather proud of their high-tech skiving attempt. Whatever else it made us laugh and brought back memories of tricks I used to pull, like putting the thermometer on a hot light bulb before showing it to my mother. That seems rather old-fashioned in comparison.
Copyright: Helena Frith Powell 2009
HIGH TECH HOOKIE! HOW CLEVER??
HOWEVER re you going to keep up with them if they were able to pull this off now? I can’t wait to hear the stories once they are old enough to date boys. They will lead you on a merry chase before they are grown. LOL!!!!!!!!
Brilliant! I loved this one! In boarding school, we used to put blotting paper in our shoes, which made us faint and got us a day off. After one day in the infirmary, with infirmary food, we were ready to face school again.
And you know what, now I’m a teacher and there are days when you’d give anything for that text that would say “no school” and would’nt question the source!
Bless their little hearts. mimi
Mimi, why would blotting paper make you faint? Or am I being thick and you will tell me to write it out 100 times!
Margaret, not sure, but honestly, it did, we thought it was something to do with drawing blood away from your heart?? Anyway, it was an innocent scam, but we were innocent, non-tech kids! mimi
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