Silly season

What is wrong with this picture?

Oh nothing really. It's probably just me. 

But, isn't that a really, really weird place to put a public bench?

On the far side of the fence is a school's sports pitch. This side is a public footpath. Just WHO is this bench meant for?

Anyway, I've taken to affectionately calling it the paedo-bench, and the name is beginning to stick amongst colleagues. What do you reckon I can get it removed by the powers-that-be through the power of a silly name and Chinese whispers?

I hasten to add here that I have no genuine concerns that paedophiles are using the bench to observe gym sessions. I'm not a sabre-rattling-peados-on-every-corner type of gal. In fact the only person I have ever seen indulging urges on the bench is a colleague eating chips and enjoying an off-premises smoke. 

It's very slightly 'silly season' in school (you may have noticed). Exams are nearly done with. ALL my Law students are on study leave and whilst I have plenty of work to do, it's generally of the 'pushing paper' variety.

It's been a real delight to spend some days with colleagues in the staffroom with similar workloads, indulging in the kind of water-cooler gossip that is largely impossible during normal teaching life. Before I started teaching last September it never really occurred to me what a lonely job teaching can be. In terms of adult interaction, it's been a desert. As someone new to the area and the job it's been very hard to grow a social life out of my new school. Here's hoping that a few more days sweltering in the staff-room will lead to some more burgeoning friendships.