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Head Boy

Have you seen or read Harry Potter?

And do you remember the š—½š—æš—²š—³š—²š—°š˜š˜€ at the school?


Well, they actually exist.

Me holding my old school Head Boy badge close to the camera.
Head Boy Badge

😮

I know because...

You see...

š˜ š˜øš˜¢š˜“ š˜°š˜Æš˜¦ š˜°š˜§ š˜µš˜©š˜¦š˜®.



Not in Harry Potter, I’m afraid, but IRL.

(Before ā€˜IRL’ was even a thing!)


And my school was scarily like Hogwarts.

(š˜”š˜Ŗš˜Æš˜¶š˜“ š˜µš˜©š˜¦ š˜¤š˜¢š˜“š˜µš˜­š˜¦ š˜¢š˜Æš˜„ š˜®š˜¢š˜Øš˜Ŗš˜¤ š˜¢š˜Æš˜„ š˜„š˜³š˜¢š˜Øš˜°š˜Æš˜“ š˜¢š˜Æš˜„ š˜„š˜¦š˜®š˜¦š˜Æš˜µš˜°š˜³š˜“.)


šŸŖ„ We had the same tie (same as Gryffindor anyway).

šŸŖ„ We had school houses.

šŸŖ„ We slept in dorms.

šŸŖ„ We played quidditch.

šŸŖ„ We were allowed to go into the local village.


Yes, I went to a boarding school (not one of the posh ones!) šŸŽ“


So, for the uninitiated, prefects are like the police of the school.

š˜›š˜©š˜¦š˜ŗ š˜¢š˜³š˜¦ š˜µš˜©š˜¦ š˜¤š˜©š˜°š˜“š˜¦š˜Æ š˜§š˜¦š˜ø.

āœ… They have the power to make you go outside at break time.

āœ… They have the power to make you get to class on time.

āœ… They have the power to make you follow the roolz.


Okay, so like the police with really crap powers. 🚨


And the prefects at my school had a leader.

In fact they had two: Head Boy and Head Girl.


Guess who was š—›š—²š—®š—± š—•š—¼š˜† in my year?


• š˜–š˜© š˜“š˜µš˜°š˜±, š˜ŗš˜°š˜¶ā€™š˜­š˜­ š˜®š˜¢š˜¬š˜¦ š˜®š˜¦ š˜£š˜­š˜¶š˜“š˜©! 😊


And the perks of being Head Boy?

Well…

šŸ›”ļø You get a badge.

And you… um…you get… um... a badge.

(and yes, the photo is my actual badge)


Oh, and you’re the boss of the prefects.

So there’s that, I suppose…


And that’s about it really.

š˜›š˜° š˜£š˜¦ š˜©š˜°š˜Æš˜¦š˜“š˜µ, š˜ š˜„š˜°š˜Æā€™š˜µ š˜³š˜¦š˜®š˜¦š˜®š˜£š˜¦š˜³ š˜¢ š˜Øš˜³š˜¦š˜¢š˜µ š˜„š˜¦š˜¢š˜­ š˜¢š˜£š˜°š˜¶š˜µ š˜Ŗš˜µ.


ā“ So, how does that relate to my life and work today? ā“


It doesn’t really, except that it reminds me that titles and badges don’t really mean anything.

It’s what you do that counts.


š——š—¼ š˜š—µš—² š˜š—µš—¶š—»š—“!


Peace!

āœŒļøšŸ˜Ž


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