There's a New Deputy in Town
My memory is that nobody wanted to be the class monitor/prefect: the poor slob had no real power, was ignored by all anyway and he got branded teacher’s pet. But that’s now how 6 year old’s feels. Months back, my duaghter was very unhappy that she didn’t get to be Class Leader or Deputy Class Leader. Not even a Green Ambassador (more on what that is later). For some reason, she thought that the role got rotated among the kids every couple of weeks. As time passed, and no such change happened, she became angry. Why should only they be the leaders? What is so special about them? Hmmph… they scream more than those they tell to be quiet! They boss everyone. It’s amusing how kids can wind themselves into a tizzy with such righteous indignation… Unfortunately, she was way too young for me to be able to bestow wisdom on such matters. No, I don’t mean the sab moh maya hai kinda wisdom, I mean the Game of Thrones kind. Like this great quote by Lord Varys in Game of Thrones : “Power ...