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My kids have gone to more schools than I care to consider (I'm military): the headmaster's ability to remember kids' names is a minimum necessary sales tactic.
by niels_olson 14y ago
My kids have gone to more schools than I care to consider (I'm military): the headmaster's ability to remember kids' names is a minimum necessary sales tactic. Of, oh my, 10? headmasters, they all know my kids by name on an impromptu basis. I wouldn't make too much out of it.
- davidjohnstone 14y agoSchools vary. Possibly by geographic location and size. Having 1500 or so students doesn't help. I went to a similar school (as in, really expensive) as the OP in Melbourne. The principal was universally well regarded, and even got a Member of the Order of Australia (a couple of steps below a knighthood) for his contribution to education, but he knew very few of us students by name. When I was at uni, I noticed a Who's Who book in the library, and flicked it open to the page that my old principal was on...
- astrange 14y agoAnd?