"Has one of your pupils ever had a crush on you and what did you doabout it?" a head teacher asks a nervous interviewee for a job in aschool. "Er, well, yes. There was a 14-year-old girl when I was workingin one school," admits the candidate. "I didn't want to hurt herfeelings so just went for a drink with her once."
"What did you learn and how would you handle the situation differently?"probes the head teacher. "Erm, nothing. Well, I thought what I did wasokay," the candidate replies. The head might beg to differ and questionwhat the responses say about the candidate's attitude towards the pupilsin his care.
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