Wouldn't it be good if...

Well, here begins a small series of wouldn't it be good ifs.

In my youthwork travels, its become apparent that it would be good to have a top ten of school survival tips. Only problem is, I couldn't think of ten, so it didn't make it onto the bakery.
In fact, as I'm prone to distraction, (this must be a side-effect of a creative mind...) I thought a better place to start might be with what often goes wrong. To make sure the outcome of this is positive, we'll keep it realistic and not completely obvious - just the sort of things that some people need pointed out...!

So, here's the start of a list of how to guarantee a bad day:

1. Make sure you have argument first thing with your mum over something like ironing your shirt.
2. Skip breakfast. That way you can make sure you feel really crabby by mid morning.
3. Forget to call for your mate on the way to school OR miss the bus OR miss the train OR better still, get on the wrong bus or train, preferably in the opposite direction. This will get you points for upsetting your friend and being hopelessly late.
4. Ensure you have left your homework to the last minute so that you have to stay up very late getting it done, or facing the wrath of Mrs Gibbons the biology teacher. Staying up late will help with the memory and general doziness to carry out number 3.


With the comments facility on the blog, I'm sure we'd very quickly have more than ten to be able to pick a top 10 from.