Our current headmaster is retiring at the end of the year. This is a shame because in his time at the school he has taken it from underachieving to good at the last OFSTED inspection. He's respected by staff and pupils alike, and as importantly as anything else he actually has a sense of humour, which means he makes dry quips during briefing making it seem vaguely worth turning up for.
This week the school is interviewing candidates for the job. They have to have about three million interviews by different panels: the governors (the big one), staff, pupils, support staff, senior staff, staffs used for kung fu fighting, foetuses that might potentially come to the school, Uncle Tom Cobly, Elvis impersonators, the contestants of the last big brother and the four horseman of the apocolypse. They also have to go through a series of tasks. I'm not sure what these are but I hope it's something similar to the Triwizard Tournament. I'd have a lot of respect for a headteacher who could fight with dragons, rather than actually be one. It makes the normal teacher interview - generally a pretty harrowing experience - seem rather tame.
However if I was in charge - and let's face it, it's a good thing I'm not - then I'd make it into a Krypton Factor style event with all the staff and pupils watching. I especially like the thought of them having to take on an assault course just to get into the school grounds - it'd show how determined they were to get the job. Plus I'd get to feel all superior as they struggle to complete the logic task whilst I'd solved it in seconds with my mathemagic powers.
It's got to be the way forward.