There are many advantages to being the most junior member of a department. I get to be the energetic and enthusiastic one with mad ideas, everyone takes pity on me when the kids play up and I get to hang out with the gorgeous girls from the English department without looking sleazy, to name but three.
But sometimes I feel a little pushed around. My head of department has suggested I go on a course to do with some focus thing (school focus? learning focus? hocus pocus focus?). The aim is targeting pupils who should be getting Cs but aren't. The official reasoning being that I openly hate top sets and have had some success - buggered if I know why - with a year eleven class that fit the bill. The real reason is that everyone else in the department would just moan about new initiatives and tell him to piss off, and in fact probably already have.
Of course being energetic and enthusiastic and into mad ideas I would of course be delighted to go.
Plus I'm guessing it means a day out somewhere, hopefully a nice hotel with a buffet.