Hell, it's tough down under!

I cracked up about this when I read about it. This is my first post about something “educational related” outside of South Africa. It appealed to me.

 

Some poor guy named Max, has a surname of Hell. This caused some problems because, according to the report, St Peter the Apostle Primary School in Melbourne, Australia, initially refused to admit him because of his surname. Now the Hell family – of Catholic persuasion – were understandably upset. The school later had a change of heart, but so did the Hells – based on grounds of victimization (or possible victimization). One could say they were “the Hell in!”

 

Well and good, but unfortunately it’s a fact of life that anything “unusual” gets teased (usually unmercifully) at school. I have a sneaking suspicion that poor Max is going to be teased his entire life. The best thing his family can do it to teach young Max not to take it seriously – perhaps even flaunt it and make light of it. So when someone says “Go to Hell!”, say: “In fact I already live there!”, or “Oh, so you’re coming over to my place then?”

 

Reverse psychology in such situations actually does work – I speak from experience, as someone who was also “victimized” his entire school life – albeit for different reasons.

 

At least Max can get his school report sent to his parents mobile phone, no matter what school he goes to if that school uses our SMS reporting service. Check out www.SchoolReportServices.com for more details.