To think seing a boy bouncing down a school coridor on a broom isn't a reason to choose a school

[LynetteScavo]

I took DS1 to an open mornign at a secondary school.

He had his usual "I don't want to be here" face on, until her saw a pupilstaning on a broom, bouncing down a coridor.

DS smiled, became relaxed, and has decided he would very much like to go to this school.

Boys are strange creatures....

Oh, I thought I was in AIBU!

We chose a school for DS2 when we saw a child bolting through the school followed by the most cheerful woman I have ever seen belting after him and giving us a cheery 'good morning' as she did so...we put it as our only choice and fought the LEA

I am with your DS on this one

do you know, I completely assumed you were in AIBU...

It's a damn good reason to choose a school!

was this Hogwarts?

How do you stand ON a broom and bounce? I'm trying really hard to get a mental picture of this... but I can't.

I expect it was one of those Nimbus 2000 mark 9 or something.

i would also choose a school on this basis

My DS has chosen his favourite school as the one with the best school canteen menu It think the broom would have swung it for him though!

DS1 is currently favouring the school which exploded watermelons at their open day by dousing them in petrol and setting them alight (apparently this was the method, I didn't see it as I was watching the maggot racing with DS2)

GooseyLoosey - take a broom, hold it in front of you, brush part on the floor, handle staight up. Stand on the top of the brush part. Hold on to the handle with both hands. Jump up and down pogo style.

Go on - try it with your kitchen broom.

Have you lot never bounced on brooms then? goodness,must be just me then.....

Thanks Lynette! I have just destroyed my broom

LynetteScavo - I shall be doing that as soon as I go home. However, I fear splinters in unseemly places and for the longevity of the broom.

Presume they play Quidditch at that school? I would deffo go for it!

Obviously a state school

• yes, very much a state school.

(But we got up to a lot worse at the private school I went to. )

I asked one of the boys showing us around;

"What made you come to this school"?

He replied;

"My Mum"

Priceless.

I'm doing Open Days and still waiting to see the Gregory's Girl penguin...

My son enjoyed the maggot racing at one prestigious school last week.

Like I said deaddei, boys are strange!

I noticed the other prospective mothers were very boden clad. I can't decide wheather that's a good thing or not!