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The Honest Flake

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  That Friday morning at around 9:30am, they noticed a white salon car slowly   driven into the school compound. The driver, seemed   unfamiliar with the environment from the way he was driving, popping out his elongated neck through the window looking for a place to park. It was his slow movement that caught their attention as he carefully parked the machine under the tall umbrella green leaved jacaranda tree. " Is the county Director of Education and his team paying us another visit in school today?" asked one of my colleagues passing by briskly. He quickly dashed into the staffroom rushing to put all his documents in order. Following the previous term's unannounced visit by the team, nobody wanted to be caught unaware in such a mess again. Failing to keep your teaching materials, learning and professional documents in order meant lack of quality and skills as a professional teacher.  The man took  five minutes or so  before he could get out of the car. I walked

The Insurance Deal

  Everyone looked at the deputy.   Looking very angry because nobody was giving her the attention that she needed. "Excuse me colleagues? The gentleman that you are seeing standing here right next to me, has come from the County and he wants to sell to us something.... some goods and services.   Let him introduce himself and thereafter tell you why he is here."   They all stopped doing what had busied themselves to to give the gentleman their attention. At   least there's no cause for alarm since the man did not seem to come from the County Director's Office of Education. It was indeed a relief...   He was a salesperson from Garrison's Home and Utensils Services. He was selling kitchenware and household goods. After his introduction, another man walked into the staffroom. He was his business partner but, from the look of things, the person who was doing the marketing looked more like his manager. He carried all the stuff that they needed to showcase. The