Bored Teachers & Sexy Titles

We're expecting some visitors from a local secondary school next weekend. While the students are being taken on a tour of our premises, the teachers are to be 'entertained' for a period of 3 hours. A colleague of ours was kind enough to conduct the session- she mentioned to our marketing people that the session will be something along the lines of 'effective teaching methods', which in turn was communicated to the teachers.

The reply came back from the teachers' spokesperson that the title is not 'sexy' enough. And they don't need any talk about teaching methods since most of them are teacher trainers themselves. Since when have they become so demanding? It's a free session, they get free lunch, they won't be asked to lift a finger, they'll be allocated a cosy, air-conditioned room and did I mention that it's FREE? And to think I was the first choice as the presenter! That's going to be a tough crowd, I'd say. I suppose after my exams on that day I'll drop in and volunteer my services as a facilitator. It's definitely a consumers' market now, and the chaperones get the fringe benefits for the mere enticement of student enrolment at our college.