One day he bumped into his old headmaster who told him he was wasting his time.
In it, the Wellington headmaster and biographer of Gordon Brown was less than complimentary about Labour's economic credibility and the future of Ed Balls as shadow chancellor.
Aged 11, I won a place at the local grammar school and, six years later, made the leap of a lifetime when my headmaster suggested I sat the Oxford history entrance exams.
The school "has ensured that the attitudes of our staff and pupils are positive and conducive to learning and discipline", says headmaster Patrick Mwaura.
"We want to change Cité Soleil, and to change Haiti, so we have to change our mentality," said Valdy Mesidor: "They're motivated," says headmaster Edy Antoine.
"I'M TERRIBLY sorry," says the headmaster, Jiro Kawabe, waving his arms at the classroom.
If he refused to contribute, he would appear to be mean and to be questioning the judgment of the headmaster.
The headmaster of the Oratory School in London, a state school attended by Mr Blair's two sons, said that he was going to ask parents to contribute at least £30 ($50) a month per child towards their education.
The school's headmaster says that the loss of GM status has led directly to its current financial problems, since local councils are once again taking a cut of funding.Mr Blair is only one of several New Labourites to court controversy over their children's education.
"The taste has gone out of our bridge game in the local café," says a retired headmaster.
An assistant explains that he is only on "indicative" hunger strike today, "but his fast until death will start on April 14th .Jantar Mantar, a street in the middle of Delhi, is a favourite spot for activists: Tibetans praying for political freedom, students marching to have a headmaster sacked, minor politicians desperate for attention.
