Drysdale placed the baseball back into Ted's hand, and Ted wondered if "kid" was tongue in cheek, a jab between middle-aged men, or merely a function of the bottom line, pupils focussed on the endgame of ink.
A few things are able to interrupt a daydreaming girl: an attractive male arrives at an adjacent spot, the darting pupils focus on a point in space, and the smile is replaced by a look of intense concentration.
Livingstone's first free school of 800 pupils – focusing on science, technology, engineering, art and maths, and developing "computing, coding and creative skills" – is planned for Hammersmith, in London, in 2016.
On its website, the school says: "We feel it is important to help pupils focus on their role within the school and outline to them how they can help themselves and others.
Secondary pupils focused more in depth on the science of dengue fever and the primary vector, with some creating a play about the biological control of dengue.
The two parallel illumination beams are spatially separated at the eye pupil before focused on the same spot on the retina, and the detection is performed via a dual interferometer setup.
Another factor, suggests a spokeswoman for the Russell Group, is that applications from ethnic minority pupils are disproportionately focused on some of the most over-subscribed and competitive courses, such as medicine.
Geocaching helps pupils really focus on the landscape, encourages them to consider their environment and has the added benefit of helping them create their own niche tourist attraction.
Its key recommendation is that the year 2015-16 should be designated a "year of reflection", with no big policy changes or new Ofsted frameworks, to allow staff and pupils to focus on deeper values and goals.
