Have you seen or read Harry Potter?
And do you remember the 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 at the school?
Well, they actually exist.
😮
I know because...
You see...
𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.
Not in Harry Potter, I’m afraid, but IRL.
(Before ‘IRL’ was even a thing!)
And my school was scarily like Hogwarts.
(𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴.)
🪄 We had the same tie (same as Gryffindor anyway).
🪄 We had school houses.
🪄 We slept in dorms.
🪄 We played quidditch.
🪄 We were allowed to go into the local village.
Yes, I went to a boarding school (not one of the posh ones!) 🎓
So, for the uninitiated, prefects are like the police of the school.
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘸.
✅ They have the power to make you go outside at break time.
✅ They have the power to make you get to class on time.
✅ They have the power to make you follow the roolz.
Okay, so like the police with really crap powers. 🚨
And the prefects at my school had a leader.
In fact they had two: Head Boy and Head Girl.
Guess who was 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗕𝗼𝘆 in my year?
• 𝘖𝘩 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱, 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘩! 😊
And the perks of being Head Boy?
Well…
🛡️ You get a badge.
And you… um…you get… um... a badge.
(and yes, the photo is my actual badge)
Oh, and you’re the boss of the prefects.
So there’s that, I suppose…
And that’s about it really.
𝘛𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵.
❓ So, how does that relate to my life and work today? ❓
It doesn’t really, except that it reminds me that titles and badges don’t really mean anything.
It’s what you do that counts.
𝗗𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴!
Peace!
✌️😎
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