Garbo
I've realised my blog is very one dimensional. i.e. I just write shit and expect you to read it. So, I'm going to try and get out of my own way and ask you some questions, dear reader (note singularity - yes, this means YOU).
I was explaining the concept of "Garbo" to Steph - who was quite taken aback with the concept I think (I might be embellishing her reaction somewhat). In High School, we had this "scheme" called "Garbo" where (I think) Year 9 students would pair up for a day, every day (might've been one day a week actually) to collect garbage around the schoolyard. e.g. As a student, you got one day of "Garbo" for the year with a friend. You got to wear casual clothes, you got to pretty much wander the school, unhindered by authority, and you just had to pick up shit and put it in the bin, empty bins at the end of recess/lunch, etc. (I can't really remember the details, but I remember it wasn't that hard). And you got "paid" in the form of a free lunch from the cafeteria.
So, my question to you - does this sound familiar? Did Steph not know about it because she went to a small school in the country, or was my school pioneering child labour back into the late 20th century, and we shouldn't really talk about it in the company of others?
I was explaining the concept of "Garbo" to Steph - who was quite taken aback with the concept I think (I might be embellishing her reaction somewhat). In High School, we had this "scheme" called "Garbo" where (I think) Year 9 students would pair up for a day, every day (might've been one day a week actually) to collect garbage around the schoolyard. e.g. As a student, you got one day of "Garbo" for the year with a friend. You got to wear casual clothes, you got to pretty much wander the school, unhindered by authority, and you just had to pick up shit and put it in the bin, empty bins at the end of recess/lunch, etc. (I can't really remember the details, but I remember it wasn't that hard). And you got "paid" in the form of a free lunch from the cafeteria.
So, my question to you - does this sound familiar? Did Steph not know about it because she went to a small school in the country, or was my school pioneering child labour back into the late 20th century, and we shouldn't really talk about it in the company of others?
posted by AndyN at 7:44 PM
3 Comments:
It sounds very familiar to me - they had a similiar scheme at our school - it is a weird concept though. Why didn't they get the cleaners to do it?
We also had another thing where one day a year you got to be a roll monitor and take the roll around to each classroom in the morning and then in the afternoon.
Roll monitor, eh? Now that sounds like even less work (although it probably depends on the number of classes at your school, and the distance between classrooms).
Oh, and HAVE A GREAT BIRTHDAY tomorrow Miss V :)
We had garbos at Mooroopna High, but they were called "scabs", and if you had that job for the day, you were said to be "on scab duty", or simply "on scab". Nice eh :)
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