The Worlds Worst Teachers extract

THE WORLD’S WORST TEACHERS

As soon as he was put in his cot, Baby Pent was counting the beads above his head. Soon he was writing complex mathematical equations on the wall with his Alphabetti Spaghetti. It was when, as a toddler, he began giving his parents algebra homework that they knew for sure their little boy was destined to be a Maths teacher.

One day, when Master Pent was just ten* years old, he suffered a terrible accident. The boy was struck on the head by a ball. Not just any ball.

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* That’s 2 x 5, 7 + 3, 20 – 10, or 50 ÷ 5.