Back in the noughties, a friend of mine in Ireland was approached about attending a reunion of his primary school class. This was to be held in the old school building, which was still standing. His response was to say that the only reason he'd set foot in that building again would be to burn it to the ground. That was the inspiration for this story and it will possibly strike a cord with anyone who went through the Irish education system of the 1960s and 1970s.