Heshe tells them: “I hope to goodness that this moaning, groaning, self-pitying yelping doesn’t go on every year on these boards. I’ve only been on here for a few months, so don’t know what it was like this time last year. To the grown-ups amongst us, we know that this is life and we’ve all got 100s of T-shirts to prove it.

“There seem to be two camps at the moment - us and the spoilt brats who think everything should be handed to them on a plate. I am utterly sick of their childish whining on+on+on about not getting a proper job, too many teachers and not enough posts.

“In Highland, we have a shortage of most subjects because most of the little darlings want to stay close to their friends and the big city lights.

“But hey, I might start putting people off again so I’ll shut up and start my afternoon’s teaching. Congratulations to those probationers who have jobs in out-of-the-way places and apologies for all the criticism of your peers - but they do need to grow up.”