Preview Mode Links will not work in preview mode

Look Into My Eyes

  1. All Episodes
  2. Episode 4 | The Demon Headmaster - Chapter 4 - The Best School I've Ever Been To

Episode 4 | The Demon Headmaster - Chapter 4 - The Best School I've Ever Been To

Aug 9, 2023

In this episode we consider Chapter 4, The Best School I've Ever Been To, which features our first introduction to SPLAT and our first look at Assembly. We consider questions like, how involved are all the other members of staff in the school? How creepy is the idea of 200 children, eating completely in sync with each other? And how is the Headmaster's attempt to hypnotise Dinah a subtle criticism of an education system that favours teaching to the test? Find out on this week's episode of Look Into My Eyes.

Want to add your voice to the conversation, or just want to tell us "The hosts are marvellous people and this is the best podcast I've ever listened to"? Then email us at feedback@lookintomyeyespodcast.com

You can also follow us and interact with us on Instagram @lookintomyeyespodcast, please like, comment and share so more people can find the podcast. 

References

Butler, Catherine. “‘You Are Feeling Very Sleepy…’: Hypnosis, Enchantment and Mind-Control in Children’s Fiction.” In Children’s Fantasy Fiction: Debates for the Twenty First Century, edited by Nickianne Moody and Clare Horrocks, 175–90. Liverpool: Liverpool John Moores Univ, 2005.
 
Thomson, Pat. “The Uses and Abuses of Power: Teaching School Leadership through Children’s Literature.” Journal of Educational Administration and History 46, no. 4 (October 2, 2014): 367–86. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220620.2014.940858
 
An Example of a news story featuring a school with very strict rules- https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/dec/30/no-excuses-inside-britains-strictest-school

Music Credits

"Dopplerette" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

"Metaphor" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

"Serious Drama" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

"SCP-x1x (Gateway to Hell)" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/