Mr Mercer

Replaced Miss Fraiser as Second in Command in the Music Department.and is now the head of the department in Mrs Matthews absence. Plays piano and clarinet. Has a sense of humour, and is much easier to weasel away from than Miss Roberts on the subject of band/choir/woodwind group/jazz group/senior band attendance. Also does a rather nice dance. He showed his ability to caper during a school concert on various musical composers, and ended up doing a monkey impression for 'Gee Officer Krupkee'. If you didn't see it, you missed out...

He is famous for having a folding forehead while talking, and his quite frankly amazular-tastic skills on any keyboard-related instrument. He seems to only like his old form, Now 8G, Who he just natters on to Annie McCloskey and Bronagh Whytt-Thorban, since they show off about their music playing and writing. darn.

Quotes

• "Thought Shower!"
• Mercer is well known for having coined the phrase "sexual terrorist"

• Mercer:i am from rochdale born and bred.

Student:erm i think the term is inbred sir.

• "Smacked off his tits on drugs" (on the subject of Pete Doherty in General Studies)

• "I am not, never have been, and never will be a cross-dressing backing singer!"

• Student: Sir can you do a cart wheel?
• Mercer: Why?
• Student: because real men can do cartwheels, prove that your a real man.
• Mercer: Ok (and does a cartwheel almost kicking the drumkit)

• No Tom, I would not like to see your weasel.

• Mercer:We get on like a...
  

((class stay silent))
Mercer:HOUSE ON FIRE!!

• "I am not a piece of meat! I have rights!!" (a futile attempt to appeal to his Lower VIth class.)
• "I'm very dissapointed class!"....Then starts laughing with the rest of the class
• "You are ACE class!"
• "Its registration, girls.." Said to three 7N girls whilst running form the music departmenet to 7R to do their registration, but as their form tutor not a student

• (Telling off his form (2006-07) during a music lesson)

Mr Mercer: "Do you know how much negativity is in this room right now?" (Class stay silent as a pupil puts his hand up.) Student [Seriously]: "Lots" [Class laughs along with Mr Mercer]

(Chaz and Nicola from 8R go up to the music department, and see Mr Mercer ushering a supply teacher into one of the tiny practise rooms, and upon Mr Mercer surfacing:)

• Chaz:Do The Music Teachers Play 7 Minutes In Heaven in the practise rooms?
  • Mr Mercer:No...whats 7 Minutes IN Heaven? Wait, it's you two, do I WANT to know?

Next day, in a Music Lesson

Nicola:Sir, do you know what 7 minutes in heaven is yet? Mr Mercer:Umm...is this an appropriate topic for this class?