Paul Patrick

Born on 23 July 1950 in South Shields, Paul Patrick is an openly gay teacher and leading British LGBT rights activist specialising in fighting homophobia in the public and voluntary sectors; particularly in the education system. He taught at BRGS for several years, rising to become Head of Drama, but was then unceremoniously fired for reasons which have never been fully explained to the student body.

• • He didn't read the syllabus and taught an AS Level class the wrong play. So they all failed. This may have been a contributing factor to his leaving the school**

He is currently working on Biting The Hand That Feeds Me!, the first volume of his autobiography.

It is important to note that his Wikipedia Page says he left BRGS "after a period of illness" but also neglects to dispel any rumours regarding the Crucible Incident. (Paul Patrick suffers from depression. This probably was also a contributing factor to his leaving BRGS)

Mr Patrick was a great teacher. instead of confiscating maltesers, he'd ask for one. When doing plays, the more erratic and more people that ended up dead on the floor, the better. We would do drama instead of english when he got bored. And he was a funny guy.

• • • Though I was never taught by Mr Patrick, my negative opinion of him was formed by one of my few encounters with him. He was throwing us out of our form room so he could have his drama class, and I protested that it should be relocated as we could never use our form room due to it. Anyway, words were exchanged, and he accused me of being homophobic. I am not homophobic, and am in fact gay myself, and as such, am unlikely to be making homophobic remarks or insinuations. I find it despicable that he (as a gay rights campaigner) would use this cheap weapon against me, in order to win his argument. Obviously if I said any more he would have gone to a senior teacher and made a complaint against me. He is overrated both as a teacher and as a person***