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Replaced Miss Fraiser as Second in Command in the Music Department.and is now the head of the department in Mrs Matthews absence. Has a sense of humour. He is a nice teacher and a very 'happy chappy'.

Musical Capabilities

Plays piano and clarinet.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. Has amazular-tastic skills on any keyboard-related instrument.

Quotes

• "DONT STOP BELIVIN'! HOLD ONTO THAT FEEELLLINNGGG!!!"

• 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!"

• "At some point, we will have to have the awkward conversation about castration"

• 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))

"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?

Embarrassing Moments

• 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...

Insane snapping his fingers

Seriously loud people!

Trivia

• 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.

• He is famous for having a folding forehead while talking.

• A few forms have been successful in persuading him to do a cartwheel during his lessons, he is never successful and the result is hilarious.