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.

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

Illustrious theatrical career

Mr Patrick staged one hit play whilst at BRGS, The Servant of Two Masters. He also staged the non-hit plays The Nativity and Ernie's Marvellous Illucinations. In addition to these, he started rehearsals for the following plays, which, due to difficulties ranging from cast availability to Scouse dialect, never saw the light of day:

• Murder in the Red Barn
• An Inspector Calls
• Stags and Hens

Impeccable taste in tank tops

It is believed that the provision in the 6th form dress code for tank tops was made just in case Mr Patrick decided to return to BRGS. As a Sixth Former.

His departure

He was unceremoniously fired for reasons which have never been fully explained to the student body.

One person comments, "He didn't read the syllabus and taught an AS Level class the wrong play - The Crucible. So they all failed. This is widely regarded as the main factor to his leaving the school." However, it has been indicated by other sources that the Crucible Incident was not the reason for his departure, although it is reported that he did make a similar mistake.

It is important to note that his Wikipedia Page says he left BRGS "after a period of illness". One user has suggested that Paul Patrick suffers from depression, and that this probably was also a contributing factor to his leaving BRGS.

Discussion

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