The Newsletter Fiasco

Back at Stardom Schools, the professional pressure on Bepo intensifies. This chapter centers on the production of the school's prestigious 'End of Term' newsletter. Mr. Fafore, the English teacher who landed the job through connections rather than merit, makes a series of embarrassing grammatical blunders in the headline. The error is discovered after 500 copies are printed. Mrs. Gloss, the MD, is furious because the newsletter is the school's primary marketing tool to 'Lekki parents.' Bepo is forced to decide: cover for his colleague or uphold the 'Stardom Standard.' The tension in the staff room reveals the rot within—staff members who are more interested in office politics than teaching. Bepo ends up staying late to manually correct the errors, showing his self-sacrificing (and perhaps overly-burdened) nature.