Lesson Learnt

I asked for a moment of silence, only for someone to laugh and make a joke. As soon as the moment was finished, I stomped out into the assembly.

"Ok, who was that?"

The children all fell silent, before I looked at the troublemaker.

"I don't suppose you know who it was, do you Benjamin?"

Benjamin shrugged and rolled his eyes.

"Oh, it was me, Sir."

"And you think it's appropriate to joke about the death of Mr Vanderbilt?"

"Was it true he died as part of the Nazi stand-off on the weekend, Sir?"

"...

That's irrelevant!"

"No it's not, Sir."