Mr. David Stanley

**Mr. David Stanley** was the music teacher at Charles Darwin Grammar during Series 3. He was arguably one of the show's most tyrannical teachers. He had a strong dislike for Scott Peters, this can be seen in Episode 3 where he asks Peters to come to him 7 times, then telling him to run around a tree indefinitely. Another instance is where Peters "suddenly becomes ill" during a Music test and miraculously recovers the following lesson, which is P. E., Stanley summons Peters back to his classroom and forces him to resit the test.

## Quotes

### Episode 1

* **Scott Peters:** La la la la la la la la...
* **Stanley:** Oh, for goodness sake!
* **Scott Peters:** I don't know the words, sir.
* **Stanley:** We have just rehearsed this for the last 35 minutes! And you still do not know the words?!
* **Scott Peters:** No, sir. I don't.
* **Stanley:** You are stupid! Go and sit down! Lunch time, we will be rehearsing; you and I!

*DON'T YOU* ***DARE*** wolf-whistle in my class, Victoria Buxton! GET OUT AT ONCE!

### Episode 3

* Boys, if I turn around once more, and see you mucking around, then I will be *furious.*

* It's the boy that was...*selected as a principal part*.

* *(after Miss Gibson has left the rehearsal):* Get that smirk off your face, Peters, because you're the top person on my list. Stand up straight, sit down. Sit down there, you too. Come here. *(raises his tone)* Come here. *(more stern)* ***Come here.*** *(shouts louder)* ***COME HERE!!!** **COME HERE NOW!!!** (snatches book and throws it to the floor in a fit of rage) **COME HERE NOW!!!** GET THERE, YOU STUPID LITTLE BOY! (*starts yelling straight into Peters' face*) **YOU STUPID, INSOLENT, SILLY LITTLE THING!!! GET OUT!!!*** (*escorts Peters outside*)
* Keep running around this tree! Keep running around this tree! GO, GO, GO, GO, you failing little twit! *(heads back inside and starts lecturing the boys en masse)* We are trying to teach you the music for Gilbert & Sullivan's *Mikado*, and all you can do is disrupt, laugh, be pathetic! We've already had Anidugbe sent out, we now have Peters running around a tree. Stand up.

What're we going to do with you, Peters, eh? If you're not being silly and disrupting, you're completely... *isolating* yourself from the work by being 'ill'.

* **Stanley:** I am **NOT** happy with your effort, with your work—
* **Scott Peters:** *(shouting over Mr. Stanley)* what are you on about? No, No, No, No, No, No, No!
* **Stanley:** I want you to do this again and I want you to write it out much more neatly and I want you to answer some of the questions PROPERLY.
* **Scott Peters**: Why am I gonna do it again? Sir, why am I gonna do again?
* **Stanley:** *(sternly)* Because I've asked you to, Peters.
* **Scott Peters:** I've already done it.
* **Stanley:** *(starting to lose his calm)* Do it again!
* **Scott Peters:** I've already done it.
* **Stanley:** *DO IT AGAIN!*
* **Scott Peters:** Why isn't anyone else doing it again?
* **Stanley:** Because *THEY* were not asleep during *(slams his fist down)* **MY MUSIC TEST!** Get on with it!
* *(Mr Stanley walks away)*
* **Scott Peters:** Who was asleep? I wasn't asleep, Sir you don't even know what's going on! Jesus.