Three into Two won’t Go

The alternative education provision I am part of is well resourced in staffing terms – generally one to one – but less so in terms of accommodation, and this morning the maths problem faced was dividing two training rooms between three tutors, as the “management” had commandeered the conference room for a meeting (as an ex-manager I know that meetings are far more important than teaching learners, but I enjoyed joining in the condemnation of their action); we settled the allocation by applying a first learner come first learner served approach and though the best (large cupboard sized) room went early, my student turned up in time to grab the second (small cupboard sized) room – otherwise I would have been teaching in a corridor.