Princess Anne of Green Gables

 Whaea Caryn and TT finally arrived on Prince Edward Island after their successful CCTV conference. They were meeting Princess Anne of Green Gables, who was Headmistress of Avonlea Private School and was giving the teachers of the Land of the Long White Cloud a tour of the campus, of where she had been based for 16 years.

Yes I grew up here, said Princess Anne. She insisted on being called Princess and not 'Principal'. Her red hair was piled up into a bun on the top of her head, and she wore a long dress with puffy sleeves. In her hand she wielded a long rod, which had measurements on it, and said it was her 'pointing stick' and that all veteran teachers had to have them. We have authority to rule, thus, we must never be seen without our rulers, advised Princess Anne. She smiled, and tapped her pointing stick to the ground. 

When I was a girl I was the naughtiest, most rebellious child in class and could never stop talking. I also broke a slate over poor Gilberts head as he pulled my braids. He is now the caretaker of the school. Actually he is over there right now. Princess Anne pointed her stick to a burly man over in the far field who was raking autumn leaves into a large pile.

TT looked around the old schoolhouse. It had not changed since 1911. There was a bell at the top and the traditional blackboard and rows of hinged desks. Do you teach here?

This is where I do my history lessons, said Princess Anne. But I have also installed CCTV behind the blackboards so we can do zoom online learning for the 777 other students who've enrolled. My face to face class is restricted to 66 lucky pupils. 

Do you have a library? Asked Whaea Caryn. She glanced at the Canadian flag held aloft outside. It was fluttering in the cool breeze. It swelled her heart with pride to see the red maple leaf, to her it looked like a red leaf shaped love heart, and was really her ace in her pack of teaching cards. She always played the Canada Card whenever teachers questioned her methods. 

Princess Anne snorted. A library? Don't be absurd. The only books we have is my hagiography series written by Lucy Maud Montgomery. That's the only books we need to read at this school. 

But where do you go to relax and read books? asked TT. She was thinking the extra space could be another classroom. 

Princess Anne said there was no need for a library. We don't have bean bags at this school. If children want to read books and roll in the hay, they can do it in the barn. She pointed her stick in a north easterly direction, and sure enough, there was a big red barn that looked like a giant MLE.