Petty, Petty, Petty

Read this and contemplate the sheer depth of the pettiness of the little tinpot dictators running schools. Head teachers want parents fined for taking their children out of schools under anything other exceptional circumstances and only with permission granded by a head teacher. The idea is to stop parents from taking children out of school for holidays during term time when it's cheaper with the excuse that this is good for their "education".

What is it that happens in a head teacher's life to make him into a sad, boring control freak?