| In the Lap of the Gods is an ongoing saga of | | | | Wanganui Technical College specialised in the |
| what my life was like as a young boy who was | | | | manual subjects of woodwork and metalwork for |
| brought out to New Zealand by a widowed | | | | those with low academic skills and French and |
| mother. | | | | Latin for those elite few in the upper |
| | | | echelons. The school was split into boarders |
| It recalls the experiences I had while | | | | and day boys and what a competition that |
| attending three totally different boarding | | | | caused. |
| schools. | | | | |
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| | | | If you really want to get the whole feel for |
| 1)Â Â Â Â The Duke of York's Royal | | | | the ongoing story you need to start with In |
| Military School in Dover. | | | | the Lap of the Gods1 and read through them |
| | | | all. This way you'll get a deeper |
| 2)Â Â Â Â Wesley College in Pukekohe New | | | | understanding of how and why Steve reacted to |
| Zealand | | | | certain situations. |
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| 3)Â Â Â Â Wanganui Technical College in | | | | Â |
| Wanganui New Zealand. | | | | |
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| | | | This was the prologue that I should have put |
| Obviously the first boarding school was a | | | | before Chapter 1. - Sorry! |
| posh school that enrolled the sons of | | | | |
| ex-military men many of whom died in the war. | | | | Â |
| It was full of stiff upper lip and spit and | | | | |
| polish but had a great spirit and tradition. | | | | Sisyphus (Sissy fuss) was a Greek prankster, |
| Very strict and unforgiving. | | | | and a scallywag who loved nothing better than |
| | | | to play tricks on the Gods of his time. He |
| Â | | | | even shackled Death once and prevented him |
| | | | from returning to the Underworld. His |
| Wesley College was a Wesleyan agricultural | | | | carousing and disrespect finally had them |
| school set on a farm that guided boys from | | | | riled enough to teach him a lesson. |
| broken homes and the Pacific Island nations. | | | | |
| It had a number of Maori students and as you | | | | He was exiled to a far off country where he |
| can imagine it had a formidable rugby team. | | | | was condemned for eternity to push a huge |
| It was also a place where some atrocious | | | | boulder up a mountain only to have it roll |
| bullying took place. | | | | back down to the bottom each time. |
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| Â | | | | It didn't pay to piss off the Gods; for |
| | | | eternity is a long, long time. |