Jabulani's Mission
Jabulani was nervous. It was the night before what could possibly be the beginning to his career as a journalist. All he had to to was pitch his idea, he thought as he skimmed through previous publications of the tabloid he was about to approach. His article was already written. All he had to do was pitch it, and deliver the product on the spot. Nerves, he knew, were necessary. Without nerves, confidence would probably overflow right into arrogance - and nobody needed another arrogant journalist. His story was sound, he thought, and it was right up the publication's alley. Weeks earlier, while hibernating at home, he caught wind of news that one of the local teachers at a nearby school was employing archaic modes of discipline, often extreme and unnecessary, as well as 'cooking' year-end marks based on bias. Naturally, his curiosity piqued, he followed up on the allegations and did some investigating. To his amazement, he found that the teacher in question had just star