These stories from the classroom will have you laughing or weeping or, sometimes, both in the same minute! Whether you are a student, teacher, or parent, you will wonder: How do they survive? Waterloo Road or Grange Hill meets Gervase Phinn - well, maybe?

If you love this book or hate it, you will have to admit that the stories about its characters will stay in your memory for a long time. With more than 20 years teaching experience behind him, GJ Griffiths has brought to the listeners some of the stories about the children he taught in this amusing and often inspirational book.

Without exception, everyone will recognize the characters and their captivating tales. All through the book, we are made aware of the joys and disappointments experienced by the pupils and their teachers Mr. Jeffrey and his colleagues. With the ever-present controversy about changes in the education system, this is a timely illustration of what amusement and sorrow is often to be found in the classrooms of the contemporary high school.

So What! Stories or Whatever is set in the area of Greater Manchester, and this audio version of the classroom tales is brought brilliantly to life by the narrator through his natural, relaxed, and unaffected use of the regional dialect throughout the book.