Muscat’s school memories amuse and inspire students

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat was a quiet pupil who never got punished with an “after-school” but one close brush with the strict discipline prefect of St Aloysius’ College remains etched in his memory. “It was a hot day in May or June and I did not feel like wearing my undervest,” Dr Muscat told the college’s secondary school students during a visit to his old school yesterday. He said he initially thought he had got away with it but he was soon singled out by Brother Salvu Mifsud who told him to go back home and return properly dressed. He also gave Dr Muscat an after-school. “I told him the van had already left, so he told me to catch a bus. Then, I told him I had no money, so he gave me 10c, which in those days would get you very far,” recounted Dr Muscat to his captivated audience, which included Bro. Mifsud. “I warned him that it would take me a while to get to Burmarrad and back but he insisted that I go. Then, when I left, I realised that it’s not only me who has undervests at home.” Dr Muscat decided to go round the corner to a friend’s house and asked the boy’s mother to lend him an undervest. Returning 10 minutes later to a surprised prefect, Dr Muscat was asked to...