We all had them at school, you may even have been one at school. I know I was. The "Look at Me!!" kid. He/she may not have been as clever/funny/attractive, or whatever counts in school this year, as the other kids in the class, but they refused to sit down, shut up and get on with their work. They wanted attention, they wanted people to look at them.

And in Sports School right now the look at me kid is Indycar.

Excuse me while I torture this metaphor some more. We all know about the kid's parents rather colourful private life over the off-season. The will they, won't they shack up together to provide a stable home life scenario, but the kid has not only survived the yelling and the kind of plate smashing displayed by Lester Burnham in American Beauty, but it seems he's become stronger because of it.

The school year started predictably enough. The trauma of his home life left the poor child with a pretty severe case of bi-polar disorder. Half of him was running around the class room getting all the attention and glory, while the other half languished in the corner of the classroom, running itself over at restarts (yes, I think the metaphor is tiring now too). The schools Psychiatrist shook her head, it wa exactly what they'd feared in the pre-year staff meeting, the kid's parents moving in together was doing it more harm than good, the fear was that the parents would see how bad little Indy was getting and split up again, and who knows what might happen to the poor child if that happened. He might even end up living on the streets.

And so he did, but it did him the world of good. Suddenly the two halves of the child became one, working in harmony to provide a well balanced, socially acceptable human being that the world could love. The side previously running amok in the classroom took a back seat and allowed the quiet hidden side to take centre stage with unexpected and record breaking consequences. Everyone took notice, the stable home life seemed to be working, the changes in the child's behaviour were starting to be seen far far sooner than anyone thought they would. Perhaps the parents had made the right choice.

More recently the two sides of the child have parted ways, but again for the better. The louder side has finally proved what it can do, as an element of Indy's personality probably better known for posing in swimwear that doing anything really helpful to the child as a whole (sorry, there goes the metaphor again), has finally started to pull it's weight. As the child performs better more people become interested in its progress towards adulthood, and it's recent showings have been very strong. Now hopefully the other side of personality can keep up the good work.

The better the child gets the more people want to go to its school. A prestigious open day in May looks like it's going to have to turn visitors away due to demand. Big businesses will want to sponsor its sports team, more people want to teach there. And that's good for the school, the child and all the parents everywhere.