my new boss

i was talking with my new boss, the other day, and the conversation took an interesting turn. he'd finally received the CV of a friend of mine who also wanted to switch schools. once we'd discussed her nationality (she grew up in Australia), he asked me whether he should assign her to one or another set of classes. i didn't know, especially as i had no idea what criteria he used to assign people here or there. apparently, experience was a criteria, cos while he didn't actually answer my question, he mentioned she'd only been teaching for a year, and that seemed to be a problem. i told him that she might not have the longest experience, but she certainly made up for it in terms of how good she was. 'better than you?' he asked. i said that was neither here nor there and that you couldn't possibly compare. then he asked me when she could start, to which i answered that it would perhaps be easier if he discussed this with her directly, as i really had no idea. ok, but, so, to conclude, would i, as head of English, hire her? yes, i replied. 'fine'.

aside from the whole conversation being weird (i've only just started working there, and he's asking me who he should hire?), i thought the last sentence was strange. i am not, and have never been, head of English. i wonder if he either a) mixed it up with the new position i was supposed to have at my old school or b) whether he's seriously considering me for the position when January comes along... then again, it could also just be a slip of the tongue!