When my daughter was very young, 5 or so, I and my wife were summoned to her infant’s school by the headmistress. She, in sombre tones, told us that she was concerned that Caroline was becoming uncontrollable. This was news to us. Caroline had always been stubborn but she seemed to be doing really well at school and had got along fine with her first teacher.
It appeared that Caroline had been told to do something by her second teacher, a Mrs Garscadden to do something. Well we had an inkling that all was not well between Mrs. Garscadden and Caroline so it was no surprise, to me at least, that Caroline had stood up and said, ‘I shan’t and you won’t make me.’
My reaction was, ‘That’s my girl!’ at which point my wife punched me and told me to be quiet.
Caroline flourished with her third teacher and the others that followed.
Separately, at secondary school, my son, Peter, was doing badly in English and with our consent he was demoted to the ‘B’ stream and a new teacher. He too flourished in his new stream and gained an ‘A’ grade at GCSE.
They are both successful in their chosen fields.
And now the role reversal has emerged and they are teaching me. Is that not wonderful?
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