Parent

Shortly after meeting my classmates, I had the privilege of dinning with DT, probably the most senior and respected physician of our city.

As you would expect, our conversation ended up in discussing what a teacher or headmaster should do if his students are arrested for some street demonstration or protest.

"For sure you would have to go to the police station and arrangement a bail for the students. The problem is not whether you really support their point of view or agree with what they have done," he began.

"Well...?" I was puzzled.

"Boy, let's face it. As a teacher or headmaster, you have a role similar to parenthood. Imagine, as a father, if your children are arrested for an offence, you may not agree with what they are doing, but you would still go to the police station and bail them out - or visit them in the jail. Even though they are against the law or may even be a criminal, that doesn't stop them from being your children!"

I cannot agree more.